Adèle Isaac
Illustration — Adèle Isaac Adèle Isaac (8 January 1854 – 22 October 1915) was a French operatic soprano, active in Paris in the late 19th century. Isaac was born in Calais. After studying with Gilbert Duprez, her professional debut was in 1870 in Victor Massé's Les noces de Jeannette at the Théatre Montmartre.
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Adèle Isaac
Wilhelm Benque (1843-1903) · This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID bpt6k1065506k/f1 · Public domain
- Full name
- Adèle Victorine Isaac.
- Born
- 1854. · Calais.
- Died
- 1915. · 15th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- actress and opera singer.
- Teachers
- Gilbert Duprez.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Adèle Isaac Adèle Isaac (8 January 1854 – 22 October 1915) was a French operatic soprano, active in Paris in the late 19th century. Isaac was born in Calais. After studying with Gilbert Duprez, her professional debut was in 1870 in Victor Massé's Les noces de Jeannette at the Théatre Montmartre.
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Recorded at birth as Adèle Victorine Isaac. Born at Calais in 1854, died at 15th arrondissement of Paris in 1915.
Training under Gilbert Duprez is recorded. The recorded working language is French.
End of Act 3 "La mort d'Antonia" of Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann, as performed in the first production at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1881. In front: fr:Adèle Isaac (Antonia); in back, left to right: en:Hippolyte Belhomme (Crespel), fr:Marguerite Ugalde (Nicklausse), fr:Pierre Grivot (Franz), fr:Émile-Alexandre Taskin (Miracle), fr:Jean-Alexandre Talazac (Hoffmann)
Not identified · User scan of Yon, Jean-Claude (2000). Jacques Offenbach, plate 22 (after p. 416). [Paris]: Galimard. ISBN 9782070747757.
End of Act 3 "La mort d'Antonia" of Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann, as performed in the first production at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1881. In front: fr:Adèle Isaac (Antonia); in back, left to right: en:Hippolyte Belhomme (Crespel), fr:Marguerite Ugalde (Nicklausse), fr:Pierre Grivot (Franz), fr:Émile-Alexandre Taskin (Miracle), fr:Jean-Alexandre Talazac (Hoffmann)
Not identified · This file comes from Gallica Digital Library and is available under the digital ID btv1b8423258f
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- 1.Acte de décès à Paris , n° 4317, vue 1/21.
- 2.Mille et un opéras. Fayard. 2003. 978-2-2136-0017-8.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Pierre Larousse, « Marie-Adèle Isaac » in Grand dictionnaire universel du siècle, t. 17, suppl.,1890 (lire sur Gallica)
- Joël-Marie Fauquet, « Adèle Isaac-Lelong » in Dictionnaire de la musique en France au XIX siècle, Fayard, Paris, 2003
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