Lise Landouzy

also Élise Besville

1861–1943 · French · soprano

Birthplace: Le Cateau-Cambrésis, French Empire

Lise Landouzy was a French soprano of the Opéra-Comique, born Élise Besville at Le Cateau-Cambrésis. She trained at the Lille Conservatoire, sang Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles at La Monnaie in Brussels in 1887, and made her Opéra-Comique debut in 1889 as Rosina. There she created roles in Messager's La Basoche (1890), Cui's Le flibustier (1894) and Pierné's La fille de Tabarin (1901), and was Nanette in the first French Falstaff in 1894. From 1895 she was a regular guest at La Monnaie, and she later taught singing. She was married to the cellist Fernand Landouzy.

Creations

Nanette — Falstaff (Paris, 1894)

Written from

Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Landouzy, Lise', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, cols. 1629-1630.
Wikipedia (2026) Lise Landouzy. (Accessed: 9 October 2026).
L'Art Lyrique Français (n.d.) Opéras: F. (Accessed: 9 October 2026).