Madeleine Sibille, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Madeleine Sibille

French opera singer

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1895

Place of Birth: 6th arrondissement of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 19-Jul-1984

Profession: singer, opera singer, music pedagogue

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Madeleine Sibille (25 February 1895 – 19 July 1984) was a French operatic soprano. Sibille was born in Paris.
She spent much of her career performing at the Opéra-Comique, making her debut there as Mercédès in Carmen on 11 January 1920.
She created the roles of Milena in Félix Fourdrain's opera La Griffe at the premiere on 5 November 1923, Vatleen in Rabaud's opera L'appel de la mer (1924), Béatrice in Rousel's operetta Le testament de la tante Caroline (1937), sa femme in Le pauvre matelot (1927) Comtesse Feodora in La peau de chagrin (1929), as well as taking part in the first performances at the Opéra-Comique of The Coronation of Poppea, L'Enfant et les Sortilèges and Tristan und Isolde.Sibille also sang Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, Giulietta in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, the mother in Louise, Taven in Mireille, Anila in La Navaraisse, Télémaque in Pénélope and Geneviève in Pélléas et Mélisande.She retired from the stage in 1939 and became a vocal teacher.
She died in her home city of Paris.