Zulma Bouffar

[1] At the age of six, Bouffar appeared in La fille bien gardée in Marseille, and followed this with successful performances in Lyon.

After her father's death in 1854 she continued travelling, bringing into her repertoire some of the contemporary songs of Offenbach, who heard her sing in Hamburg in 1864.

The same year Bouffar appeared at Bad Ems in Offenbach's Lischen et Fritzchen, and repeated her success in Paris.

[2] In 1873 Bouffar was reported in the Parisian press to have been considered for the title role of Bizet's new opera, Carmen.

In the latter part of her stage career, Bouffar appeared in operettas by Lecocq and Strauss, and sang around Europe.