LAGIER, Suzanne

Suzanne Lagier was a French theatre actress and an opera singer. She often performed with Thérésa and made many appearances in Paris and Saint Petersburg. From an early age, Lagier wanted to be an actress and made her début at age thirteen (in 1846)at the Théâtre des Variétés with the show Veuve de quinze ans, a role which was written for her by Comédie en vaudeville Pierre Adolphe Capelle. After a stay in London, she made her real début at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal in 1848. Later she went to Saint Petersburg in Russia before returning to Paris, where she performed at the Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique in 1855, at the Théâtre de la Gaîté in 1856 and finally the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in 1859.