Jean Baptiste Faure, a French vocalist, born at Moulins, Jan. 15, 1830. He first appeared at the Opera Comique in 1852, and in 1857 became professor at the conservatory, where he had been educated. In 1861 he made his first appearance at the Grand Opera, and he has since acquired great reputation as a baritone singer, his voice being both powerful and sweet. He is most admired in Mozart's Don Juan, Meyerbeer's Africaine, Thomas's Hamlet, and as Mephistopheles in Gounod's Faust, in which he excels as a basso.-He married in 1860 Constance Caroline Lefebvre, born in Paris, Dec. 21, 1828. Having at an early age become acquainted with Auber, she was induced by him to cultivate her voice at the conservatory, where she gained a prize in 1842. She first performed at the Opera Comique in 1852, gradually rising to distinction by her pleasant and well trained voice and sprightly acting. Her best parts were in the Val d'Andorre, the Etoile du Nord, and kindred operas. In 1863 she performed in Mendelssohn's Lisbeth at the Theatre Lyrique, but has since retired from the stage.