Rosine Laborde

Miss Villaume made her debut on December 10, 1840, at the Opéra-Comique as Isabelle in Hérold's Le Pré aux Clercs.

[1] Engaged at the Paris Opera, she began on 8 April 1849 in the role of Marguerite de Valois in Meyerbeer's Les Huguenots, then performing in Louis-Sébastien Lebrun's Lucie and Le Rossignol[2] and creating the role of Nephthah in Auber's L'enfant prodigue.

[1] Then, after seven years at the Opera, Laborde embarked on a career abroad in Norma, Martha, La Sonnambula, and The Barber of Séville.

She sang at La Scala of Milan,[3] Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Berlin, Stettin, Riga, and Moscow.

[1] Around 1865, she made her farewell to the stage and returned to Paris, and began a new career in teaching,[4] her students included Lucy Arbell, Emma Calvé, Marie Delna, Jeanne Gerville-Réache, Jane Mérey, and Meyrianne Héglon.