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 The grave of Pauline Guéymard-Lauters at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris. Picture by Androom (02 Nov 2022) |
 The grave of Pauline Guéymard-Lauters at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris. Picture by Androom (02 Nov 2022) |
Guéymard-Lauters, Pauline |
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BORN 1 Dec 1834, Brussel - DIED 10 May 1918, Paris: rue Nicolo 38 GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière du Montparnasse, 3 Boulevard Edgar Quinet (division 29, section 1, ligne 13 ouest, numéro 7 nord) |
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Pauline Lauters was born in Brussels. She married the architect Deligne in 1853. On 7 October 1854 she played the title role in the premiere of Gevaert's "Billet de Marguerite" at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris. She left the company of that theatre at the end of 1855 to tour in Brittany. She debuted at the Opera in Paris on 12 January 1857 as Leonore in Verdi's "Il Trovatore". In 1858 she married the tenor Louis Guéymard. This marriage lasted until their legal separation in 1868. In 1862 she created the part of Balkis in Gounod's "La Reine de Saba" and in the 1867 the role of Princess Eboli in Verdi's "Don Carlos". She retired from the stage in 1876. Events |
| 7/10/1854 | Premiere of Gevaert's "Le Billet de Marguerite" at the Théâtre-Lyrique in Paris. The libretto for the comical opera in three acts was written by Adolphe de Leuven and Léon Lévy Brunswick. The title role was perforemd by Pauline Deligne-Lauters. |
| 17/3/1858 | Premiere of "La Magicienne" by Fromental Halévy at the Theâtre de l'Académie Impériale de Musique in Paris. The libretto was written by Henri Saint-Georges. It was the last opera that was finished by Haléy before he died. Adelaide Borghi-Mamo was Mélusine. Other performers were Louis Guéymard, Marc Bonnehée and Pauline Guéymard-Lauters. The opera was performed 45 times until 2 Febrary 1859. [Borghi-Mamo, Adelaide][Halévy, Fromental] |
| 28/2/1862 | Premiere of Gounod's opera "La reine de Saba" at the Opéra in Paris. It was based on Gérard de Nerval's "Le voyage en Orient". The libretto was written by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. Pierre-Louis Dietsch was the conductor. Bernardine Hamaekers played the role of Bénoni and Pauline Guéymard-Lauters played queen Balkis. Louis Guéymard was Adoniram and Mécène Marié de l'Isle was Phanor. [Gounod, Charles][Nerval, Gérard de] |
| 11/3/1867 | Premiere of Verdi's opera "Don Carlos" at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris. It was conducted by François George-Hainl. Louis-Henri Obin, Jean Morère, Jean-Baptiste Faure, Marie-Constance Sasse and Pauline Guéymard-Lauters were singing. [Verdi, Giuseppe] |
| 9/3/1868 | Premiere of Ambroise Thomas' opera "Hamlet" at the Opéra in Paris. The libretto for this French adaption was written by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré. François George-Hainl was the conductor. It starred Jean-Baptiste Faure as Hamlet and Christine Nilsson as Ophelia. Pauline Guéymard-Lauters was Getrude and Armand Castelmary was Horatio. The opera was a huge success. [Thomas, Ambroise] |
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The grave of Pauline Guéymard-Lauters at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris. Picture by Androom (02 Nov 2022) |
The grave of Pauline Guéymard-Lauters at the Cimetière de Montparnasse, Paris. Picture by Androom (02 Nov 2022) |
Sources • Don Carlos - Wikipedia (EN) • La magicienne - Wikipedia (EN) • La reine de Saba - Wikipedia (EN) • Pauline Guéymard-Lauters - Wikipedia (EN) |
