Thillon, Anna

THILLON, Anna, was born in 1819 in London. Her father's name was Hunt. At the age of fourteen she left England for France with her mother and sister, and received instruction from Bordogni, Tadolini, and M. Thillon, conductor of the Havre Philharmonic Society, whom she married at the early age of fifteen. She appeared at Havre, Clermont, and Nantes, with such success as to obtain an engagement at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris (Salle Ventadour), where she made her...