Caroline Barbot
also Marie-Caroline Douvry, Caroline Douvry, Caroline Barbot-Douvry
Birthplace: Paris, Kingdom of FranceKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The French article.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 77-78.
Caroline Barbot was a French sopranoWikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The French article.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 77-78. who created Leonora in Verdi's La forza del destino at St Petersburg in 1862Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 77-78.. Born Marie-Caroline Douvry in ParisWikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The French article., she won a first prize at the Paris Conservatoire in 1850Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The French article. and married the tenor Joseph Barbot, who also taught herKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 77-78.. She sang at the Paris OpéraKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 77-78., where Verdi heard her in Les vêpres siciliennes in 1859Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 77-78.. From 1860 she and her husband sang across Italy, at Bologna, Rome, Milan, Turin and Naples, and in RussiaKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157., and she continued to appear into the early 1870sKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The French article.. She later taught at the Toulouse Conservatoire.Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The French article.
Creations
- Donna Leonora — La forza del destino (St Petersburg, 1862)
Written from
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 157.
- Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The English article.
- Wikipedia (2026) Caroline Barbot. (Accessed: 4 October 2026). The French article.
- Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Barbot, Caroline', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 77-78.