Juliette Simon-Girard
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Juliette-Joséphine Simon-Girard was a French soprano, principally in operetta. Her father, Philippe Lockroy, was an actor at the Comédie Française, and her mother was Caroline Girard, of the Opéra-Com
Juliette Simon-Girard at the Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques
La fille du tambour-major
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La fille du tambour-major is an opéra comique in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Alfred Duru and Henri Chivot. It was one of the composer's last works, premiered less than a y
Juliette Simon-Girard
…the well-known tenor Simon-Max, thereafter becoming Mme Simon-Girard. At the age of 19, she created the title role in Offenbach’s Madame Favart; then La fille du tambour-major in 1879 becoming one of Paris’s most popular performers, prominent on the city's stages for 30 years. At the Folies-Dramatiques she also created roles…
Poster for 1889 revival
Juliette Simon-Girard as Stella
Simon-Max as Griolet
Costume designs, 1879: Claudine (top) and Robert and the duc (below)