SANTA-COLOMA, Eugénie De

Jeanne Marie Eugénie de Santa Coloma Sourget (born De Santa Coloma; 8 February 1827 - 11 June 1895) was a French composer, pianist, and singer who composed an opera and sang at the Paris Opera.

Santa Coloma showed early musical ability and began piano lessons at age 5 after she heard a song on the street and reproduced it perfectly on her family's piano at home. She studied music with Arregui (not further identified), Henri Bertini, Charles Louis Colin (the father of French composer Charles Colin), Mme. Dufresne (not further identified), and Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmerman. She also studied orchestration with Costard de Mézeray. After hearing her sing in Paris, opera composer Fromental Halévy offered to write a role for her to sing. She debuted at the Paris Opera in 1847 and married M. Sourget in 1849. Louise Bertin and Paul Lacome dedicated songs to her.