Pauline Viardot was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García, she came from a musical family and took up music at a young age. She began performing as a teenager and had a long and illustrious career as a star performer.
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Viardot as Valentina and Marietta Alboni as Urbano in Act 1 of Meyerbeer's Gli Ugonotti. Royal Italian Opera (Covent Garden) (1848) (lithograph by John Brandard)
Pauline Viardot at the piano listening to Frédéric Chopin. Sketch
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Portrait of Pauline Viardot (1853), by Eugène Pluchart
Bust of Viardot 2004 by Birgit Stauch in Baden-Baden
Lithograph of Pauline Garcia by Bernard-Romain JulienIn their orbit 7
Musicians from France 6
About this person
Country
FranceCategory
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1821 to 1910 · aged 88
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