Rose Caron
also Rose Lucile Meunier, Lucille Meuniez
Birthplace: Monnerville, French EmpireSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The French article.
Rose Caron was a French sopranoSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The French article.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462. who rivalled Lucienne Bréval as the reigning prima donna of the Paris Opéra, admired for a restrained art without showy effectsSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.. After the Paris Conservatoire she made her operatic debut in Brussels in 1883, as Alice in Robert le diableSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462., and there created Brunehild in Reyer's SigurdSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article. and later the title role of his SalammbôWikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article.. At the Opéra from 1885Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article. she was the first Desdemona in Verdi's Otello in ParisSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The French article. and the first Sieglinde thereSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.; at the Opéra-Comique she sang Fidelio and Gluck's Iphigénie and OrpheusSteane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article.. She later taught at the Conservatoire.Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article.
Creations
- Desdémone — Otello (Paris, 1894)
Written from
- Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Caron, Rose [Meuniez, Lucille]', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 741.
- Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The English article.
- Wikipedia (2026) Rose Caron. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). The French article.
- Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Caron, Rose', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 462.