Another pose from the same sitting

Born in Brussels on 1 December 1834, the Belgian soprano/ mezzo had a career even greater than that of her husband, Louis Guéymard, who was the leading tenor at the Paris Opéra until 1868.  

She made her debut on 7 October 1854 under her first husband’s name, Deligne. During her career, she created several roles. From 1861 to 1876 she was engaged at the Paris Opéra, making her debut there as Valentine in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots. She created Balkis in Charles Gounod's La reine de Saba (1862), Gilda in La mule de Pedro (1863), Alde in Auguste Mermet's Roland à Roncevaux (1864), Eboli in Giuseppe Verdi's Don Carlos (1867) and Gertrude in Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet (1868). Her roles also included Leonora (Il trovatore), Donna Anna (Le prophète), Léonor (La favorite), Myrrha (La coupe du roi de Thulé), Lelia (Herculanum), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), and Laura (Pierre De Médicis).