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VICTOR CAPOUL (27 February 1839 – 18 February 1924) French Tenor He began his studies in 1859 at the Conservatoire of Paris . He debuted in 1861 at the Opéra-Comique Paris as Daniel in 'Le chalet' of Adam. By 1870, he remained at the Opéra-Comique as principal tenor until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 .during which he sought asylum in England , There he joined the Mapelson Company at Drury Lane , making his debut as Faust in Gounod's "'Faust " then 1871-75 at the Italian Opera London At London he appeared at Covent Garden for the first time in 1877 , as Fra Diavolo . Lionel 'Marta" , Faust , Elvino ,and Ernesto.With Mapelson he went to the USA where he was regular visitor until 1884 , again at the New York Metropolitan Opera 1891-1892 ; He made his debut there as Gounod's Faust and sang seven roles: the Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor ', in Wilhelm Meister' Mignon 'of A.Thomas, Count Almaviva in" The Barber of Sevbilla', the Alfredo in "La Traviata 'Tybalt in' Romeo et Juliette 'by Gounod, the Enzo in "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli and worked among others in 1891 in the Metropolitan premiere of Verdi's' Othello' as Cassio with. In the years 1892-97 he lived as a singing teacher in New York; then he became a director of the Grand Opera of Paris. In 1905 he gave up this activity.

ENRICO TAMBERLICK (1820-1889). Tenor The Italian (or possibly Romanian) tenor Enrico Tamberlick (sometimes spelt Tamberlik or Tamberlinck) was born on 16 March 1820. He made his début at Rome in December 1837, and performed at Covent Garden regularly from 1850 to 1864, and then again in 1870. One of the first tenors to reach a high ‘C’, he also appeared in New York, Paris, Madrid and St. Petersburg. He interpreted the operas of Berlioz, Rossini and Verdi; on 10 November 1862 in St. Petersburg he created the role of Don Alvaro in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino. Enrico Tamberlick died on 13 March 1889.

ACHILLE-FELIX MONTAUBRY (12 November 1826- 2 October 1898) French Tenor At the Paris Conservatoire as a student of Panseron and Moreau-Sainti. European debut at the Salle Favart on 16 December 1858 in Les trois Nicolas by Clapisson, playing Nicolas Dalayrac In Le joaillier de Saint-James (17 February 1862) he created the role of Bernard He was also the first Bénédict in Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict, which premiered on 9 August 1862 in Baden-Baden. Eugène Gautier's Le trésor de Pierrot (5 November 1864

PASQUALE BRIGNOLI ?????? (b. Naples, Italy, 1824; d. New York City, 30 October 1884) Italian-born American tenor. His operatic debut was in Paris in Rossini's Mosè in Egitto but he needed training and so he entered the Paris Conservatoire. After a period of study, he appeared in L'elisir d'amore in the role of Nemorino at the Theatre des Italiens. He is also recorded as having sung at the Paris Opera in 1854 he came to the United States with Maurice Strakosch in 1855, and soon attained a popularity that lasted almost to the end of his life. His American debut was as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor (1855) and soon thereafter he sang Manrico in the first American production of Il Trovatore (1855). Other permière American performances in which he appeared were La Traviata (1856), I vespri siciliani (1859) and Un ballo in maschera (1861), conducted by Brignoli's friend, Emanuele Muzio at the New York Academy of Music, as well as Luigi Arditi's La Spia (1855) and Betly (1861) at the Philadelphia Academy of Music. Brignoli's first appearance in Boston was in 1855, as Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia.

AGOSTINO GIULIANO SUSINI & ISABELLA HINCKLEY 1825-1883 1840-1862 Italian Bass American Mezzo Soprano Isabella Hinckley was one of the first Americans to win critical recognition as a serious operatic singer. Performing in a series of Italian operas staged in New York and Brooklyn in 1861 and 1862, Hinckley was acclaimed for her stirring renditions of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and “Hail Columbia”—both of which had been patriotically inserted in the librettos. Hinckley often sang the part of the page in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera, a role that President-elect Abraham Lincoln saw her perform at New York’s Academy of Music on February 20, 1861. In 1857 Hinckley made her Florence debut. Hinckley's opera debut was in Amsterdam in 1860 as Adalgisa in "Norma." In 1861 Hinckley made her New York debut as Lucia di Lammermoor at the Academy of Music. She was famous for her performances in "Il Trovatore," "Il Barbiere di Siviglia," and "Il Ballo in Maschera." In 1861 Hinckley married Augostino Susini , one of the great opera singers of the 1850s and 60s. Susini made his American debut in 1854 in "Lucrezia Borgia" at the Castle Garden in New York. He starred for many opera seasons at the New York Academy of Music. Both singers died tragically; she in childbirth at age 22 and he was run over by a carriage in London iNFORMATION THANKS TO Bialystok-Stavenuiter

EUGENIE CLEMENTINE ELISA DURIE (Paris, August 03, 1853-). French Soprano Debut 1881

MARIE GEISTINGER Marie "Charlotte Cecilia" Geistinger (* 26 July 1836 in Graz , † 29 September 1903 in Klagenfurt ) Austrian Soprano She was educated in the main by Carl Maria Wolf in Vienna. In 1850 she made her debut as a soubrette at the Max Schwaiger-Theater in Munich. 1852 she came to the theater in the Josefstadt in Vienna. In 1854 she appeared at the Friedrich Wilhelm Municipal Theater Berlin, in 1856 at the Thalia Theatre in Hamburg. 1859-63 she worked at the Municipal Theatre of Riga, where she was active in the versatile opera, operetta and comedy. 1863 she performed in Berlin at the Victoria Theatre. 1865 came at the Vienna Strampfertheater a majestic success of the singer when she appeared there in the title role in Offenbach's 'Beautiful Helena'. Offenbach In world premieres of Johann Strauss operetta 'Indigo' (1871), 'Carnival in Rome' (1873) and 'Cagliostro in Wien' (1875). On 04.05.1874 she created at the Theater an der Wien in the premiere of 'bat' the role of Rosalinde; . She performed both as an operetta singer and as a tragedian. She came back to Europe in 1885 and now turned back to operetta. 1888,

MARIE LITTA (Marie Eugenia Von Elsner ) ( 1 June 1856- 7 July 1883) American Soprano Born Marie Eugenia Von Elsner in Bloomington, IL, on June 1 1856. Her father was a native of Germany, from a minor noble family, and her mother was the daughter of William Dimmitt, an early Illinois pioneer and one of the first settlers of Bloomington. Both parents were musically talented, and Marie's father began nurturing her vocal qualities at the age of 4. She sang before President Grant when 12 years old, and began her professional instruction at the Cleveland Conservatory of Music at the age of 16, in 1872. In 1874 she left for London to continue her training, and debuted at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1876. She moved on to Paris for further training under the leading teachers of the day, and scored a triumphant debut as Lucia in "Lucia di Lammermoor". This 1878 debut was the occasion for Marie changing her name. Paris in 1878 had not forgotten France's ignominious defeat in the Franco- Prussian War. It was suggested to Marie that the Parisian opera-going public would be more receptive if she had a less German-sounding name. She selected Litta, the surname of a prominent Italian family. Marie returned to the U. S. and debuted in Chicago in "Lucia" on December 2, 1878. She was often compared to Jenny Lind because of her personality, amiability and willingness to give concerts for the poor. She was held in deep affection by concert goers. She continued her career with the Strakosch Opera Company, and with the Henry L. Slayton Co. of Chicago, and performed throughout the U. S. and in Canada. She was equally at home with operatic arias as well as old favorites. Although plagued by seemingly minor ailments throughout her career, she was known for her hard work and determination. After what proved to be her final concert in Escanaba, MI on May 9, 1883, she asked to be returned to Bloomington, which she always considered her home. She died at her home on July 7, 1883 at age 27, possibly of cerebro-spinal meningitis. Bloomington had never seen a funeral with so many mourners. (An example of the cult of mourning at the time: scraps of fabric were cut from Marie's gowns and distributed to "the faithful" as "relics" of Marie. The McLean County Historical Society has some of these fragments in its collection.) Until the emergence of Adlai E. Stevenson II, Marie Litta was considered the only citizen of Bloomington who had ever won world-wide fame. An impressive monument was dedicated to her memory in Bloomington's Evergreen City Cemetery on July 4, 1885, with formal dedication addresses by the Honorable David Davis and Mr. James Ewing. Bloomington still remembers Marie Litta: the Parks & Recreation Department dedicated a small park in her honor in 1991.

David Bispham as Alberich in "Siegfried" Wagner DAVID SCULL BISPHAM (January 5, 1857 – October 2, 1921) American Baritone Studied singing in Florence with Luigi Vannuccini and in Milan with Francesco Lamperti. He also studied in Bayreuth. Royal Opera at Covent Garden to sing the part of Beckmesser in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg in June 1892 , Kurwenal in Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. American debut, once again in Wagner, at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on November 18, 1896; that night he sang the role of Sixtus Beckmesser in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.In 1901 he gave a recital exclusively featuring songs of of Carrie Jacobs-Bond in Chicago's Studebaker Theatre, After 1903 Bispham's operatic appearances were few, and he devoted most of his time to recitals, with which he had much success

MILLOT Debut Le Palais Garnier Paris 1861

MATHILDE PHILLIPS 16th April 1842 -10th March 1915 American Mezzo Soprano Sister of Adelaide Phillips . Studied with Pauline Viardot-Garcia .In 1874 she made her debut in the title role of Rossini's "La Cenerentola" with her sister's opera Company the "Adelaide Phillipps Opera Company".She was born in New York and was daughter of Alfred Phillips & Mary Rees

EDWARD LLOYD (7 March 1845 – 31 March 1927) was a British concert and oratorio tenor in 1852-60 he was as Choirboy in the choir of Westminster Abbey in London and graduated with no actual vocal studies. In 1866 he was a chorister at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1867 in the choir of St. Andrew's, London, . In 1871 he sang for the first time as a soloist, and although at the Festival of Gloucester, the tenor solo in the St. Matthew Passion by JS Bach. Here he created many solo parts in first performances of oratorios, so 1880 in Leeds "The Martyr of Antioch" by Gounod, 1882 in Birmingham "The Redemption", also by Gounod, 1884 in Norwich "The Rose of Sharon" by Mackenzie, 1885 in Birmingham "Mors et vita" by Gounod, 1886 in Leeds "The Golden Legend" by Sullivan and "St. Ludmilla" by A.Dvor | VAK, 1888 in Birmingham "Judith" by Sir Charles Hastings Parry, 1894 in Birmingham "Saul" from same composer, 1898 in Leeds "Cataractus" by Edward Elgar. On stage he has never occurred, but he sang in his concerts of opera arias.The highlight of his career he achieved when he sang on 10.03.1900 in the world premiere of the oratorio "The Dream of Gerontius" by E.Elgar Birmingham at the Festival of the tenor solo. In the same year he was in London his farewell concert, but sang at the coronation of King George V in 1911 a solo in a Coronation Anthem and entered the First World War in 1915 again in London in a charity concert

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CONSTANCE CAROLINE LEFEBVRE-FAURE (Constance-Caroline Lefebvre). (Paris, 21 décembre 1828 - février 1905). French Mezzo Soprano Studied at Consevatoire National under Banderali and Théodore Moreau-Saintini. At her departure from the Conservatoire she was honored with several awards in 1849-50. Debut at the Opéra-Comique and created the opera by Victor Massé "La Chanteuse violée".She sang in operas by Boieldieu, Auber, Adolphe Adam and Ambroise Thomas. She appeared in a number of world premieres of operas these and other contemporary composers at the Opéra-Comique with: on 20/04/1850 in "Le songe d'une nuit d'été" by A.Thomas, on 02.16.1854 in 'L' Étoile du Nord "by Meyerbeer, on 01/26/1857 in" Psyché ", again a work of A.Thomas, on 05.07.1860 in the title role of the opera" Rita "by Donizetti. 1860 she married the famous baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure (1830-1914), who was one of the greatest French singers of his era. After her marriage she was still working for several years at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris. Here she on 19.03.1864 shwe sang the premiere of the opera "Mireille" by Gounod, and on 01/26/1865 "L'Aventurier" by.Poniatowski. Later she appeared occasionally in the concert hall and was active in educational area in Paris.

MARIE CAROLINE MIOLAN-CARVAHLO (Marie Caroline Félix-Miolan) 31 December 1827, Marseille - 10 July 1895, Château-Puys, near Dieppe) French Soprano Studied first with her father, François Félix-Miolan, an oboist, and later at the Paris Conservatory with Gilbert Duprez. She made her stage debut in Brest, as Isabelle in Le prophète, in 1849. The following year, she made her debut in Paris in the title role in Lucia di Lammermoor, later singing in Le Pré aux clercs, Les Huguenots, Der Freischütz, Hamlet, etc. She appeared at the Théâtre Lyrique from 1856 to 1867, mostly in Mozart and Rossini roles, but also created there an estimated 30 roles, notably by Charles Gounod such as Marguerite in Faust, Baucis in Philémon et Baucis, the title role in Mireille and Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, but also Louis Clapisson's La Fanchonnette, Victor Massé's Les noces de Jeanette, Ambroise Thomas's La cour de Célimène. She made frequent guest appearances at the Royal Opera House in London (1859–72), also appearing in Berlin and Saint Petersburg. She retired from the stage in 1885, as Marguerite. After retirement, she taught singing in Paris.

VICTOR CAPOUL (27 February 1839 – 18 February 1924) French Tenor He began his studies in 1859 at the Conservatoire of Paris . He debuted in 1861 at the Opéra-Comique Paris as Daniel in 'Le chalet' of Adam. By 1870, he remained at the Opéra-Comique as principal tenor until the outbreak of the Franco-Prussian war in 1870 .during which he sought asylum in England , There he joined the Mapelson Company at Drury Lane , making his debut as Faust in Gounod's "'Faust " then 1871-75 at the Italian Opera London At London he appeared at Covent Garden for the first time in 1877 , as Fra Diavolo . Lionel 'Marta" , Faust , Elvino ,and Ernesto.With Mapelson he went to the USA where he was regular visitor until 1884 , again at the New York Metropolitan Opera 1891-1892 ; He made his debut there as Gounod's Faust and sang seven roles: the Edgardo in "Lucia di Lammermoor ', in Wilhelm Meister' Mignon 'of A.Thomas, Count Almaviva in" The Barber of Sevbilla', the Alfredo in "La Traviata 'Tybalt in' Romeo et Juliette 'by Gounod, the Enzo in "La Gioconda" by Ponchielli and worked among others in 1891 in the Metropolitan premiere of Verdi's' Othello' as Cassio with. In the years 1892-97 he lived as a singing teacher in New York; then he became a director of the Grand Opera of Paris. In 1905 he gave up this activity.

JENNY LIND Johanna Maria Lind (6 October 1820 – 2 November 1887), Swedish Soprano Often known as the "Swedish Nightingale In 1838 she made her debut in Stockholm as Agathe in "Der Freischütz". Then they sang in Stockholm roles such as Pamina in "The Magic Flute", the Donna Anna in "Don Giovanni", the Giulia in "La vestale" of Spontini, the Norma by Bellini, Lucia di Lammermoor and the Euryanthe in the eponymous opera of Weber. Went to Paris and studied with Manuel Garcia jr. In 1844 she went to the Royal Court Opera, Berlin. and debuted as as Norma This was followed by triumphant guest performances in Hamburg, Cologne, Koblenz and Leipzig. One of her great creations was the Marie in Donizetti's "La fille du régiment " ". In 1847 she was engaged by the impresario Lumley at the Her Majesty's Theatre in London. She made her debut there as Alice in "Robert le Diable" by Meyerbeer and sang on 06/22/1847 in this house in the world premiere of Verdi's opera "I Masnadieri" she sang Alice in Meyerbeer's" Robert le Diable "Agathe in "Der Freischütz", in Meyerbeer's "Huguenots" , Concert tour through North America in the years 1850-52, After her retirement from the stage she appeared, apart from their concert tours, especially in the great English music festivals and similar celebrations in Germany. The last time she appeared in 1870 on the Lower Rhine Music Festival in Dusseldorf, where she recited the soprano solo in the oratorio "Ruth",

MARIE BARETTI (Marie Julie Blanche Barretty) (10 February 1838-16 december 1877) Debut 1863 , sang at the Opera Comique and Theatre Lyrique , Sang in the sang in the première's of Maillart's "Les pecheurs de Catane" (1860) and "Lara" (1864), Reyer's "La statue" (1861) and David's "Le saphir" (1865).