Pauline Viardot

"Viardot" redirects here. For Pauline Viardot's son, see Paul Viardot. For her daughter, see Louise Héritte-Viardot.

Pauline Viardot
Viardot in c. 1845
Born
Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García[1]

(1821-07-18)18 July 1821
Paris, France
Died18 May 1910(1910-05-18) (aged 88)
Paris, France
Occupations
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Pauline Viardot (pronounced [po.lin vjaʁ.do]; 18 July 1821 – 18 May 1910) was a French dramatic mezzo-soprano, composer and pedagogue of Spanish descent. Born Michelle Ferdinande Pauline García,[1] she came from a musical family and took up music at a young age. She began performing as a teenager and had a long and illustrious career as a star performer.

  1. ^ a b FitzLyon, p. 15, referring to the baptismal name. The birth record digitized at Paris's État civil reconstitué (XVIe-1859) reads instead: "Michelle Pauline Ferdinande Laurence Garcia".