2-913-626 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Madame Marie Cabel - drawn by Baugniet, 1854. Belgian coloratura soprano. '...this charming young singer...has been the great attraction of the Opera Comique at the St. James's Theatre during the season just terminated...Marie Dreullette is a native of Belgium, which evar since the Middle Ages has been one of the most musical countries in the world...in September last, she made her debut in Adolphe Adam's opera, "Le Bijou Perdu," with immense success; which...was further augmented by her performance of Marie, in "La Promise," which M. Clapisson wrote expressly for her'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.