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- Marguerite-Joséphine-Désirée Montagney Artôt
- Born:
- July 21, 1835, Paris, France
- Died:
- April 3, 1907, Berlin, Ger. (aged 71)
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Artôt, Désirée
Désirée Artôt.
Désirée Artôt
Belgian singer
Also known as: Marguerite-Joséphine-Désirée Montagney Artôt
Désirée Artôt (born July 21, 1835, Paris, France—died April 3, 1907, Berlin, Ger.) was a Belgian mezzo-soprano, member of a famous family of musicians. Acclaimed in France as an opera singer, she suddenly married the Spanish baritone Mariano Padilla y Ramos (1842–1906) while briefly engaged to Tchaikovsky. Her daughter Lola Artôt de Padilla (1885–1933), a soprano whom she trained, became a prima donna with the Royal Opera, Berlin (1909–27).
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