[1] She sang for Napoléon III and the Empress Eugénie before continuing her studies in St Petersburg and Germany.

[2] In November 1970, she played Leonora in Il trovatore in the first full-length opera to be performed in Finnish.

[1] In the 1870s, she performed in operas in Finland where together with Emmy Achté she was one of the principal attractions, but she also gained prominence in Sweden (1876) and Great Britain (1877).

[1] She performed in some 700 operas and concerts in the Scandinavian countries over a ten-year period, in addition to appearances in Paris, Munich and England.

[2] In 1878, Basilier married Johan Magelssen, a Norwegian who was editor of Aftenposten, and moved to Norway where she performed in a number of operas in Kristiania (Oslo) and worked as a voice teacher at the Conservatory.