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1849 Sheet Music " La filia Del Regimento" with Engraving of Jenny Lind as Marie

Gabrielle Krauss as Catherine of Aragon in "Henry VIII" by Saint- Saens CREATOR on 5 March 1883 at the Académie Nationale de Musique MARIE GABRIELLE KRAUSS (Vienna, 23 March 1842 - January 06, 1906) Soprano She was nicknamed "the Rachel singing". Begins on the night of the inauguration of the Palais Garnier on 05 January 1875 in both first act of LA JUIVE (Rachel). Sings DON JUAN (Anna, 1875), LES HUGUENOTS (Valentine, 1875), ROBERT LE DIABLE (Alice, 1876), du FREISCHÜTZ (Agathe, 1877), the African (Selika, 1877), FAUST (Marguerite, 1882) and SAPPHO (Sappho, 1884). Is the creator of Joan of ARC (Jeanne d'Arc), POLYEUCTE (Pauline), AIDA (Aida), Madonna (the Virgin), the tribute of ZAMORA (Hermosa), HENRY VIII (Catherine of Aragon), RIGOLETTO (Gilda) and Fatherland! (Dolores). retired in 1888.

Therese Vogl 1845-1921 German Soprano Her name was Therese Thoma, was the daughter of a school teacher and received her education by the educator Hauser in Munich. In 1865, she debuted at the Court Theater of Karlsruhe in the role of Casilda in "La Part du Diable" by Auber. A year later in 1866, she followed a call to the Hofoper of Munich. In 1868 she married the famous first tenor of this opera house, Heinrich Vogl (1845-1900). Both were soon regarded as excellent voyagemen; The successors of the couple Ludwig and Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld, who had sung the title parts in Munich in the premiere of Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde" Heinrich and Therese Vogl were regarded as unsurpassed within their artistic generation in these two difficult parts, since they had sung them for the first time in 1869 in Munich. On June 26, 1870 Therese Vogl sang in Munich in the world premiere of the "Walküre" by R. Wagner, while her husband created the part of Siegmund. In 1878 and 1879 she was the Brünnhilde in Munich in the first performances of "Siegfried" and "Götterdämmerung" outside of Bayreuth. In 1881 she was a guest at the Hofoper of Berlin as Elsa in the "Lohengrin". In 1882 she sang the Brünnhilde at the Her Majesty's Theater in the English premiere of the Ring cycle under Anton Seidl. She also took part in the Europa tour with Angelo Neumann's wandering Wagner theater in 1882-83. In 1884 she sang with Heinrich Vogl in the premiere of "Tristan" at the opera in Frankfurt am Main, where she often enjoyed. She also appeared as a guest in Russia. She sang at the Stadttheater (opera house) of Hamburg (1877), at the court theater of Mannheim, Weimar, Wiesbaden and Stuttgart (1887). In 1885 she performed in Munich, together with her husband, in the premiere of the opera "Der faule Hans" by Alexander Ritter, in 1872 in the opera "Theodor Körner" by Wendelin Weissheimer. In 1892, she gave her farewell performance as an Isolde in Munich. She was appointed honorary member of the Munich Opera. In addition to Wagner's repertoire, she was successful in roles such as the Eglantine in "Euryanthe", the title role in "Alceste" by Gluck, the Leonore in the "Fidelio", the Clytemnestra in "Iphigenie in Aulis" and the Agathe in "Freischütz"

THERESE TIETJENS 1831-1877 Soprano (Carolina Johanna Alexandra Tiejens) She studied at the Hamburg Schmidt educators and then in Vienna with Dellessie, Babing and H.Proch. In 1848 she made her debut at the municipal theater (opera house) of Hamburg as Irma in "Le Ma ¢ on" ("Mason and Schlosser") by Auber. 1849 there had particular success in the title role of Donizetti's "Lucrezia Borgia". 1850-53 she was engaged at the Opera House of Frankfurt aM and sang during this time the theater of Brünn (Brno). On 20.01.1851 she performed in Frankfurt in the world premiere of Lortzings "Opera Rehearsal" on the eve of the death of the composer. 1853-59 Member of the Vienna Court Opera. In 1858 she appeared for the first time in London, and though at Her Majesty's Theatre as Valentine in "Les Huguenots" by Meyerbeer. Since 1859 she performed until her death in London, where she moved, and both at Her Majesty's Theatre as the Drury Lane Theatre, often also at the Covent Garden Opera. She appeared in a large number of important premieres in London with: 1865 at Her Majesty's Theatre in the title role in the opera "Medea" by Cherubini, 1859 at the Drury Lane Theatre as Elena in "I Vespri Siciliani" by Verdi, 1861 at the Lyceum Theatre London as Amelia in Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera", in 1867 at Her Majesty's Theatre as Leonora in "La forza del destino" by Verdi, 1863 in the same house as Marguerite in "Faust" by Gounod, 1864 again there in the title role of Gounod's "Mireille "and as Mistress Ford in Nicolai's" Merry Wives of Windsor "(in Italian). She sang constantly in the English metropolis, apart from a stint in Paris in 1863 and an extensive and very successful North American tour 1875-76. Other highlights in her wide-ranging repertoire were the Norma, Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni", the Lucrezia Borgia and Agathe in "Der Freischütz" by Weber. She sang a technically difficult role as Semiramide in Rossini's opera, an old role as the Fides in Meyerbeer's "Le A Prophet" as well as the only Wagner role Ortrud in "Lohengrin". Under the 5/26/1864 offered her Richard Wagner in a letter to take over the Isolde in his opera "Tristan and Isolde" and was willing to take some cuts in the score, but did not materialize this project. She could not decide which to take Sieglinde in "Die Walküre" also. Even as a concert and oratorio singer Therese Tietjens enjoyed the highest reputation. In 1876 she gave her last concert in London, the 1877 one still followed in Dublin. On several occasions she sang in court concerts in front of Queen Victoria, who was very fond of her. She had a rich educated, powerful voice, which ranged from c to d three-painted, and their ability to express it as well as their admired virtuoso agility. At the beginning of her career in England they represented a very attractive, elegant stage presence, but was subsequently very corpulent. In September 1877 she suffered during a performance of "Lucrezia Borgia" in which she sang the title role on the stage of Her Majesty's Theatre a serious collapse attack and died of cancer two months later.

Paola Marié as Clairette in "La fille de Madame Angot".by Lecocq CREATOR PAOLA MARIE (1847-1919); French mezzo-soprano. Known for her performance as Clairette Angot in Charles Lecocq’s “La fille de Madam Angot”, a rôle she created at the Paris-première in 1873 at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques. in the rôle of Clairette.Known for her interpretations of Carmen and Mignon, rôles that had been created by her sister, the famous mezzo-soprano Célèstine Galli-Marié (1840-1905). In 1877 she created the rôle of Lazuli in Chabrier’s “L’ Étoile” at the Bouffes-Parisiens

as Levko in "May Night :" by Rimsky-Korsakov CREATOR 21 January 1880 at the Mariinsky Theatre . St Petersburg Pyotr Lodiy ??? Russian Tenor Sang with Mamontov Private Opera which was active 1885-1903 which performed in the provinces and finally in Moscow. Mamontov united in his theatre the most talented singers, like Nadezhda Zabela-Vrubel, Pyotr Lodiy, Vladimir Lossky, Pyotr Olenin, Vera Petrova-Zvantseva, Nadezhda Salina, Anton Sekar-Rozhansky, Feodor Chaliapin, Nikolai Shevelev, Vasily Shkafer, Elena Tsvetkova and others.

as Faust in "Faust" by Gounod Andrei Labinski 1872-1941 Russian Tenor Began in the chorus of the Marinsky and became a pupil at the St. Petersburg Conservatoire (1895-1899) under Gabel and Samus.Debut in 1899 at the Mariinsky Theatre as Berendey in ''The Snow Maiden'' by. Rimsky-Korsakov.He remained at the Marinsky until 1911 and moved to the Bolshoi where he remained the rest of his career .He was appointed Professor of Singing in 1920 at the Moscow Conservatory .Roles included Sobinin in “A Life of the Tsar” by Glinka , Lensky in “Eugene Onegin” Tchaikovsky , Sinodal “Demon” by Rubenstein , Dante in “Franceso de Rimini” by Nepravnik , Berendey in ''The Snow Maiden'' by. Rimsky-Korsakov..Romeo in “Romeo & Juliette” by Gounod , Lohengrin “Lohengrin” Ny Wagner, Don Jose in “Carmen” by Bizet , Rhadames in “Aida” by Verdi ,Faust in “Faust” by Gounod and Prince in “Russalka” by Dvorak.

Russian Mezzo Soprano Biographical details unknown

MARGUERITE PRIOLA (Marguerite Marie Sophie Polliart) (Paris, 02/10/1849-13.Marseille, 27/10/1876) French Soprano Daughter of Jules - César Patrick, general manager of the theatre of the Folies-Dramatiques Debut as The Messanger of Peace "Reinzi" Wagner April 06, 1869 at the Théâtre-Lyrique. Debuted at the Opéra-Comique in 1869 in Rêve d'amour. . She created on 30 November 1872 Don César of Bazán (Maritana) by Jules Massenet. Giving a representation of Mignon in 1876 in Marseille, Her voice apparently broke and she was hissed from the stage. The impression of the hostile event she took to heart and caused her to go become physically and mentally ill, she died a few days later, at the age of 26.

Joachim Tartakov 1860-1923 Russian Baritone Studied St Petersburg Conservatory with Camille Everard. Graduated from the Conservatory in 1881 and joined the Odessa Opera Company as first baritone that same year. There he made his debut in 1882 as Rigoletto in "Rigoletto" by Verdi’s. Then from 1882 he sang in provincial opera houses. and travelled to Italy for 2 seasons.Upon his return he was engaged at the Marinsky Theatreas principal baritone .He also sang in Berlin, Copenhagen, and other European cities. He performed Tchaikovsky’s art songs in concert. .From 1900 he was the Director of the Marinsky and 1920 to 1923 he was a professor at the Petrograd Conservatory. His roles included Rigoletto in "Rigoletto" by Verdi , Tonio in "I Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo ,Germont in "La Traviatta" by Verdi , Onegin in "Eugene Onegin" by Tchaikovsky , Demon in "Demon" by Rubinstein and many others

As Brunhild in "Sigurd" by Reyer CREATOR Théatre de la Monnaie in Brussels on 7 January 1884 ROSE CARON (Rose Lucile MEUNIER). -Soprano (91.Monnerville, 17 November 1857 - April 09, 1930). Studied at the Paris Conservatoire, but was not taken on at the Paris Opera; her husband, an accompanist, encouraged her to take lessons from Marie Sasse who helped her to get engagements at the opera in Brussels (having made her concert debut in 1880) First operatic appearance in Brussels was as Alice in Meyerbeer's" Robert le Diable", followed by Salomé in Massenet's Hérodiade and Marguerite in Gounod's Faust; noticed by Ernest Reyer, he chose her to create the role of Brunehild in Sigurd in 1884 (and the Paris premiere in 1885). The title roles in Benjamin Godard's Jocelyn (1888) and Reyer's Salammbo (1890) and were also created by Caron in Brussels .In 1885 she began singing at the Paris Opera, Also other roles "LOHENGRIN "(Elsa), "SALAMMBÔ" Salammbô), "Die WALKÜRE" (Sieglinde), "DJELMA "(Djelma), "HELLE " (Helle) and OTHELLO (Desdemona), LA JUIVE (Rachel), LE CID (Chimène), LES HUGUENOTS (Valentine), HENRY VIII (Catherine), FAUST (Marguerite), LE FREISCHÜTZ (Agathe), in 1895 in TANNHÄUSER (Elisabeth), in 1896 in DON JUAN (Doña Anna) and the APOTHEOSIS of BEETHOVEN in 1886 in 1909 Fourth Symphony).

MEYRIANE HEGLON-LEROUX (Bruxelles, 21 juin 1867 – 1942). Belguim Contralto Debut 05 November 1890 in RIGOLETTO (Madeleine). Sings SIGURD (Uta, 1890), William TELL (Edwige, 1891), AIDA (Amneris, 1891), SAMSON ET DALILA (Dalila, 1893), die WALKÜRE (Fricka, 1893), the mountain black (Yamina, 1895); THE taking of Troy (Cassandre), HAMLET (Queen), the song of departure in 1900; HENRY VIII (Anne), the Prophet (Fides) in 1903. Has created the life of the poet (the Muse), die WALKÜRE (Schwartleite); on March 16, 1894 (Myrtale) THAIS by Jules Massenet; DJELMA (Ourvaci), OTHELLO (Emilia), Black Mountain (Dara), FRÉDÉGONDE (Frédégonde), the Rhine (Liberal) Bell, the BURGUNDIAN (Pyrrha), ASTARTE (Omphale), barbarians (Livia), SIEGFRIED (Erda), ORSOLA (Orsola), the son of the Star (Lilith) and THEODORA (Theodora).

as Don Carlos in "Don Carlos" by Verdi David Yuzhin 1863-1923 Russian Tenor Studied in Tagarog with Anastaseva and Leonova, He later studied with Clark,Safferi, Vidal and Capelli.He was singing in the chorus at the Mariinsky in 1892 and made his debut at Kazansk-Saratovsk opera in 1894.Debut at the Bolshoi in 1901 as Raol in “Les Huguenots” by Meyerbeer and remained at the Bolshoi until 1908.He also guested at Mariinsky , Italy ,Belguim and South America

as Don Carlos in "Don Carlos" by Verdi David Yuzhin 1863-1923 Russian Tenor Studied in Tagarog with Anastaseva and Leonova, He later studied with Clark,Safferi, Vidal and Capelli.He was singing in the chorus at the Mariinsky in 1892 and made his debut at Kazansk-Saratovsk opera in 1894.Debut at the Bolshoi in 1901 as Raol in “Les Huguenots” by Meyerbeer and remained at the Bolshoi until 1908.He also guested at Mariinsky , Italy ,Belguim and South America

EUGENIA MRAVINA ( Yevgeniya Konstantinova Mravinskaya) (10 February 1864-24 October 1914) Russian Soprano Born St Petersburg studied at Conservatory St Petersburg with Pryanishnikov and in Berlin with Desiree Artot went to Paris to study with Mathilde Marchesi . Debut 1885 as Gilda in 'Rigoletto" at Vittorio Veneto , Was a principal at the Marinsky St Petersburg from 1886-1887 . Toured extensively throughout Russia . Farewell concert in 1906 at St Petersburg. roles included Lydmila in " Russlan & Lydmilla" , Tatyana in "Eugene Onegin" ,

as Manon "Manon" Massenet MARIA SLAVINA 1858–1951), Russian Mezzo Soprano Operatic mezzo-soprano and teacher;known after her marriage as Baroness Mariia Aleksandrovna Medem. Soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre in 1879-1917 (debut in Amneris). The first performer of Hanna in "the may night" by Rimsky-Korsakov (1880), Princess in "Sorceress" by Tchaikovsky (1887), Countess in 'Queen of Spades" Tchaikovsky ,Clytemnestra in 'Oresteia" Taneyev , First performe on the Russian stage as Carmen 1885 , Fricke in 'Valkyrie" 1900 , Clytemnestra in 'Electra" . Among her best roles Olga 'Eugene Onegin" , Seibel in 'Faust" , Fides in "The Prophet"

Mikhail Karakash 1887-1937 Russian Baritone Studied at Conservatoire St Petersburgh with Natayla Iretzksaya and Stanislaw Gabel. Debut 1911 as Onegin in “Eugene Onegin” by Tchaikovsky at the Marinsky after which he continued his studies in Milan with Vittorio Vanza and Nicolai. He toured throughout Russia and sang in Spain , Italy , Paris and at Belgrade.He retired in 1926 and taught voice and became the Director of the Bucharest Opera. His roles included Figaro in “Barber of Saville” by Rossini, Nevers in “Le Huguenots” by Meyerbeer , Sharpless in “Madam Butterfly” by Puccini and Escamillo in ‘Carmen” by Bizet.