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Colin as Raol in "Les Huguenots" by Meyerbeer Edouard Adolphe COLIN French tenor December 26, 1840 – January 13, 1872 A student at the Paris Conservatory, he obtained a 1st prize in singing in 1865 and, the following year, a 2nd prize in opera and a second prize in comic opera. He sang at the Paris Opera from 1867 to 1872, He made his debut there on November 6, 1867 in Don Juan (Don Ottavio) , He premiered there on March 9, 1868 Hamlet (Laërte) by Ambroise Thomas; on April 30, 1870 the oratorio La Légende de Sainte Cécile by Julius Benedict. ,He participated in the premiere of Faust (Faust) by Charles Gounod on March 3, 1869.He sang the Huguenots there (Raoul de Nangis, November 25, 1868); Herculaneum (Helios, July 1868); William Tell (Arnold, August 4, 1869); the Mute of Portici (Masaniello, 1870); Robert le Diable (Robert, March 1870).

Valero as don Jose ' Carmen " by Bizet

Emilia Van der Linden as "Lakme" . She was a soprano and was awarded First Prize at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels in 1901.

MARGUERITE VAILLANT- COUTURIER 12 May 1855 - 1 May 1930 French Soprano Studied Paris Conservatory and won 1st prize at the Opera Comique Paris in 1878,Debut in “Mirielle” by Gounod at the La Monnaie Bruxelles At the Monnaie she sang Juliette “Romeo et Juliette” by Gounod , ‘Galathee” by Masse .”l’etoile du Nord” by Meyerbeer. She than sang in Marseille , Nantes and Geneva and then returned to Paris where she sang in the premiere’s of “Le Coeur et la Main” on 19/10/1882 , “La roi de Carreau ‘ by de Lajarte on 26/10/1883 and “Babolin” by Varney 19/3/1884. She then returned to Bruxelles to create Manon and sing Margurite in “Faust” by Gounod and Ophelia in “Hamlet” by Thomas, she then travelled to Buenos Aires and St Petersburg before returning to the Opera Comique making her debut as Carmen in “‘Carmen” by Bizet on 12/6/1888 at the Comique she created Catherine in “L’Esadron volant de la Reine “ by Litloff ,She also sang at The Hague and Toulouse.Sister of Soprano Pauline Vaillant and Aunt of singer Marguerite Carre

Stella de la Mar 1860 - ???? French Mezzo Debut 1879 at Opera Comique

PIERRE FRANCOIS VILLARET (1830-1896) French Tenor Debut salle Le Peletier on March 20, 1863 in GUILLAUME TELL (Arnold). Performed LA JUIVE (Eléazar, 1863), LA MUETTE DE PORTICI (Mazianello, 1865), LES HUGUENOTS (Raoul, 1865), the African (Vasco, 1867), ROBERT LE DIABLE (Robert, 1867), the Prophet (John, 1871), LA REINE DE CHYPRE (Gérard, 1877), roles that he sang at the Palais Garnier.

Luisa Tetrazzini 1871 – 1940 Italian coloratura soprano Her first voice teacher was her elder sister, Eva Tetrazzini (1862–1938), who also was a successful singer. Later studied at the Instituto Musicale in Florence. According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (second edition, 1980), she made her operatic debut in Florence in 1890. The role was Inez in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, . The first part of her career was spent mainly in the Italian provincial theaters and touring in Russia , Spain and South America .American debut in San Francisco in 1905. 1907 T debut as Violetta in La traviata at Covent Garden in London, 1908 at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, Appeared at the Met for only one season, in 1911-12 Guest appearances 1911 to 1914 with the Boston Opera Company and Chicago Grand Opera Company .Roles Lucia, Violetta, Gilda,Titania . Filine and Rosina

AINO ACKTE (originally Achte) 23 April 1876 – 8 August 1944) Finnish soprano. studied singing under her mother'( mezzo-soprano Emmy Achté (née Strömer) until 1894 when she entered the Paris Conservatory, studying under Edmond Duvernoy and Alfred Girodet. Her debut at the Paris Grand Opera was in 1897 as Margurite in "Faust" by Gounod .In 1904 she was engaged by the New York Metropolitan Opera where she remained until 1906 . In 1911, Ackté, Oskar Merikanto, and Edvard Fazer founded the Kotimainen Ooppera (renamed in 1914 Finnish Opera)and was to act as its director in 1938-39. After parting ways with the National Opera, Ackté organized an international Savonlinna Opera Festival beginning on 3 July 1912;[9] it was held 1912-14, 1916 and 1930.1906. She created the title role of Richard Strauss's " Salome" at its local premieres in Leipzig (1907) and London (1910).She ended her international travels in 1914 and returned to Finland, where she gave her farewell performance in 1920. Her final public performances took place at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 1930.

as Canio "Pagliacci" by Leoncavarlo Etienne Gibert 1859-1929 French Tenor Debut 1889 as Esclarmonde (le Chevalier Roland) by Jules Massenet. 1900, in Cavalleria Rusticana (Torrido), a role he created in Paris. He also sang at the Opera where he made his debut on November 6, 1893.Débute L'AFRICAINE (Vasco de Gama) . Chante LOHENGRIN (Lohengrin, 1893), ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (Tybalt, 1894), TANNHÄUSER (Tannhäuser, 1898).

as Demon "The Demon' Rubenstein Eugenio Giraldoni (20 May 1871, Marseille – 23 June 1924, Helsinki) Italian baritone Son of another leading baritone, Leone Giraldoni, and the soprano and violinist Carolina Ferni. His mother gave him voice lessons and he made his opera debut in Barcelona, as Escamillo in Carmen, in 1891.Giraldoni consolidated his career by appearing at various operatic venues in Italy and, in 1898, visiting South America. Then, in 1900, he earned a place in operatic history when he created the part of Baron Scarpia in Tosca, at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. He also appeared in the first performance of Alberto Franchetti's La figlia di Jorio at Italy's foremost opera house, La Scala, Milan, in 1906. He sang in Russia and Poland from 1901 until 1907 and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City during the 1904–05 season. In 1913, he appeared at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, as Scarpia and Sharpless. Apart from Scarpia, his notable roles included: Don Carlo, Amonasro, Telramund, Hamlet, Berlioz's Méphisto and Onegin. After World War I, Giraldoni sang on the Italian provincial-theatre circuit. He retired from the stage in Trieste in 1921 and died three years later in Finland, where he had gone to teach. His last operatic appearance had been as the Father in Louise.

Marcelle Demougeot (Jeanne Marguerite Marcelle Decorne) 1876-1931 French Soprano Studied in Dijon with Charles Laurent and at the Paris Conservatory with Hettich.Debut 1902 at Palais Garnier Paris as Donna Elvira in “ Don Giovanni” by Mozart . In 1904 she sang in the premiere of “Le fils de l’étoile” by Camille Erlanger, and 1906 as Cypris in “Ariane”, by Massenet .1907-09 seasons she sang at the provincial theaters and later at Nice, Bordeaux, Lyon and Vichy. In 1921 she sang at the Palais Garnier Paris as Brunnhilde in ”Die Walkure’’. In 1930 she sang Brünnhilde in the Ring cycle. in Strasbourg. She was considered the most important French Wagnerian soprano of her generation and she also sang Fricka in “Rheingold” by Wagner. Kundry in “Parsifal” by Wagner .She also sang roles such as Aida in “Aida” by Verdi , Valentine in “Les Huguenots” by Meyerbeer, Mathilde in “William Tell” by Rossini, Cyria in “Ariane” by Massenet and Marguerite in “La Damnation de Faust” by Berlioz. Dejanire “Déjanire” by Saint-Saens .She was also a noted concert singer .She retired in 1925 and taught singing

as Tamara " The Demon" Rubenstein Olympia Boronat 1867-1934 Italian Soprano Debut in Naples 1885 . Sang in most of the leading theatres in Italy including San Carlo, and Teatro Bellini Catania<She travelled to Spain , Portugasl ,South America and Russia , Her roles included Margurite "Faust" , Ophelia "Hamlet", elvira " Puritani ", Juliette , Violetta and Gilda "Rigoletto" After her retirement, Boronat founded a singing school in Warsaw

MARGUERITE CARRE (Marguerite Caroline GIRAUD) 1880-1947 French Soprano Studied at the Conservatory in Bordeaux . Joined opera Comique in 1902. She married Albert Carre Director of the Opera Comique . She was the first Pamina and Madama Butterfly at the Opera Comique. She never travelled outside of France .She participated in the first on 23 May 1905, Cherubino (Nina) by Jules Massenet; on 28 December 1906 by Giacomo Puccini Madama Butterfly (Cio-cio-san) [French version of Paul Ferrier]; on 22 May 1908 by Snegourotchka (Snegourotchka) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's [French version of Pierre Lalo]; October 26, 1911, the secret of Suzanne (Suzanne Countess) of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari [French version of Kufferath]; on December 30, 1913 life brief (Salud) by Manuel de Falla [French version of Paul Milliet]; June 18, 1923, Pepita Jiménez (Pepita) of Isaac Albéniz

AINO ACKTE (originally Achte) 23 April 1876 – 8 August 1944) Finnish soprano. studied singing under her mother'( mezzo-soprano Emmy Achté (née Strömer) until 1894 when she entered the Paris Conservatory, studying under Edmond Duvernoy and Alfred Girodet. Her debut at the Paris Grand Opera was in 1897 as Margurite in "Faust" by Gounod .In 1904 she was engaged by the New York Metropolitan Opera where she remained until 1906 . In 1911, Ackté, Oskar Merikanto, and Edvard Fazer founded the Kotimainen Ooppera (renamed in 1914 Finnish Opera)and was to act as its director in 1938-39. After parting ways with the National Opera, Ackté organized an international Savonlinna Opera Festival beginning on 3 July 1912;[9] it was held 1912-14, 1916 and 1930.1906. She created the title role of Richard Strauss's " Salome" at its local premieres in Leipzig (1907) and London (1910).She ended her international travels in 1914 and returned to Finland, where she gave her farewell performance in 1920. Her final public performances took place at the Savonlinna Opera Festival in 1930.

PAUL AUMONIER 1872-1944 French Bass He studied singing at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1904 he appeared at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in G. Verdi’s ‘’Rigoletto’’and ‘’Aida’’. In 1913 he sang at the Opéra de Rouen Haute-Normandie in the premiere of the opera ‘’Graziella’’ by J. Mazellier. In 1919 at the Paris Grand Opéra he appeared in ‘’Samson et Dalila’’ and ‘’Salammbô’’. His repertoire included Max in ‘’Le chalet’’ by A. Adam, Jacob in ‘’Joseph’’ of E. Méhul, Girto in ‘’Le Pré aux clercs’’ by F. Hérold, Marcel in G. Meyerbeer’s ‘’Huguenots’’, Frère Laurent in C. Gounod’s ‘’Roméo et Juliette’’ and Lothario in ‘’Mignon’’ by A. Thomas.

Francillo-Kauffmann as Mimi "La Boheme' Puccini HEDWIG FRANCILLO-KAUFFMANN 1878-1948 Austrian Soprano Studied with Franzi Müller and Emilie Dorr in Vienna, then by Aglaia of Orgeni in Dresden and Maestro Rosario in Milan. Debut in 1898 at the Municipal Theatre of Szczecin.She sang 1899-1902 at the Court Theatre of Wiesbaden, 1902-03 at the Court Opera in Munich, 1903-05 at the Berlin Court Opera. 1905-07 great success at the Komische Oper Berlin. 1907-08 she sang again at the Court Opera Berlin;In 1908 at the Vienna Court Opera, where she worked with brilliant successes until 1912. 1912-1917 she sang at the Opera House of Hamburg. After 1917, she made guest performances and concerts which took her to Vienna, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, London and Munich, but also to South America. In 1927 she gave up her career as a teacher and lived in Berlin and then Vienna

Foerster as Lola "Cavelleris Rusticana" by Mascagni Ellen Brandt-Forster 1866-1921 Austrian Soprano Studied vienna with Dustmann, Debut 1885 at Danzig as Margauerite "Faust" gounod , In 1886 appeared as Floermaiden at bayreuth and joined the Hofoper Vienna in 1887 where she remained until her retirement in 1909 , Her roles included Clarissa "Die drei Pintos" , Lola " Cavalleria Rusticana" . Created Sophie in "Werther" 1892

Maria Gay (Maria de Lourdes Lucia Antonia Pichot Gironés) 1879-1943 Catalan Mezzo Soprano She was a singing pupil of soprano Ada Adini. Debut 1902 in the title role of Carmen in Brussels. 1906, Debut at Milan's La Scala,where she met tenor Giovanni Zenatello. Gay and Zenatello would live together the rest of their lives,1908, she made her debut in Carmen for the Met in New York City opposite Geraldine Farrar as Micaela. In 1910 she performed the same role with the Boston Opera Company as Carmen. Gay and Zenatello worked to find, help train, and promote promising young singers