Marie-Julie Halligner

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Lithograph of Marie-Julie Halligner by Louis Stanislas Marin-Lavigne

Marie-Julie Boulanger, née Marie-Julie Halligner (29 January 1786 – 23 July 1850), was a French mezzo-soprano.[1] She performed her entire career under the stage name Mme Boulanger, appearing in the world premieres of Le maître de chapelle, L'ambassadrice, Le domino noir, and La fille du régiment.

Biography

Born in Paris,

Paris Conservatory in 1806 to study solfeggio;[2] she was a pupil of Charles-Henri Plantade and Pierre-Jean Garat.[5]

Halligner's debut at the

opéras comiques, including Lady Pamela in Auber's Fra Diavolo in 1830[1] and Ritta in Hérold's Zampa in 1831.[6] She played the role of Gertrude in Le maître de chapelle, by Ferdinando Paer, 1821; Madame Barneck in L'ambassadrice, by Daniel Auber, 1836; and the Marquise of Berkenfield in La fille du régiment by Gaetano Donizetti, 1840. Her other performances included the works of André Grétry, Nicolas Isouard, François-Adrien Boieldieu.[7] Her voice was reportedly "fine, her execution brilliant and her acting full of character and intelligence."[8] After retirement in 1845, she concentrated on teaching activities in Paris.[7]

Halligner was the wife of cellist and professor of the Paris Conservatory, Frédéric Boulanger, whom she had met during her studies there. Her son, Ernest Boulanger, winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1835,[9] was a composer of comic operas; her daughter-in-law, Princess Raissa Mychetsky, descended from St. Mikahil Tchernigovsky.[10] Her granddaughters, Nadia Boulanger and Lili Boulanger, also competed in the Prix de Rome, Nadia earning second place in 1908 and Lili taking the first prize in 1913.[9]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8386-3789-0
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  2. ^
    ISBN 9780356084039
    . Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  3. ^ Huyghe, René (1982). Lili et Nadia Boulanger (in French). La Revue Musicale. p. 71. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  4. ISBN 978-2-271-05742-6
    . Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  5. ^ a b Grove, Sir George (1904). Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians (Public domain ed.). Macmillan Company. pp. 371–. Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  6. ^ Zampa libretto, 1831 at Google Books.
  7. ^
    ISBN 978-3-03911-719-2
    . Retrieved 28 April 2012.
  8. ISBN 978-1-4400-6429-6
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  9. ^
    ISBN 978-0-415-87562-2
    . Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  10. ISBN 978-0-912405-03-2
    . Retrieved 28 April 2012.
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