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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 43. Chapters: Belgian conductors (music), Belgian opera singers, Marie Sasse, Eugene Ysaye, Marguerite Sylva, Andre Cluytens, Dirk Brosse, Rene Jacobs, Bernard Tokkie, Hector Dufranne, Steve Willaert, Ernest van der Eyken, Norbert H. J. Nozy, Guy de Mey, Raymonde Delaunois, Philippe Herreweghe, Jose van Dam, Jos van Immerseel, Julie Dorus-Gras, Suzanne Danco, Henk Lauwers, Eduard Lassen, Henri Verbrugghen, Alain Crepin, Rita Gorr, Celine Scheen, Sigiswald Kuijken, Sylvain Dupuis, Vina Bovy, Rene Maison, Jose Dupuis, Paul Van Nevel, Willy Claes, Adolphe Biarent, Meir Minsky, Camille Everardi, Edouard van Remoortel, Mariette Sully, Eugene Goossens, pere, Jan van der Crabben, Ernest van Dyck, Gio Paolo Bombarda, Adolphe Samuel, Marc Laho, Luigi Agnesi, Hugo Chaim Adler, Jean-Baptiste Accolay, Erik Van Nevel, Clara Clairbert, Marie Heilbron, Jacques Bouhy, Francois van Campenhout, Ronald Zollman, Charles Borremans, Johan Duijck, Jules Bastin, Jean Note, Andre Vandernoot, Desire Defauw, Edgar Doneux, Francis Orval, Henry Verdhurdt, Elie Apper, Blanche Arral, Emma Luart, Octave Dua, Koen Crucke, Jef van Hoof, Francis Bay, Rudolf Werthen, Armand Crabbe. Excerpt: Marie Constance Sasse (26 January 1834 - 8 November 1907) was a Belgian operatic soprano. "Her voice was powerful, flexible, and appealing," and she was one of the leading sopranos at the Paris Opera from 1860 to 1870. She created the roles of Elisabeth in the Paris premiere of Wagner's Tannhauser, Selika in the world premiere of Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, and Elisabeth de Valois in the world premiere of Verdi's Don Carlos. Born Marie Constance Sasse in Oudenaarde, to a father who was a military band-master, she studied music at the Ghent Conservatory with Francois-Auguste Gevaert and in Milan with Francesco Lamperti, and made her debut in Venice as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto in 1...