Adélaïde Gavaudan
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Marie-Françoise-Adélaïde Gavaudan, called Mlle Gavaudan cadette[1] and nicknamed Spinette (1767[2]–1805), was a French operatic soprano.
Life[edit]
Gavaudan is the daughter of Denis Gavaudan and Catherine Calmen, a member of the Gavaudan family, which reigns at the Opéra-Comique; sister of Anne-Marie-Jeanne, Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur and Émilie.[3]
In 1780, she was hired with her sister Émilie, by Madame Donvilliers, of the Petits Comédiens de la Muette.[4]
She was a chorister in 1778, at the Académie royale de musique. She already sang important roles, such as that of Angélique in the revival of Roland by Piccinni in October 1782. On 8 July 1782, she made her debut at the Comédie-Italienne, as Mme Saintclair, in La Fausse Magie by Gretry; then as Alix, in Les Trois fermiers de Dezède; as Aline, in la Belle Arsène, but she was not hired by this company.[5]
She was coryphée in 1784, at the Académie Royale de Musique. She became an assistant in 1786.[5] She came to prominence in 1787 with the role of Spinette in Tarare by Salieri, she retained the sobriquet of "Spinette"[6] During the Revolution, she fled Paris for Germany, then returned. In 1793, she remained at the Opéra; as a singing artist, attached to this company at least until 1798.[5]
In 1796, she joined the troupe of the Théâtre Feydeau, where she created Ziméo (Martini, 1800). In 1802, when Feydeau's troupe was combined with that of the Opéra-Comique, she retired from the stage and emigrated to Hamburg.
Creations[edit]
- At the Académie royale de musique
- 1781: Iphigénie en Tauride, tragédie lyrique by Niccolò Piccinni, libretto by Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil, 23 January, as Elise.
- 1782: L'embarras des richesses, comédie lyrique in three acts, libretto by Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre, 26 November, as Phénice.[7]
- 1783: Didon, tragédie lyrique in three acts by Niccolò Piccinni, libretto by Jean-François Marmontel, 1 December
- 1784: La caravane du Caire, opéra-ballet in three acts by André Grétry, libretto by Étienne Morel de Chédeville, 15 January
- 1784: Diane et Endymion, libretto by Jean-François Espic de Lirou, music by Piccini, 7 September, as l’Amour
- 1784: Chimène, tragédie lyrique française, by Antonio Sacchini, libretto by Guillard, as Elvire[8][9]
- 1785: Panurge dans L’Ile des Lanternes, by Grétry, libretto by Étienne Morel de Chédeville, 25 January
- 1785: Pénélope , tragédie lyrique in 3 acts, libretto by Jean-François Marmontel ; music by Niccolo Piccinni, 9 December, as Minerve.[10]
- 1786: Œdipe à Colone, by Antonio Sacchini, 4 January
- 1786: Phèdre, opera by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman, 26 October, as Œnone.[11]
- 1786: Les Horaces, tragédie lyrique in 3 acts, libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, music by Antonio Salieri, 2 December[12]
- 1787: Alcindor, opéra-féerie in 3 acts, libretto by Marc-Antoine-Jacques Rochon de Chabannes; music by Nicolas Dezède, 17 April
- 1787: Tarare, opera, music by Antonio Salieri, libretto by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, 8 June, role of Spinette[13]
- 1789: Les Prétendus de Lemoyne, libretto by Marc-Antoine-Jacques Rochon de Chabannes, 2 June
- 1790: Les Pommiers et le Moulin, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, 22 January
- 1800: Ziméo, opéra comique in three acts, by Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre, music by Martini, 16 October
- 1801: Le locataire, one act opéra comique by Pierre Gaveaux, libretto by Charles-Augustin de Bassompierre, 17 September, as Apolline.[14]
References[edit]
- ^ The singer's personal data comply with those stated by the Dictionnaire de l’Opéra de Paris sous l’Ancien Régime (article: "Gavaudan (la cadette), Marie-Françoise-Adélaïde", by France Marchal-Ninosque, p. 804). The website Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia attributes to her instead the names of Alexandrine-Adelaïde Gavaudan-Ducamel and Alexandrine-Adelaïde Gavaudan-Joinville, but both obviously derive from an erroneous mix between the singer herself and two contemporary colleagues: her sister-in-law Alexandrine-Marie-Agathe Gavaudan-Ducamel, soprano of the Opéra-Comique, and Suzanne Joinville (1758–1804), soprano of the Paris Opéra who had debuted alongside Adélaïde's elder sister Anne-Marie-Jeanne.
- ^ According to Kutsch and Riemens, Adelaide was born in 1762 instead.
- ^ Kutsch and Riemens.
- ^ "Bulletin de la Société historique d'Auteuil et de Passy". Gallica. Société historique d'Auteuil et de Passy. 1920. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ a b c "Le Ménestrel". Gallica. 7 July 1872. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Le Ménestrel". Gallica. 7 July 1872. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Gavaudan, Adelaïde; Girardin, Mlle; Maillard, Mademoiselle; Lays, François (1782). L'embarras des richesses. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Sacchini, Antonio (1784). "Chimène ou le Cid". Gallica (in French). Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Almanach littéraire, ou étrennes d'Apollon (in French). Veuve Duchesne. 1785. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Pénélope – Spectacle – 1785". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Phèdre – Spectacle – 1786". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Les Horaces – Spectacle – 1786". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Tarare – Spectacle – 1787". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ Gaveaux, Pierre (1800). "Le locataire, opéra comique en un acte, lyrics by Sevrin, music by P. Gaveaux". Gallica. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
Sources[edit]
- Le Ménestrel,
- 1872: n°32, 7 July; n°33, 14 July; n°34, 21 July; n°35, 28 July; n°36, 4 August Read online.
- Arthur Pougin, Figures d’Opéra-Comique : Mme Dugazon, Elleviou, la tribu des Gavaudan, Paris, Tresse, 1875, pp. 143–157 Archive.
- Fétis, François-Joseph (1860–1881). Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. Deuxième édition, tome 3. Paris. p. 428. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link). - Sylvie Bouissou; Pascal Denécheau; France Marchal-Ninosque (2019). Dictionnaire de l'Opéra de Paris sous l'Ancien Régime;(1669–1791). Dictionnaires et synthèses (in French). Vol. II–D-G. Paris: Classiques Garnier. p. 935.
- Kutsch, Karl-Josef; Riemens, Leo (22 February 2012). Großes Sängerlexikon (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-598-44088-5. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
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