Lureau-Escalaïs, Maria-Annette
(*1865)> SOPRANO
Lureau-Escalaïs, Maria-Annette (24 February 1865, Montreuil-sur-Bois; ?), soprano, studied for three years at the Paris Conservatoire, where she won prizes for singing and opera in 1882. A student of Crosti and Louis Henri Obin , she made her debut at the Opéra on 27 November 1882 as Marguerite in Les Huguenots. Her stage presence was without flaw, and her ability to dominate almost any situaiton in the theatre became quite evident when she sang Juliette on one occasion without ever having…