Gustave Charpentier

Gustave Charpentier

male, deceased (1956)
Gustave Charpentier was a French composer, best known for his opera "Louise". He was born in Dieuze, the son of a baker, and after studying at the... More
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Georges Prêtre

male, 84 years old
Georges Prêtre is a French conductor. He was born in Waziers (Nord), and studied harmony under Maurice Duruflé and conducting under André Clu... More
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Mady Mesplé

female, 77 years old
France's most famed lyric coloratura-soprano and one of the world's greatest, Mady Mesplé was born in Toulouse, on March 7, 1931 and was o... More
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Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

Marceline Desbordes-Valmore

female, deceased (1859)
Marceline Desbordes-Valmore was a French poet. She was born in Douai. Following the French Revolution, her family emigrated to Guadeloupe. In 1817... More
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Mado Robin

Mado Robin

female, deceased (1960)
Madeleine Marie Robin, known as Mado Robin, was a French singer who was born in Yzeures-sur-Creuse, Touraine. A coloratura soprano, she had an... More
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Charles Simon Favart

Charles Simon Favart

male, deceased (1792)
Charles Simon Favart, was a French dramatist. Born in Paris, the son of a pastry-cook, he was educated at the college of Louis-le-Grand, and after... More
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Léopold Simoneau

male, deceased (2006)
Léopold Simoneau, CC (May 3 1916 - August 24 2006) was a Canadian light-lyric tenor. Born in St. Flavien, Quebec, Simoneau attended Levis College a... More
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Louis Gallet

Louis Gallet

male, deceased (1898)
Louis Gallet was an inexhaustible French writer of operatic librettos, plays, romances, memoirs, pamphlets, and innumerable articles, who is... More
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Georges Thill

Georges Thill

male, deceased (1984)
Georges Thill was a French tenor, often considered France's greatest tenor. His career lasted from 1924 to 1953. A pupil of Fernando De Lucia,... More
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Guillemette Laurens

Guillemette Laurens

female, 58 years old
Guillemette Laurens is a French operatic mezzo-soprano. Guillemette trained at the Academy of Toulouse and debuted as Baba in "The Rake's Progress"... More
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