Rosine Bloch by Petit (1)

Rosine Bloch (1832-1891); French mezzo-soprano. She studied at the Conservatoire National de Paris with Levasseur and Battaille.She made her debut in 1865 as Azucena in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore” at the Grand Opéra Paris, where she remained until 1880. In 1873 she created the role of Claribel in "La coupe du Roi de Thulé" by Eugène Diaz. In 1880 she sang at the French première of Verdi’s “Aïda” the role of Amneris. She also sang the role of Dalila in the Paris première of Saint-Saëns’ “Samson et Dalila” (1890) on the occasion of the opening of the Théâtre Eden. She made guest appearances at Brussels, Monte Carlo and London (Covent Garden).