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Singer & Musician
Born Marie Rose Chevalier
French opera soprano
Born on November 2, 1778 in Paris , France
Died on October 15, 1850 in Paris , France
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Thimoléone-Rose-Caroline Chevalier Lavit, known by her married name as Alexandrine-Caroline (or Caroline or simply Mme) Branchu (2 November 1780 – 14 October 1850) was a French opera soprano with origins from the free people of colour of Saint-Domingue where she was born at Cap-Français, the former French colony which is the modern-day Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. A gifted vocalist, for the better part of the first quarter of the 19th century, she was a leading soprano at the Paris Opéra.
Branchu was one of the first students at the Paris Conservatoire after it opened in 1795, and studied singing under Pierre Garat. ... Thimoléone-Rose-Caroline Chevalier Lavit, known by her married name as Alexandrine-Caroline (or Caroline or simply Mme) Branchu (2 November 1780 – 14 October 1850) was a French opera soprano with origins from the free people of colour of Saint-Domingue where she was born at Cap-Français, the former French colony which is the modern-day Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. A gifted vocalist, for the better part of the first quarter of the 19th century, she was a leading soprano at the Paris Opéra.
Branchu was one of the first students at the Paris Conservatoire after it opened in 1795, and studied singing under Pierre Garat.
Although Branchu frequently performed works by Christoph Willibald Gluck and was notable for roles in Anacréon and Les Abencérages by Luigi Cherubini, she is best remembered for her performances in the title role of Gaspare Spontini's most important opera, La vestale (1807). She also performed in Spontini's Fernand Cortez (1809) and Olympie (1819). She was briefly a mistress of Napoleon.
Branchu died in the Parisian suburb of Passy and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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Berlioz À Travers Chants (1862) Michel Lévy Publishers
Richard Somerset-Ward (2004). Angels and Monsters: Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera, 1600-1900. Yale University Press. pp. 163–165. ISBN 0-300-09968-1.
Branchu was one of the first students at the Paris Conservatoire after it opened in 1795, and studied singing under Pierre Garat. ... Thimoléone-Rose-Caroline Chevalier Lavit, known by her married name as Alexandrine-Caroline (or Caroline or simply Mme) Branchu (2 November 1780 – 14 October 1850) was a French opera soprano with origins from the free people of colour of Saint-Domingue where she was born at Cap-Français, the former French colony which is the modern-day Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. A gifted vocalist, for the better part of the first quarter of the 19th century, she was a leading soprano at the Paris Opéra.
Branchu was one of the first students at the Paris Conservatoire after it opened in 1795, and studied singing under Pierre Garat.
Although Branchu frequently performed works by Christoph Willibald Gluck and was notable for roles in Anacréon and Les Abencérages by Luigi Cherubini, she is best remembered for her performances in the title role of Gaspare Spontini's most important opera, La vestale (1807). She also performed in Spontini's Fernand Cortez (1809) and Olympie (1819). She was briefly a mistress of Napoleon.
Branchu died in the Parisian suburb of Passy and was buried in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.
References
Notes
Sources
Berlioz À Travers Chants (1862) Michel Lévy Publishers
Richard Somerset-Ward (2004). Angels and Monsters: Male and Female Sopranos in the Story of Opera, 1600-1900. Yale University Press. pp. 163–165. ISBN 0-300-09968-1.
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