Artifact #5)
These are two of my amazing compositions; “Aimez-moi ma mignonne & Hai luli!” “Aimez-moi ma mignonne” is from “Six chansons du XVe siècle”, my own composition published in 1886. “Hai luli!” is from “Six mélodies et une havanaise", another one of my composition books published in 1884. These amazing versions of my compositions are sung by Cecilia Bartoli and Françoise Masset. Please have a listen!
Artifact #6)
This is the amazing Paris Conservatory in which I taught Vocal for many great years. I retired from the opera stage in 1863, but had to leave France because Napoleon III came to power. In 1870 I returned to France when he fell and taught many students, the best being Ada Adini and Yelizaveta Lavrovskaya. This Conservatory had one of the best concert halls of its time and I fondly remember performing there. I loved this grand building. I bought the whole composition of Mozart’s Opera “Don Giovani” at an auction and I donated it to the Conservatory before I passed. This building still stands there today, but is no longer the Conservatory for Music. What a shame!
Artifact #7)
This house is one of the oldest in Bougival, France. It was bought in 1874 by the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev, the Russian who I was having an affair with. It was in his “Will” that I receive this property. In this estate, I brought in amazing writers and composers of the time. I used this home as a Salon which was visited by many artists such as Tchaikovsky. This is the home in which I spent my retirement and eventually where I passed.
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