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ZOE BELIA (Victorine-Zoe Delau). 1836-???? Debut December 31, 1852 in Madelon (Madelon). Sang at the Opéra-Comique until 1870. She sang at the première of Auber's "Manon Lescaut" the rôle of the slave-girl Zaby (1856) and at the première of Auber's "La fiancée du Roi de Garbe" the rôle of the king's page Raphael (1864).

Louis Émile Wartel (Paris, 31 March 1834- Paris 5 May 1907) French Bass-baritone Wartel was an established singer at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris from 1858 until 1868, creating many baritone roles in new operas premiered there. 1858 Valère in Le médecin malgré lui (premiere) ,Lysandre in L'agneau de Chloé (premiere),Gambara in Le harpe d'or (premiere) . 1859 l’Agent de Cardinal Mazarin in Les petits violons du roi (premiere) 1860 le Docteur Sangrado in Gil Blas (premiere) . le Marquis de Panillac in Les valets de Gascogne (premiere) , Père Richard in L'auberge des Ardennes (premiere) Monsieur Oronte in Crispin, rival de son maitre (premiere) ,le Capitaine Barbagallo in Les pêcheurs de Catane (premiere) , 1861 Magnus and Astaroth in Astaroth (premiere) ,Monsieur d’Assonvilliers in Madame Grégoire (premiere) ,Badroulboudour in Les deux cadis (premiere) Kaloum in La statue (premiere) ,Placidus in La nuit aux gondoles (premiere) , Don Gregorio in Le tête enchantée (premiere) , 1862 l'Ogre de la forêt in La chatte merveilleuse (premiere) 1864 Ambroise in Mireille (premiere) Le docteur in Le cousin Babylas (premiere , 1865 Candaule in Le roi Candaule (premiere) , 1866 Van Daff in Les dragées de Suzette (premiere) 1867 le Duc de Vérone in Roméo et Juliette (premiere) ,Simon Glover in La jolie fille de Perth (premiere)

Victor Warot as Amenophis in "Moses Egitto" by Rossini VICTOR ALEXANDRE JOSEPH WAROT ( September 18, 1834 - March 29, 1906) .Belgian tenor. Debut d In 1858 at the Opéra-Comique Paris in Limnander's “Les Monténégrins”. From 1861-1868 he was engaged at the Grand-Opéra Paris. In the years 1868/69 and 1870/74 he sang at the La Monnaie Theatre in Brussels. He sang at 4 premières: as harvester Faucheur in Meyerbeer's "Dinorah" (1859), Beppe in Donizetti's "Rita" (1860), Tebaldo in Massé's "La mule de Pedro" (1865) and Don Alvaro in Meyerbeer's "L'Africaine" (1865). In 1888 he retired from the stage and then worked as a singing teacher in Paris

ALEXANDRINE MARIE CICO (Alexandrine Louise Hortense TROTTE ). (Paris, 04 July 1841 - 92.Neuilly-sur-Seine, September 09, 1875) Debut 1861 . Created Lalla-Roukh by David in 1862

ALEXANDRINE MARIE CICO (Alexandrine Louise Hortense TROTTE ). (Paris, 04 July 1841 - 92.Neuilly-sur-Seine, September 09, 1875) Debut 1861 . Created Lalla-Roukh by David in 1862

Alexandrine Marie Cico as Lalla-Roukh in "Lalla-Roukh " by Félicien David CREATOR ROLE ALEXANDRINE MARIE CICO (Alexandrine Louise Hortense TROTTE ). (Paris, 04 July 1841 - 92.Neuilly-sur-Seine, September 09, 1875) Debut 1861 . Created Lalla-Roukh by David in 1862

MARIE DESCLAUZAS (Malvina-Ernestine Armand ) 1840-1912 French Soprano She created the rôle of Mademoiselle Lange in Charles Lecocq’s “La fille de Madame Angot” (1872); the rôle of La belle cousine in Hervé’s “Alice de Nevers” (1875) and the rôle of Diane de Chateau-Lansac in Lecocq’s “Le petit Duc” (1878).

ALEXANDRINE MARIE MERCIER (Paris, 22 July 1828- ????) French Soprano Début 26 November 1846 in " les Diamants de la couronne " (Catarina). Married to Pierre Marius Victor Simon Jourdan

PIERRE JULES MICHOT -French Tenor 1832-1896 In 1856 he made his debut at the Théâtre-Lyrique in the opera “Richard Coeur-de- Lion” by Grétry. In 1859 he sang at the première of “La fée Carabosse” by Victor Massé and he created the rôle of Scopas in Reyer’s “Erostrate” (1862). From 1859-1865 he was engaged by the Grand-Opéra Paris, but then returned to the Théâtre-Lyrique. Here he created in 1867 the rôle of Roméo in Gounod's "Roméo et Juliette" with Marie Caroline Miolan Carvalho as Juliette. His career did not last long because his last (guest)performance was in 1868 at the Marseille Opera in Verdi’s “Vêpres Siciliennes”.

FRANK HEINO DAMROSCH (June 22, 1859 – October 22, 1937) German-born American music conductor and educator He had studied music in Germany under Dionys Pruckner. He studied in New York under Ferdinand von Inten. He also studied in Europe under Moritz Moszkowski. For some years he was chorus master at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. He also conducted the Mendelssohn Glee Club from 1885 to 1887. In 1892 he organized the People's Singing Classes, and he was also instrumental in founding the Musical Art Society of New York.

BERTHE THIBAULT (07 July 1846-????). French Soprano She sang LES HUGUENOTS (Marguerite); ROBERT LE DIABLE (Isabelle); FAUST (Marguerite); DON JUAN (Zerlina).

J G PEAKS 1846-1901 American Tenor

CHRISTINE NILSSON (Sjöabol near Växjö, Sweden, August 20, 1843 - Stockholm, 22 November 1921). Swedish Soprano Debut October 27, 1864, Théâtre-Lyrique. Debuted at l'Opéra de la salle Le Peletier on 09 March 1868 by creating Opehlia in HAMLET ,Sang in the premiere on 03 March 1869 Marguerite in Faust at the Palais Garnier. She sang LA LEGENDE DE SAINTE CECILE , oratorio by Benedict; ROBERT LE DIABLE (Alice). Meyerbeer

CLARA LOUISE KELLOGG (July 9, 1842 – May 13, 1916) American Soprano She received her musical training in New York City and first sang in opera there in 1861.She appeared as prima donna in Italian opera in London and at concerts in 1867 and 1868, and from that time till 1887 was one of the leading public singers. She appeared at intervals in London,but was principally engaged in America

EMMA FURSCH-MARDI (1847-21 September 1894) French Soprano Studied at the Paris Conservatory and made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1871 in 'Faust" . She was chosen by Verdi to be his first Aida in Europe , it opened at Theatre Royale Brussells and had 72 performance. Her debut at Covent garden London was in 1879 , and appered in New York in 1882 and made her first appearance at the New Metropolitan New York in its first season in 1883-1884 . Her last appearance was as Ortrud in "Lohengrin" in 1894 at the Metropolitan New York

CORALIE BRACHE

ROSE DESCHAMPS Soprano Associated with the opéra-bouffe in Paris in the middle of the 19th century, particularly the works of Offenbach Created at Theatre des Bouffes Paris the roles Blondette in his opera "Genevive de Brabant" 1859 & Guilluame in "La Chanson de Fortunio" in 1861, ,and was in his operetta 'Orphee aux Enfers" .She also performed at the Comedie Francaise ,

MINONA FRIEB-BLUMAUER (Johanna Blumauer) Soprano (11 May 1816-31 July 1886) Studied Prague Conservatory and was engaged as guest artist at Darmstadt . She moved to Cologne and Aachen . She participated in Rossini's opera's and performed roles such as Rosina 'The Barber of Saville" with some success. She soon realised her voice was not up to the demands of Opera and by 1841 had moved to spoken theatre in which she excelled.