thumb|upright=1.2|cornÃ©lie falcon in 1835 cornÃ©lie falcon (28 january 1814 falcon's date of birth is given as 28 january 1814 by bouvet 1927 (snippet view at google books); gourret 1987, p. 33; kuhn 1992, p. 219; warrack and west 1992, p. 230; and robinson and walton 2011. other sources give her date of birth as 28 january 1812, including fÃ©tis 1862, p. 179; pitou 1990, p. 449; robinson 1992, p. 110; and kutsch and riemens 2003, p. 1388. braud 1913, pp. 77-78 (footnote 2), quotes the minutes des actes de naissance (minutes of birth certificates) of the prÃ©fecture du dÃ©partement de la seine, which read: "du 29 janvier de l'an dix-huit cent quatorze, Ã  midi un quart, acte de naissance de marie-cornÃ©lie, de sexe fÃ©minin, nÃ©e d'hier Ã  midi, rue de bÃ©thizy, nÂº10, quartier saint-honorÃ©, fille de pierre falcon, tailleur, et de edmÃ©e-cornÃ©lie mÃ©rot, son Ã©pouse." ("on 29 january of the year eighteen hundred fourteen, at noon and a quarter, birth certificate of marie-cornÃ©lie, of female sex, born yesterday at noon, rue du bÃ©thizy, no. 10, saint-honorÃ© quarter, daughter of pierre falcon, tailor, and of edmÃ©e-cornÃ©lie mÃ©rot, his wife."). thus, her birth occurred at noon on 28 january 1814 and was recorded on 29 january at 12:15 p.m. braud specifically repudiates the errors of earlier publications by larousse and malherbes which give the year 1812. â 25 february 1897) was a french soprano who sang at the opÃ©ra in paris. her greatest success was creating the role of valentine in meyerbeer's les huguenots. she possessed "a full, resonant voice"warrack and west 1992, p. 230. with a distinctive dark timbrerobinson and walton 2011. and was an exceptional actress. based on the roles written for her voice her vocal range spanned from low a-flat to high d, 2.5 octaves. she and the tenor adolphe nourrit are credited with being primarily responsible for raising artistic standards at the opÃ©ra, and the roles in which she excelled came to be known as "falcon soprano" parts.robinson 1992, p. 110. she had an exceptionally short career, essentially ending about five years after her debut, when at the age of 23 she lost her voice during a performance of niedermeyer's stradella. ==early life and training== she was born marie-cornÃ©lie falcon in le monastier sur gazeille ( velay) to pierre falcon, a master-tailor and his wife edmÃ©-cornÃ©lie. falcon was one of three children; her sister jenny falcon was to marry a russian nobleman and appear on the stage at the [[mikhailovsky the
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