Marie Heilbron, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Heilbron

Belgian operatic soprano

Date of Birth: 05-May-1851

Place of Birth: Antwerp, Flemish Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 31-Mar-1886

Profession: singer, opera singer

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Marie Heilbron (or Heilbronn, c.?1851 – 31 March 1886) was a Belgian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the French repertory, creator of Jules Massenet's quintessential French heroine Manon. Born in Antwerp, she studied first in Brussels and later in Paris with famous tenor Gilbert Duprez.
She made her Parisian debut at the Théâtre-Italien in 1866, as Marie in La fille du régiment.
In 1867, she appeared for the first time at the Opéra-Comique, as Catherine in L'étoile du nord.
She was to create there Massenet's Manon in 1884.
She also appeared at the Théâtre des Variétés from 1871 onwards.
She took part in the creation of Jacques Offenbach's Les braconniers, and Victor Massé's Une nuit de Cléopâtre. In 1879, she made her debut at the Opéra Garnier, where she sang as Marguerite in Faust, Ophélie in Hamlet, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette.
The same year she made her debut at La Scala in Milan, as Violetta in La traviata.
She also appeared in Monte Carlo and St Petersburg. Heilbron died at Nice, France in 1886.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat