A Dictionary of Music and Musicians/Boulanger, Marie

1502922A Dictionary of Music and Musicians — Boulanger, Marie


BOULANGER, Mme. Marie Julie (née Halligner), born 1786, died 1850; a dramatic singer. She studied in the Conservatoire under Plantade and Garat, and made her début with immense success at the Opéra Comique in 1811. Her voice was fine, her execution brilliant, and her acting full of character and intelligence. Her most successful rôles were those of soubrettes and maid-servants. She remained on the stage till 1845, but her voice had failed some time previously.