Julian Van Gelder

Esther Eliza Julian, Madame Van Gelder, was a soprano from Bordeaux who studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Bordogni and took a first prize for singing in 1837. She made her debut at the Opéra in 1840 as Alice in Robert le diable, then sang in Brussels and the French provinces, from Marseille to Toulouse, before returning to the Opéra to create Hélène in Jérusalem in 1847. In London in 1848, and at the Théâtre-Italien from 1850, she sang as Madame Giuliani. She married the Dutch pianist Benjamin Van Gelder in 1844.