Albert, Augustine
(*1791)> VOCALIST
Albert, Augustine (28 August 1791, Paris; ?, Versailles?), vocalist, known as Mlle Himm or Mlle Hymm before her marriage to the dancer François Decombe Albert , studied solfeggio and voice at the Conservatoire as a pupil of Plantade . She continued her singing lessons with Crescentini and made her debut at the Opéra in 1806. She was appointed to the Court theatre and to the Imperial Chapel under Napoleon, but her voice started to weaken, and she had to curtail her singing activities while she…