French mezzo-soprano (1786–1850)
Lithograph of Marie-Julie Halligner by Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne
Marie-Julie Boulanger , née Marie-Julie Halligner (29 January 1786 – 23 July 1850), was a French mezzo-soprano .[ 1] She performed her entire career under the stage name Mme Boulanger , appearing in the world premieres of Le maître de chapelle , L'ambassadrice , Le domino noir , and La fille du régiment .
Biography
Born in Paris,[ 2] her parents were middle-class shopkeepers.[ 3] She was the older sister of Sophie Halligner, an actress at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique who had married the actor Frédérick Lemaître in 1826.[ 4] Halligner entered the Paris Conservatory in 1806 to study solfeggio ;[ 2] she was a pupil of Charles-Henri Plantade and Pierre-Jean Garat .[ 5]
Halligner's debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1811 was considered "an immense success". A notable soubrette at the Opéra-Comique between 1811 and 1835, she continued performing until 1845, though her voice had started to fail her in the later years.[ 5] She performed in the world premieres of numerous opéras comiques , including Lady Pamela in Auber's Fra Diavolo in 1830[ 1] and Ritta in Hérold's Zampa in 1831.[ 6] She played the role of Gertrude in Le maître de chapelle , by Ferdinando Paer , 1821; Madame Barneck in L'ambassadrice , by Daniel Auber , 1836; and the Marquise of Berkenfield in La fille du régiment by Gaetano Donizetti , 1840. Her other performances included the works of André Grétry , Nicolas Isouard , François-Adrien Boieldieu .[ 7] Her voice was reportedly "fine, her execution brilliant and her acting full of character and intelligence."[ 8] After retirement in 1845, she concentrated on teaching activities in Paris.[ 7]
Halligner was the wife of cellist and professor of the Paris Conservatory, Frédéric Boulanger , whom she had met during her studies there. Her son, Ernest Boulanger , winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1835,[ 9] was a composer of comic operas ; her daughter-in-law, Princess Raissa Mychetsky , descended from St. Mikahil Tchernigovsky .[ 10] Her granddaughters, Nadia Boulanger and Lili Boulanger , also competed in the Prix de Rome, Nadia earning second place in 1908 and Lili taking the first prize in 1913.[ 9]
References
^ a b Meyerbeer, Giacomo; Letellier, Robert Ignatius (1999). The Diaries of Giacomo Meyerbeer: 1791–1839 . Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-8386-3789-0 . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .
^ a b Kendall, Alan (1976). The tender tyrant, Nadia Boulanger: a life devoted to music : a biography . Macdonald and Jane's. p. 4. ISBN 9780356084039 . Retrieved 28 April 2012 .
^ Huyghe, René (1982). Lili et Nadia Boulanger (in French). La Revue Musicale. p. 71. Retrieved 28 April 2012 .
^ Tamvaco, Jean-Louis; Guest, Ivor Forbes (2000). Les cancans de l'Opéra (in French). CNRS editions. p. 611. ISBN 978-2-271-05742-6 . Retrieved 28 April 2012 .
^ a b Grove, Sir George (1904). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Public domain ed.). Macmillan Company. pp. 371 –. Retrieved 28 April 2012 .
^ Zampa libretto , 1831 at Google Books.
^ a b Castellani, Giuliano (2008). Ferdinando Paer: Biografia, Opere E Documenti Degli Anni Parigini (in Italian). Peter Lang. pp. 364–. ISBN 978-3-03911-719-2 . Retrieved 28 April 2012 .
^ Grove, George; Fuller-Maitland, John Alexander. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A. D. 1450–1889) . Forgotten Books. p. 263. ISBN 978-1-4400-6429-6 . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .
^ a b Dunbar, Julie C. (17 December 2010). Women, Music, Culture: An Introduction . Taylor & Francis. p. 218. ISBN 978-0-415-87562-2 . Retrieved 24 April 2012 .
^ Campbell, Don G. (August 1984). Master teacher, Nadia Boulanger . Pastoral Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-912405-03-2 . Retrieved 28 April 2012 .
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