Caroline Barbot

Caroline Barbot (née Marie-Caroline Douvry) (27 April 1830 in Paris – 17 September 1893), was a French operatic soprano.

She is most notable for creating the role of Leonora in "La Forza del Destino" by Verdi in Saint Petersburg, Russia, in 1862.

[3] The premiere was scheduled for 1861, but when Verdi arrived in Russia to supervise the rehearsals, Barbot was ill. Rather than accept a substitute in the leading role of Leonora, Verdi returned to Italy and came back to Russia the following season where the opera achieved great success with Barbot, as planned, as Leonora.

[4] Caroline appeared with her husband in subsequent seasons in Russia, and she continued her international career in France, Italy and England until 1872.

[2] Her husband became a singing teacher at the Conservatoire in Paris upon his retirement from the stage, and Caroline died in that city in 1893.