Madeleine Sibille
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.
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soprano
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Opéra-Comique
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Carmen
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Félix Fourdrain
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L'appel de la mer
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Le testament de la tante Caroline
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Le pauvre matelot
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Cavalleria rusticana
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Madeleine Sibille
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