Pauline Guéymard-Lauters
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Pauline Guéymard-Lauters was a major opera singer in Paris in the 19th century, creating important soprano/mezzo-soprano roles at the Paris Opera. Her vocal range has been described as “a soprano of w
Guéymard-Lauters c.1865 by unknown photographer
Pauline Guéymard as the Queen of Sheba in 1862
Probably as Valentine in Les Huguenots in 1864
As Fidès in Le Prophète in 1866 (with Emma Mauduit as Berthe, on the right)
Salle Ventadour
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The Salle Ventadour, a former Parisian theatre in the rue Neuve-Ventadour, now the rue Méhul, was built between 1826 and 1829 for the Opéra-Comique, to designs by Jacques-Marie Huvé, a prominent archi
The Salle Ventadour as an opera house in the mid 19th century.
A performance by the Théâtre-Italien at the Salle Ventadour (c. 1842).