Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera/SotM/February2013

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The February focus is on missing articles for female singers who were prominent in French opera ...

17th and 18th century

Several of the following were singers employed by Marie de Lorraine, Duchess of Guise and sang in the first performances of Charpentier's works.

Jacqueline-Geneviève de Brion, Antoinette Talon, Marie Guilbault de Grandmaison, Marie Verdier, Marie-Jeanne Chevalier, Anna Bergerotti, Marie-Madeleine Brigogne, Marie-Madeleine Jossier Cartilly, Marie-Louise Desmatins, Hilaire Dupuy (or Dupuis, sometimes known as "Mlle Hilaire"), and Mlle de Saint-Christophle (or Saint-Christophe).

19th and 20th century

Georgette Bréjean-Gravière (also known as Georgette Bréjean-Silver, created the Fairy Godmother in Cendrillon), Julia Guiraudon (created roles in Sapho and Roma), Pauline Guéymard-Lauters (created roles in Don Carlos, Hamlet and La reine de Saba), Constance-Caroline Lefèbvre (also known as Constance-Caroline Faure-Lefèbvre, created roles in several operas including the title role in Donizetti's Rita), Marthe Duvivier (created Salome in Hérodiade and sang Ortrud in the French premiere of Lohengrin) and Marthe Rioton (created the title role in Louise.