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 The grave of Marie Julie Halligner, Lili Boulanger and Nadia Boulanger at the Montmartre Cemetery, Paris. Picture by Androom (08 Mar 1995) |
Halligner, Marie-Julie |
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BORN 29 Jan 1786, Paris - DIED 23 Jul 1850, Paris GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 33) |
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Marie-Julie Halligner was the daughter of shopkeepers in Paris. Her younger sister Sophie Halligner became an actrress and married the actor Frédérick Lemaître. Marie-Julie studied at the Conservatory in Paris where Charles-Henri Plantade and Pierre-Jean Garat were her teachers. During her studies she met the cellist Frédéric Boulanger and she married him. There son Ernest was an opera composer and Ernest was the father of Nadia and Lili Boulanger. In 1811 she debuted at the Opéra-Comique and she worked there as a soubrette until 1835. In 1821 she was the first Madame Barneck in Daniel Amber's "L'ambassadrice" and in 1836 she created the part of the Marquise of Birkenfeld in Donizetti's "La fille du régiment". After 1835 her voice detoriated but she continued performing until 1845. Family • Son: Boulanger, Ernest Events |
| 29/3/1821 | Premiere of Paër's "Le maître de chapelle" at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris. The libretto was written by Sophie Gay. It was based on a "Le souper imprévu, ou Le chanoine de Milan" by Alexandre Duval. It was performed by the Opéra-Comique. Jean-Blaise Martin was Barnabé and Marie Julie Halligner was Getrude. Antoinette Eugénie Rigaut was Coelénie. |
| 10/12/1825 | Premiere of Boieldieu's "La dame blanche" at the Théâtre Feydeau in Paris. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe, based on the works of Sir Walter Scott. It was perforemd by the Opéra-Comique. Charles-Frédéric Kreubé was the director. Performers were François-Louis Henry, Antoinette-Eugénie Rigaut, Louis-Antoine-Eléonore Ponchard, Marie-Julie Halligner and Marie Desbrosses. [Boieldieu, François-Adrien][Ponchard, Antoine][Scribe, Eugène] |
| 21/12/1836 | Premiere of Auber's "L'ambassadrice" at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and it was performed by the Opéra-Comique. Performers included Théodore-Étienne-François Moreau-Sainti, Marie-Julie Halligner, Laure Cinti-Damoreau, Jenny Colon and Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc. [Auber, Daniel][Cinti-Damoreau, Laure][Colon, Jenny][Scribe, Eugène] |
| 11/2/1840 | Premiere of Donizetti's "La Fille du régiment" at the Salle de la Bourse in Paris. The libretto was written by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard. It was performed by the Opéra-Comique. Donizetti himself was the conductor. The performers included Euphrasie Borghèse, Mécène Marié de l'Isle, François-Louis Henry and Marie-Julie Halligner. It was performed 55 times until 1841. |
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The grave of Marie Julie Halligner, Lili Boulanger and Nadia Boulanger at the Montmartre Cemetery, Paris. Picture by Androom (08 Mar 1995) |
Sources • Schöne, Günter, Bühnenstars, Florian Noetzel, Wilhelmshaven, 1998 • L'ambassadrice - Wikipedia (EN) • La dame blanche - Wikipedia (EN) • Le maître de chapelle - Wikipedia (EN) • Marie-Julie Halligner - Wikipedia (EN) • La Fille du régiment - Wikipédia (FR) |
