Deschamps-Jehin, Blanche (18 August 1857, Lyons; June 1923, Paris), vocalist, studied voice in her native city and at the Paris Conservatoire before making her debut at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in the female lead of Mignon in 1879. After singing the part of the heroine in the world premiere of Hérodiade in Brussels on 19 December 1881, she returned to Paris to appear in a series of works at the Opéra-Comique that included Le Médecin malgré lui (1886) and Le Roi d’Ys (1888). She moved over to…