Eleonora

Not a person's name but a role: Marie's «Eleonora» is the soprano singing Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore at the Nice Italian opera in December 1874; she calls the singer by the character's name and never gives her own.

• 1874-12-06 (027.0183): «A l'Opéra, "Il Trovatore", Eleonora est écœurante et le vieux Audiffret l'admire et maman dit, que dans les coulisses il lui a baisé le cou au moment où elle sortait en mariée (robe rose Laferrière, très bien).»
• 1874-12-12 (027.0240): Marie's glances at the younger Audiffret during the entr'actes while watching «la belle Eleonora de l'autre soir».
• 1874-12-23 (027.0373): at the repeat, «Eleonora est si comique que j'aime cet opéra mieux que tout autre»; in the last act at «fuggi, fuggi sei perduto» she is «particulièrement ridicule» and the equally stout tenor laughs with Marie.

Identity uncertain

We are not sure who this is. The singer's real name is not in the diary, and no Nice cast list for the winter of 1874–75 was found. If you can identify this person, we would be glad to hear from you.