Marie Delna [SEP] voice type
Marie Delna
Marie Delna (Paris, 3 April 1875 - Paris, 24 July 1932) was a French contralto. A major singer in Paris, particularly at the Opéra-Comique, she enjoyed an international career in the 1890s through to the 1910s and left several recordings.
Life and career.
Born Marie Ledant to a working-class family in the Marais area of the French capital, she was orphaned aged 15 months, and she and her sister grew up first with her maternal grandmother in Longjumeau. Then
Costanzi in 1916 as Dalida.
Lyse Charny died in 1950. Her voice has been favourably compared to that of her predecessor Marie Delna.