Désirée Artôt
Belgian soprano / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Désirée Artôt (French: [deziʁe aʁto]; 21 July 1835[1] – 3 April 1907) was a Belgian soprano (initially a mezzo-soprano), who was famed in German and Italian opera and sang mainly in Germany. In 1868 she was engaged, briefly, to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,[2][3] who may have coded her name into works such as his First Piano Concerto and the Romeo and Juliet Fantasy-Overture. After her 1869 marriage to the Spanish baritone Mariano Padilla y Ramos, she was known as Désirée Artôt de Padilla or Désirée Artôt-Padilla.
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Désirée Artôt | |
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Born | (1835-07-21)July 21, 1835 |
Died | April 3, 1907(1907-04-03) (aged 71) |
Spouse | Mariano Padilla y Ramos |
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