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as Amneris "Aida" Verdi Emmi Leisner 1885-1958 German Contralto Studied in Berlin with Helene Breest , Recital debut in at Berlin . At Hellerau in 1912 she sang Orpheus .It was in Leipzig that she first appeared on an operatic stage. she made a hugely successful guest appearence in Frankfurt as Amneris. Engagement at the Berlin Opera. From 1913-1921 she remained there singing Amneris, Dalila, Brangane, Fricka and Erda .After 1922 she withdrew from the operatic stage and concentrated on Lieder and oratorio work. She gave concerts in all major German cities and the adjoining countries as well as in France, England, USA, Denmark, Sweden and the Middle East. She gave her last Lieder recital in 1948.

as Mephistopheles "Faust" Gounod Pol Plancon (Pol Henri Plançon ) 1851 – 1914 French Bass Debut June 25, 1883 in FAUST (Mephistopheles). Sang LES HUGUENOTS (Saint-Bris, 1883 ; Marcel, 1892), L’AFRICAINE (don Diego, 1883 ; don Pedro, 1885 ; Grand Brahmine, 1886), LE PROPHETE (Oberthal), LE FREISCHÜTZ (Gaspard), HENRY VIII (de Norfolk) en 1883 ; SAPHO (Pithéas, 1884) ; GUILLAUME TELL (Gessler, 1885 ; Walter, 1888 ; Melchtal, 1892), RIGOLETTO (Sparafucile), SIGURD (Hagen) en 1885 ; LE CID (don Diègue, 1886), PATRIE ! (Duc d'Albe, 1887) ; HAMLET (le Roi), LA JUIVE (Brogni) en 1888 ; ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (Frère Laurent, 1889) ; LOHENGRIN (le Roi), LA FAVORITE (Balthazar) en 1891. A créé LE CID (don Gormas) le 30 novembre 1885 et ASCANIO (François Ier).

as Lohengrin in "Lohengrin" Wagner Georges Imbart de La Tour 1865-1911 French Tenor Studied at the Paris Coservatoire with St. Yves Bax. In 1889 he won the song competition of the Paris Conservatoire. Debut 1890 in Geneva as Raoul in ‘’Gli Ugonotti’’ of Meyerbeer. In 1893 he joined the Opéra-Comique in Paris; 1895 opera house of Marseille. 1897 he was a principal tenor of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels where he remained until 1904 . In this theatre he also sang on 12. 3. 1897 in the premiere of the opera ‘’Fervaal’’ of D'Indy and on 18. 1. 1900 in ‘’Tijl Ulenspiegel’’ of Jan Blockx. 1899 he guested at the Opéra-Comique. In 1900 he sang at Covent Garden 1900-01 season he was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Continued singing in France (Marseille, Lyons). Since 1908 he taught at the Paris Conservatoire.Roles included Romeo , Faust,Samson, Vasco, Otello Rhadames, Lohengrin , Tannhauser and Jean

as Lohengrin in "Lohengrin" Wagner Georges Imbart de La Tour 1865-1911 French Tenor Studied at the Paris Coservatoire with St. Yves Bax. In 1889 he won the song competition of the Paris Conservatoire. Debut 1890 in Geneva as Raoul in ‘’Gli Ugonotti’’ of Meyerbeer. In 1893 he joined the Opéra-Comique in Paris; 1895 opera house of Marseille. 1897 he was a principal tenor of the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels where he remained until 1904 . In this theatre he also sang on 12. 3. 1897 in the premiere of the opera ‘’Fervaal’’ of D'Indy and on 18. 1. 1900 in ‘’Tijl Ulenspiegel’’ of Jan Blockx. 1899 he guested at the Opéra-Comique. In 1900 he sang at Covent Garden 1900-01 season he was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Continued singing in France (Marseille, Lyons). Since 1908 he taught at the Paris Conservatoire.Roles included Romeo , Faust,Samson, Vasco, Otello Rhadames, Lohengrin , Tannhauser and Jean

as Rosina "Barber of Seville" Rossini Luisa Tetrazzini 1871 – 1940 Italian coloratura soprano Her first voice teacher was her elder sister, Eva Tetrazzini (1862–1938), who also was a successful singer. Later studied at the Instituto Musicale in Florence. According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (second edition, 1980), she made her operatic debut in Florence in 1890. The role was Inez in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, . The first part of her career was spent mainly in the Italian provincial theaters and touring in Russia , Spain and South America .American debut in San Francisco in 1905. 1907 T debut as Violetta in La traviata at Covent Garden in London, 1908 at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, Appeared at the Met for only one season, in 1911-12 Guest appearances 1911 to 1914 with the Boston Opera Company and Chicago Grand Opera Company .Roles Lucia, Violetta, Gilda,Titania . Filine and Rosina

as Mephistofeles 'Faust" Gounod JEAN-BAPTISTE FAURE (15 January 1830 – 9 November 1914)French operatic baritone Faure was born in Moulins. A choirboy in his youth, he entered the Paris Conservatory in 1851 and made his operatic debut the following year at the Opéra-Comique, as Pygmalion in Victor Massé's Galathée. He remained at the Opéra-Comique for over seven years, singing baritone roles such as Max in Adolphe Adam's Le chalet and Michel in Thomas's Le caïd. During this time he also created the Marquis d'Erigny in Auber's Manon Lescaut (1856) and Hoël in Meyerbeer's Le pardon de Ploërmel (1859; later known as Dinorah), among seven premieres at that house. He made his debut at the Royal Opera House, London, in 1860 as Hoël, and at the Paris Opera in 1861. He would sing at the Opera every season until 1869 and then again in 1872-76 and 1878. In addition, he continued to perform off and on in London until 1877 at venues such as Her Majesty's Theatre and the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Among the many operas in which he appeared in Paris were Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Don Giovanni as well as L'étoile du nord, Les Huguenots and La favorite. He also made history by creating several important operatic roles written by such prominent composers as Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giuseppe Verdi and Ambroise Thomas. They included the leading baritone parts in L'Africaine, Don Carlos and Hamlet (in 1865, 1867, and 1868 respectively). His last stage appearances are recorded as taking place in Marseilles and Vichy in 1886.

Numa Auguez (1847-1903); French baritone. In 1867 he started his vocal studies at the Conservatoire National de Paris. In 1872 he was engaged at the Grand-Opéra where he remained until 1881. In 1878 he created the role of Néarque in Gounod's "Polyeucte". In the season 1883/84 he made guest appearances in Italy. Auguez's significance however, is in the field of concert singing. Everywhere in France the richness of his voice, his fine sense of style and his exemplary pronunciation was admired. On 18 May 1879 he participated in the private première (at Offenbach's house) of "Les contes d'Hoffmann". The work was presented in an abridged form with Madame Franck-Duvernoy in the soprano roles, Numa Auguez as Hoffmann (baritone) and Émile-Alexandre Taskin in the four villain roles with Edmond Duvernoy at the piano.In 1889 he was appointed as a professor at the Conservatoire National de Paris. He was married to the concert singer Berthe de Monthalant.

Adele Isaac as Catherine in “L’ Etoile du Nord” Meyerbeer ADELE ISAAC (8 January 1854 – 22 October 1915) French soprano, Autographed 1885 Isaac was born in Calais. After studying with Gilbert Duprez, her professional debut was in 1870 in Victor Massé's Les noces de Jeannette at the Théatre Montmartre. In February 1873 she attracted attention singing the young shepherd in Tannhäuser at La Monnaie (Bruxelles). Her first performance at the Opéra-Comique was in 1873 as Marie in La fille du régiment, going on to sing Mozart and Gounod. On 3 April 1882 she sang Angèle in the 1,000th performance of Le Domino Noir at the Opéra-Comique From 1883 to 1885 she appeared at the Opéra as Ophélia, Marguerite, Adele, Zerlina and Marguerite de Valois. She sang in the first Paris revival of Carmen in April 1883, and was chosen for the more restrained, even bland interpretation of the title role she offered. She created the roles of Olympia and Antonia in Les contes d'Hoffmann in 1881, Claire in Egmont by Salvayre in 1886, and Minka in Le roi malgré lui in 1887. Isaac was a great favourite at the Opéra-Comique: she sang Susanna in the 1882, 1886 and 1892 revivals of Le Nozze di Figaro. Her absence for a concert tour in Rome and Monte Carlo in early 1888 delayed repeat performances of Le roi malgré lui, and may have contributed to the end of its first run. In 1884 Adèle Isaac sang in the annual performances of Beethoven's 9th Symphony given at the Société des Concerts du Conservatoire; the following year she sang music from Egmont and The Magic Flute with the same orchestra . In 1887 she married businessman Charles Lelong; she retired in 1894. She died in Paris.

Ignacy Dygas 1881-1955 Polish Tenor Studied Warsaw Conservatory with Szcepkowsky , Debut as a baritone as Valentin "Faust" .Further study with Alexandrowicz and returned as a tenor.Tenor debut 1905 Warsaw as Jentek "Halka" Moniuszko . Went to Italy and made a reputation and took further study with the younger Lamperti Sang in Italy , Madrid , Poland and Russia. retired in Warsaw in 1937 . roles included Lohengrin, Tannhauser, Walter, Siegmund , Siegfried and Tristan

Rosa Bosman 1857 – 1930. Belguim Soprano She studied singing at the Brussels Conservatory in the class of Henri Warnots. Her debut at la Monnaie in Brussels in CARMEN (Carmen) in 1880. She debuted at the Opera June 12, 1885 by attending the first of SIGURD (Hilda) of Ernest Reyer. Creates the CID (Infante) November 30, 1885, MOTHERLAND! (Rafaela), LA DAME DE MONSOREAU (Diane), ASCANIO (Scozzone), STRATONICE (Stratonice), LANCELOT (Elaine), April 26, 1901 the King of PARIS (Jeanne de Noirmoutiers) of Georges Hüe. She attended the first hearing of the Rhine gold (Fricka, Wellegunde) by Richard Wagner 06 May 1893. On the other hand, has been shown successively from 1885 to 1898 in GUILLAUME TELL (Mathilde), LE CID (Chimène), FAUST (Marguerite), SIGURD (Jennifer), DON JUAN (Zerlina, and Doña Elvira), the Prophet (Berthe) L'AFRICAINE (Ines), LA JUIVE (Eudokia), ROBERT LE DIABLE (Alice), the MAGE (Anahita), LOHENGRIN (Elsa), SALAMMBÔ (Salammbô), die WALKÜRE (Sieglinde), OTHELLO (Desdemona), TANNHÄUSER (Elisabeth), DJELMA (Djelma) and the master SINGERS of NUREMBERG (Eva).

as Valentin "Faust" Gounod Henri Danges 1870-1948 French Baritone In 1900 sang in the premiere the role of Philosopher 'Louise" Charpentier . He was engaged at the Monnaie Brussells and travelled the provinces, In 1908 he made his Paris opera debut as Valentine ' Faust" and remained with them until 1912 .he sang in the Paris premiere's of "Siberia" Giordano as Gleby and "Dejanire" Saint-Seans as Philoctet , He performed in Monte Carlo , Cairo, Amsterdam and Lyon. Roles included Morales,Valentine,Scarpia and Escamillo

Yelena Tsvetkova (yelena Barsova) 1872-1929 Russian Soprano Studied with Lavrovskava . Became a soloist at Moscow Private opera in 1893 and remained until 1899 where she joine Tovarishchestvo Private opera until 1903 .From 1904-1911 a memebr of Zimin Opera theatre , Her roles included Mima , Tatiana , Nastasisa , Militrisa and Laroslavna

as Mélisande in "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Debussy Maggie Teyte (Margaret Tate) 1888 – 1976 English soprano Pupil of Jean de Reszke.First public appearance in Paris in 1906 when she sang Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro and Zerlina in Don Giovanni, . Debut Monte Carlo 1907, Tyrcis "Myriame et Daphné" .S ang in London season. she moved to America and performed with the Chicago Grand Opera Company from 1911–1914 and the Boston Opera Company from 1914–17. She also appeared in operetta and musical comedy between the wars.Roles included Mélisande , Blonde Eurydice Madama Butterfly. Manon

as Escamillo "Carmen" Bizet Louis (Andre) Allard 1874-1938 French Baritone Debut 1900 as Lescaut 'Manon" Opera Comique . Performed at Monte Carlo , Paris Opera and Opera Comique . Sang in local premieres of "la Fille du West" Sonora 1912 at Monte Carlo and Paris . Created Many roles at Paris and Opera Comique Timor 'Aphrodite" Erlanger 1906 ,among others. Roles included Sharpless , Schaunard, Orris,Scarpia , tonio, Escamillo and Figaro

as Elizabeth "Tannhauser" Wagner Katherina Senger-Bettaque 1862-19?? German Soprano Studied in Berlin with Heinrich Dorn .Debut Hofoper in 1879 in Rubinstein’s opera “Ferramors”. she sang the German premieres of Tschaikowykys “Eugene Onegin” Tatjana , “Manon” by Massenet, the title role. In 1893-1906 Court Opera in Munich, 1906-1910 Court Theatre of Stuttgart. 1888 she sang at the first performance of “Parsifal” at the Bayreuth Festival in the role of Eva, one of the flower girl in “Parsifal”.Guest appearances at the Covent Garden Opera in London London’s Drury Lane Theatre and Metropolitan Opera New York Roles included Freia, Sieglinde ,Gutrune, Eva, Venus,Selika , Elsa and Marguerite

Luisa Tetrazzini 1871 – 1940 Italian coloratura soprano Her first voice teacher was her elder sister, Eva Tetrazzini (1862–1938), who also was a successful singer. Later studied at the Instituto Musicale in Florence. According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (second edition, 1980), she made her operatic debut in Florence in 1890. The role was Inez in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, . The first part of her career was spent mainly in the Italian provincial theaters and touring in Russia , Spain and South America .American debut in San Francisco in 1905. 1907 T debut as Violetta in La traviata at Covent Garden in London, 1908 at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, Appeared at the Met for only one season, in 1911-12 Guest appearances 1911 to 1914 with the Boston Opera Company and Chicago Grand Opera Company .Roles Lucia, Violetta, Gilda,Titania . Filine and Rosina

Luisa Tetrazzini 1871 – 1940 Italian coloratura soprano Her first voice teacher was her elder sister, Eva Tetrazzini (1862–1938), who also was a successful singer. Later studied at the Instituto Musicale in Florence. According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (second edition, 1980), she made her operatic debut in Florence in 1890. The role was Inez in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, . The first part of her career was spent mainly in the Italian provincial theaters and touring in Russia , Spain and South America .American debut in San Francisco in 1905. 1907 T debut as Violetta in La traviata at Covent Garden in London, 1908 at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, Appeared at the Met for only one season, in 1911-12 Guest appearances 1911 to 1914 with the Boston Opera Company and Chicago Grand Opera Company .Roles Lucia, Violetta, Gilda,Titania . Filine and Rosina

as Philine "Mignon" Thomas Luisa Tetrazzini 1871 – 1940 Italian coloratura soprano Her first voice teacher was her elder sister, Eva Tetrazzini (1862–1938), who also was a successful singer. Later studied at the Instituto Musicale in Florence. According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (second edition, 1980), she made her operatic debut in Florence in 1890. The role was Inez in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, . The first part of her career was spent mainly in the Italian provincial theaters and touring in Russia , Spain and South America .American debut in San Francisco in 1905. 1907 T debut as Violetta in La traviata at Covent Garden in London, 1908 at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, Appeared at the Met for only one season, in 1911-12 Guest appearances 1911 to 1914 with the Boston Opera Company and Chicago Grand Opera Company .Roles Lucia, Violetta, Gilda,Titania . Filine and Rosina