Marie-Julie Halligner

Marie-Julie Boulanger (née Hallinger; 29 January 1786 – 23 July 1850) was a French mezzo-soprano. she was elder sister to Sophie Halligner, an actress at the Odéon-Théâtre de l'Europe and the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique who married the actor Frédérick Lemaître in 1826. Halligner entered the Paris Conservatory in 1806 to study solfeggio;

Halligner's debut at the Opéra-Comique in 1811 was considered "an immense success". A notable soubrette at the Opéra-Comique between 1811 and 1835, she continued performing until 1845, though her voice had started to fail her in the later years. Lady Pamela in Auber's Fra Diavolo in 1830 and Ritta in Hérold's Zampa in 1831. She played the role of Gertrude in Le maître de chapelle, by Ferdinando Paer, 1821; Madame Barneck in L'ambassadrice, by Daniel Auber, 1836; and the Marquise of Berkenfield in La fille du régiment by Gaetano Donizetti, 1840. Her other performances included the works of André Grétry, Nicolas Isouard, François-Adrien Boieldieu. Her voice was reportedly "fine, her execution brilliant and her acting full of character and intelligence". Following her retirement in 1845, she concentrated on teaching activities in Paris. was a composer of comic operas; her daughter-in-law, Princess Raissa Mychetsky, descended from Michael of Chernigov. Her granddaughters, composers Nadia Boulanger and Lili Boulanger, also competed in the Prix de Rome, Nadia earning second place in 1908 and Lili winning first prize in 1913.