Eugénie Élise Vergin sometimes also known under the name Élise Colonne or Alice Colonne (21 March 1864 – 16 November 1941) was a French singer and singing teacher.[1]
Life
editBorn in Lille, Vergin entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1873[2] where she won the first prizes in singing and opéra-comique in 1875.[3] Later, she sang at concerts of the Association Artistique du Châtelet recently founded by Édouard Colonne[4] where her performance of the role of Marguerite in Berlioz's La Damnation de Faust on 17 November 1878 was particularly acclaimed.[5]
On 30 September 1886, she married Édouard Colonne.[6]
Vergine Collone was known for her excellent musicality. She was in great demand as a singing teacher in Paris where she founded a successful singing school.[4] Vera Nimidoff, Judith Lasalle were her pupils.
Awards
edit- Chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (1929)[7]
- Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1890); Officier de l’instruction publique (1898)
References
edit- ^ Paris-soir du 20 novembre 1941 available at Gallica
- ^ Rapports et délibérations, Conseil général du Nord, aout 1873 available at Gallica
- ^ Mémoires de la Société dunkerquoise pour l'encouragement des sciences, des lettres et des arts, 1914 available at Gallica
- ^ a b Édouard Noël et Edmond Stoullig, Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique, Paul Ollendorf, Paris, 1909.) available at Gallica
- ^ Le Figaro du 2 août 1938 available at Gallica
- ^ Journal des débats politiques et littéraires du 3 octobre 1886 available at Gallica
- ^ "Notice no. 19800035/133/16869". Base Léonore (in French).
