Marie-Louise Cébron-Norbens

Marie-Louise Cébron-Norbens (1888–1958) was a French mezzo-soprano opera singer who is remembered for her roles in operetta. She made her début at the Gaîté-Lyrique as Prince Charming in Nicolas Isouard's Cendrillon in January 1909. She went on to perform in operettas in various Paris theatres until 1938, participating in the première of Ruggero Leoncavallo's Malbrouck s'en va-t-en guerre at the Théâtre Apollo in November 1910. One of her major successes was the role of Zélie in Louis Urgel's operetta Monsieur Dumollet at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in May 1922.

Biography Born in the 8th arrondissement of Paris on 31 March 1888, Marie Louise Berthe Cébron was the daughter of Berthe Marie Louise Cébron. She married twice, first on 25 July 1910 with the lawyer Jacques Josef Guélot who died fighting on 6 September 1914, and then on 11 September 1920 with Adolphe Eugère Altuzaara-Alvarrez of the Cuban consulate. While at the Opèra-Comique, she also played Charlotte in Werther and Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. As late as 1938 she appeared in Louis Varney's Les Mousquetaires au couvent as Soeur Opportune.

Marie-Louise Cébron-Norbens died in Château-Landon on 4 September 1958.