Zoé Bélia by Maze

Zoé Bélia (1836-?); French soprano, born "Victorine-Zoé Delau". She made her debut in 1853 at the Opéra-Comique and stayed there till 1870 singing minor roles. She sang at the première of Auber's "Manon Lescaut" the role of the slave-girl Zaby (1856). Also in 1856 she created the role of Marion in Halevy's "Valentine d'Aubigny". In 1858 she created Rispah in Gevaert's "Quentin Durward" and in 1864 at the première of Auber's "La fiancée du Roi de Garbe" the role of the king's page Raphael.