Modrakowska, Maria Ludmila Józefa
(1896–1965)
Modrakowska, Maria Ludmila JózefaModrakowska, Maria Ludmila JózefaMaria Ludmila Józefa Modrakowska (B * LWÓW, POLAND, 1896 – D † WROCLAW, 1965) Polish soprano and writer, she studied piano, chemistry and botany simultaneously. She arrived in Paris in 1931 to study the Bach (1685–1750) cantatas with Nadia Boulanger (1887–1979) and mélodie with Claire Croiza. In 1932, she sang the role of Mélisande at the Opéra Comique in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande (1902). It was said that she was able to…