Jean-Vital Ismaël
... that French baritone Jean-Vital Ismaël , who sang in the premieres of Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles and Gounod's Mireille, had left home at age 16 to become a street singer?
... that French baritone <b id="mwAak"><a class="mw-redirect" href="./Jean-Vital_Ismaël" id="mwAao" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Jean-Vital Ismaël">Jean-Vital Ismaël</a></b> <i id="mwAas">(caricature pictured)</i>, who sang in the premieres of <a href="./Georges_Bizet" id="mwAaw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Georges Bizet">Bizet</a>'s <i id="mwAa0"><a href="./Les_pêcheurs_de_perles" id="mwAa4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Les pêcheurs de perles">Les pêcheurs de perles</a></i> and <a href="./Charles_Gounod" id="mwAa8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles Gounod">Gounod</a>'s <i id="mwAbA"><a href="./Mireille_(opera)" id="mwAbE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mireille (opera)">Mireille</a></i>, had left home at age 16 to become a street singer?