Born at Le Havre in 1872, Suzanne Balguérie was one of the great French sopranos of her day. After completing her vocal studies at Conservatoire National de Paris, Balguérie began to sing professionally; her interest in contemporary concert music led to some engagements at small venues with a limited audience. In the early 1920’s, the soprano finally appeared in opera, debuting at the Opéra-Comique as Ariane in Dukas’s Ariane et Barbe-bleu. She remained a member of the Comique for more than twenty years, also performing at L'Opéra, where she was greatly admired in the Wagner repertoire.
Balguérie rarely sang outside France, so she is not well-known internationally. She retired from the stage in 1950, and became a successful voice teacher. She died at Grenoble in 1973.