Rôze, Marie (real name Hippolyte Ponsin)
Rôze, Marie (real name Hippolyte Ponsin)
Rôze, Marie (real name Hippolyte Ponsin ), French soprano and pedagogue, mother of Raymond Rôze; b. Paris, March 2, 1846; d. there, June 21, 1926. She studied at the Paris Cons. with Mocker and later with Auber, winning 2 prizes in 1865. She made her debut at the Opéra-Comique in the title role of Hérold’s Marie (Aug. 16, 1865), singing there for 3 seasons. She then appeared at the Paris Opéra as Marguerite in Gounod’s Faust (Jan. 2, 1879). She made her London debut as Marguerite (1872), and continued to sing in England for many years. She visited America twice, in 1877–78 and 1880–81. In 1874 she married an American bass, Julius E. Perkins, who died the following year. In 1890 she settled in Paris as a teacher.
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