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Désirée Artôt

Singer (1835-1907) · Belgium · On the map · Musicians · Died at 71

Désirée Artôt was a Belgian soprano, who was famed in German and Italian opera and sang mainly in Germany. In 1868 she was engaged, briefly, to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who may have coded her name into works such as his First Piano Concerto and the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture.

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After her 1869 marriage to the Spanish baritone Mariano Padilla y Ramos, she was known as Désirée Artôt de Padilla or Désirée Artôt-Padilla.

Country
Belgium
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1835 to 1907 · aged 71