Marie Heilbron [SEP] voice type
Marie Heilbron
Marie Heilbron (or Heilbronn, – 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
BBC Radio 4 discussion with Stephen Pumphrey, John Heilbron & Lisa Jardine ("In Our Time", Sep. 29, 2005)