Nantier-Didiée, Constance Betsy Rosabella

NANTIER-DIDIÉE, Constance Betsy Rosabella, was born at St. Denis in the Isle of Bourbon (now Ile de la Réunion) Nov. 16, 1831. Mdlle. Nantier, who derived her second name from her marriage with a singer named Didiée, received instruction in singing at the Paris Conservatoire under Duprez, from 1847 to 1849, and obtained an accessit in the latter year in his class, and the first prize in the Opera class. She made her début on the stage at the Carignan Theatre,...