Jeanne Leclerc

Jeanne Leclerc (1868 – August 1914) was a French operatic soprano who made her début in Paris in 1888 as Aurore de Nevers in the première of Charles Grisart's Le Bossu. From 1890 to 1905, she performed in a wide variety of soprano roles at the Opéra-Comique. She also appeared in Monte-Carlo and Covent Garden as well as in concerts at the Théâtre du Châtelet.

Biography Born in Lille in 1868, Leclerc trained at the Paris Conservatory under Léon Duprez and Eugénie Vergin. She made her début in Paris at the Théâtre de la Gaîté on 19 March 1888 creating the role of Aurore de Nevers in the première of Charles Grisart's Le Bossu. In November 1889 she was engaged by the Opéra-Comique where she first performed on 30 May 1890 in the première of André Messager's La Basoche as the First Young Girl.

Jeanne Leclerc died in Paris in mid-August 1914.