Caroline Girard

Caroline Girard (; 7 April 1830) was a French operatic Mezzo-soprano. She was the mother of Juliette Simon-Girard.

Career Girard was born in Paris and studied at the Paris Conservatory. She took part in the premieres of Les Bourguignonnes in 1863, Sylvie (1864) in the title role, Les absents (1864), Fils du brigadier (1867) as l'hôtelière Catellna, La grand'tante (1867) as La Chevrette, Robinson Crusoé (1867) as Suzanne, and La fille du tambour-major (1879) as the Duchesse Della Volta (where she also appeared with her daughter and son-in-law). At the Bouffes Parisiens she created the role of Léona in Maître Péronilla in 1878.

Her other roles at the Salle Favart included Nicette in Le Pré aux clercs, Suzette in Marie, Mazet in La Colombe, Babel in le Nouveau Seigneur du village, Madeleine in Le postillon de Lonjumeau, and in 1868 she recreated the role of Georgette in Les dragons de Villars.

On 24 August 1863, she sang in the cantata Après la victoire by Lefébure-Wély at the Opéra-Comique.

Roles created at Théâtre Lyrique Lisbeth in La fille invisible by Boieldieu, 1854 Simonette in La promise by Clapisson, 1854 Olivette in Schahabaham II by Gautier in 1854 Christine in Le roman de la rose by Pascal in 1854 Ines in Une nuit à Séville by Barbier in 1855 Don Luiz in Les lavandières de Santarem by Gevaert in 1855 Georgette in Les dragons de Villars by Maillart in 1856 Inésille in Les nuits d’Espagne by Semet in 1857 Nanette in Margot by Clapisson in 1857 Jacqueline in Le médecin malgré lui by Gounod in 1858 Myrtille in L’agneau de Chloe by Montaubry in 1858 Lulli, (breeches role) in Les petits violons du roi by Louis Deffès in 1859 Laure in Gil Blas by Semet in 1860 Le Baron de Gonesse/Louis XV in Le café du roi by Deffès in 1861 Title role in L’ondine by Semet in 1863