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 The grave of Cornélie Falcon at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (24 Oct 2014) |
 The grave of Cornélie Falcon at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (24 Oct 2014) |
Falcon, Cornélie |
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BORN 28 Jan 1814, Paris - DIED 25 Feb 1897, Paris BIRTH NAME Falcon, Marie-Cornélie GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 55, ligne 02, U, 15) |
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The soprano Cornélie Falcon studied at the Conservatory in Paris from 1827 to 1831. Her teachers were Felice Pellegrini, François-Louis Henry, Marco Bordogni and Adolphe Nourrit. She won several prizes. She debuted successfully as Alice in "Robert le Diable" on 20 July 1832. In the audience were the singers Malibran, Caroline Branchu, and Giulia Grisi as well as the composers Rossini, Berlioz and Cherubini. More successes followed as the first Rachel in "La Juive" and as the first Valentine in "The Huguenots" (1836). In 1837 she suddenly lost her voice and she was unable to get it back. After a benefit concert at the Opéra on 14 March 1840 she left the stage, although she appeared in Russia for a few more performances. She married the financier M. Malencon and lived until her death at the Chaussée d'Antin, not far from the opera. In 1891 she appeared on the stage at the Opera for a celebration of the centenary of Meyerbeer. She died in 1897 in Paris. Related persons • cooperated with Berlioz, Hector • was pupil of Nourrit, Adolphe Events |
| 23/2/1835 | Premiere of Fromental Halévy's "Ja Juive" at the Opera in Paris. The librett owas written by Eugène Scribe. François Habeneck was the conductor. Performers were Asolphe Nourrit, Cornélie Falcon, Julie Dorus-Gras, Niclas Levasseur and Henri-Bernard Dabadie. [Halévy, Fromental][Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Nourrit, Adolphe][Scribe, Eugène] |
| 29/2/1836 | Premiere of Meyerbeer's opera "Les Huguenots" at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Émile Deschamps. François Habeneck was the conductor. Julie Gras was Marguerite de Valois, Cornélie Falcon was Valentine, Maria Flécheux was Urbain, Adolphe Nourrit was Raoul de Nangis, Prosper Dérivis was Le Comte de Nevers, Alexis Dupont was Tavannes, François Wartel was Bois-Rosé and Nicolas Levasseur was Marcel. [Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Massol, Eugène][Meyerbeer, Giacomo][Nourrit, Adolphe][Scribe, Eugène] |
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The grave of Cornélie Falcon at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (24 Oct 2014) |
The grave of Cornélie Falcon at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (24 Oct 2014) |
Sources • Gabrielli, Domenico, Dictionnaire Historique du Père-Lachaise, XVIIIe-XIXe siècles, Éditions de l'Amateur, Les, Paris, 2002 • Cornélie Falcon - Wikipedia (EN) • La Juive - Wikipedia (EN) |
