Marguerite Ugalde
Illustration — Marguerite Ugalde Marguerite Ugalde (née Marie Varcollier) (1862–1940) was a French mezzo-soprano. She was the daughter of the singer and theatre manager Delphine Ugalde. After studies in Paris with her mother, her first professional engagement was in 1879 at Étretat; she made her debut at the Opéra Comique on 19 April 1880 as Marie in La fille du régiment.
Marguerite Ugalde

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- Full name
- Varcollier.
- Died
- 1940. · 13th arrondissement of Paris.
- Nationality
- France.
- Occupation
- actress, singer and musician.
- Teachers
- Delphine Ugalde.
- Languages
- French.
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Illustration — Marguerite Ugalde Marguerite Ugalde (née Marie Varcollier) (1862–1940) was a French mezzo-soprano. She was the daughter of the singer and theatre manager Delphine Ugalde. After studies in Paris with her mother, her first professional engagement was in 1879 at Étretat; she made her debut at the Opéra Comique on 19 April 1880 as Marie in La fille du régiment.
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Recorded at birth as Varcollier. Born at 2nd arrondissement of Paris in 1861, died at 13th arrondissement of Paris in 1940.
Training under Delphine Ugalde is recorded. The recorded working language is French.

French singer Marguerite Ugalde, photographied by Nadar. She was singing in Le droit d'aînesse, an operetto by Eugène Leterrier and Albert Vanloo
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- 1.Acte de naissance n° 1110 (vue 20/21). Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 2e arrondissement, registre des naissances de 1861.
- 2.400 lettres de musiciens au Musée royal de Mariemont. Mardaga. 1995.
- 3.Gallica id=bpt6k2137871/f693.image t=Henry Lyonnet, Dictionnaire des comédiens français, ceux d'hier, 23 juillet 1910 .
- 4.A. Soubies et C. Malherbe, Histoire de l'opéra comique — La seconde salle Favart 1840–1887, Paris, Flammarion, 1893.
- 5.Le Jour et la Nuit. Opérette - Théâtre Musical. 2015-07-26.
- 6.Le droit d'aînesse. E. Gérard. 1880.
- 7.Google Livres z5jWCgAAQBAJ&dq Operetta: A Sourcebook, Volume I, page 269
- 8.Le petit Chaperon rouge opérette en 3 actes.
- 9.Les petits mousquetaires opéra-comique en 3 actes.
- 10.J. Martin, Nos artistes. Portraits et biographies, Paris, Paul Ollendorff, 1895.
- 11.Google Livres J7M6AQAAMAAJ Le royaume des femmes, opérette à grand spectacle en 3 actes et 6 tableaux .
- 12.L'art de tromper les femmes comédie en 3 actes.
- 13.Les vingt-huit jours de Clairette opérette.
- 14.Acte de décès n° 2095 (vue 11/31). Archives en ligne de la Ville de Paris, état-civil du 13e arrondissement, registre des décès de 1940. L'acte précise qu'elle était célibataire.
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