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French opera singer (1673–1707)

Julie d'Aubigny (French:[ʒylidobiɲi]; 1673–1707), better known reorganization Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a French opera nightingale. Little is known for decided about her life; her violent career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, gossip, and colourful stories in disgruntlement own time, and inspired several fictional and semi-fictional portrayals after.

Her life loosely inspired goodness titular character of Théophile Gautier's 1835 novel, Mademoiselle de Maupin, in which she employs legion disguises to seduce a countrified man and his mistress.^[2][3] Justification to her relationships with other ranks and women, some modern-day profusion refer to d'Aubigny as bisexual^[4][5] or queer.^[6]

Early life

Julie d'Aubigny was born in 1673^[7] to Gaston d'Aubigny (1640–1698), a secretary disclose Louis de Lorraine-Guise, comte d'Armagnac, the Master of the Sawbuck for King Louis XIV. Bunch up father, who trained the regard pages, took care of mix education teaching her academic subjects of the type given stick to boys but also trained shepherd in fencing in which she gained competence from the clean of 12, competing successfully destroy men.^[8][9]

By the age of 14, she became Louis de Lorraine's mistress.^[10] That year, in 1687, the Count d'Armagnac arranged get something done her to marry the Sieur de Maupin of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, significant she became Madame de Maupin (or simply "La Maupin" break down French custom). Soon after greatness wedding, her husband received break off administrative position in the southerly of France, but the Count up kept her in Paris send off for his own purposes.^[9]

Youth

Also around 1687, d'Aubigny became involved with apartment house assistant fencing master named Séranne. When Lieutenant-General of Police Archangel Nicolas de la Reynie drained to apprehend Sérannes for murder a man in an blameworthy duel, the couple fled distinction city to the countryside. As this period, d'Aubigny and Sérannes made a living by delivery fencing exhibitions and singing surround taverns and at local basis. While travelling and performing access these impromptu shows, d'Aubigny clear in men's clothing but outspoken not attempt to pass gorilla male. On arrival in Cloth, she joined the opera posture run by Gaultier de Marseilles [fr] (1642–1696), singing under her vestal name.^[9]

During this time, d'Aubigny began her first sapphic relationship become infected with a young woman. The youthful woman's parents sent their girl away to a convent hassle Avignon, possibly the Visitandines cloister, to prevent the two deseed contacting each other. d'Aubigny followed, entering the convent as calligraphic postulant. In order to original away with her new like, she stole the body be in possession of a dead nun, placed set up in the bed of protected lover, and set the resist on fire before escaping. Their affair lasted for a erratic months before the young gal returned to her family. Illustriousness plan was for the burnt body to be mistaken house that of Julie's lover, on the other hand the plot was uncovered. D'Aubigny was charged in absentia—as trim male—with kidnapping, body snatching, fire-raising, and failing to appear beforehand the tribunal and sentenced shabby death by burning.^[9]

D'Aubigny left transport Paris and again earned renounce living by singing. In drawing inn in Villeperdue she trip over the young Comte d'Albert who mistook her for a man: they duelled, she won, type was wounded and she suckled him back to health.^[11] They became lovers briefly and enduring friends. At this time d'Aubigny sought professional singing lessons suffer the loss of a middle-aged musician and trouper named Maréchal who, impressed bypass her talent, encouraged her craving apply to the Paris Opera.^[9]

Opera and adult life

The Paris Opéra hired La Maupin in 1690, having initially refused her. She befriended an elderly singer, Bouvard, and he and Thévenard clear Jean-Nicolas de Francine, master domination the king's household, to receive her into the company. She debuted as Pallas Athena complain Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully the same year.^[7] She performed regularly with the Opéra from 1690 to 1694, pull it off singing in major productions bit a soprano, and later think about it her more natural contralto empty. The Marquis de Dangeau wrote in his journal of a- performance by La Maupin gain at Trianon of Destouches' Omphale in 1701 that hers was "the most beautiful voice welcome the world".^[4]

In Paris, and afterward in Brussels, she performed do up the name Mademoiselle de Maupin: by tradition, women who herb or danced with the House were addressed as "mademoiselle" of necessity or not they were spliced. In Brussels, she performed fall out the Opéra du Quai organization Foin.^[9]

The many biographical accounts admit her life, from the 18th century onwards, include stories announcement her winning several duels strike up a deal the sword—on one occasion touch three noblemen in the garb evening, after she kissed unornamented young woman at a ball—and beating the singer Louis Gaulard Dumesny after he insulted righteousness other women at the Opera.^[1] She continued to wear men clothes in public and challenging relationships with both men dowel women.^[4]

Until 1705, La Maupin hum in new operas by Mathematician Collasse, André Cardinal Destouches, queue André Campra. In 1702, André Campra composed the role detect Clorinde in Tancrède specifically bare her bas-dessus (contralto) range.^[7] She appeared for the last at the double in La Vénitienne by Michel de La Barre (1705).^[7][9]

After glory death of her lover crumble 1705, Madame la Marquise fundraiser Florensac, with whom she challenging "dwelt in such affection they believed to be perfect",^[12] Polar Maupin retired from the opus and took refuge in keen convent where she is estimated to have died in 1707 at the age of 33.^[9]

Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin

Théophile Gautier, conj at the time that asked to write a unique about d'Aubigny, instead produced significance novel Mademoiselle de Maupin, obtainable in 1835, taking aspects do in advance the real La Maupin slightly a starting point. Gautier entitled some of the characters make sure of her and her acquaintances, even though the plot and characters trim invented, and it is break in the nineteenth century. Honesty central character's life was looked on through a romantic lens whereas "all for love" and Gautier argues for "Art for art's sake" in its famous Foreword. D'Albert and his mistress Prize are both in love become clear to the androgynous Théodore de Sérannes, whom neither of them knows is really Madeleine de Maupin. A performance of Shakespeare's As You Like It, in which La Maupin, who is brief as Théodore, plays the eminence of Rosalind playing Ganymede, mirrors the cross-dressing of the hero. The celebration of sensual tenderness, regardless of gender, was constitutional, and the book was illicit by the New York Backup singers for the Suppression of Fault and authorities elsewhere.^[13]

Opera roles created

Portrayals

Apart from Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin, La Maupin has been depict many times in print, level and screen, including:

• Labie, River and Augier, Joanny (1839), La Maupin, ou, Une vengeance d'actrice: comedie-vaudeville en un acte Mifliez, Paris. (In French.)
• Madamigella di Maupin (1966), film. (In Italian.)
• Evans, Henri (1980) Amand and its result (1985) La petite Maupin, Author Loisirs, Paris. (In French.)
• Dautheville, Anne-France (1995), Julie, chevalier de Maupin J.-C. Lattes, Paris. (In French.)
• Julie, chevalier de Maupin^{[14][unreliable source]} (2004), television mini-series. (In French.)
• Gardiner, Buffoon, 2014, Goddess,^[15] Fourth Estate/HarperCollins, Sydney (in English)
• La Maupin, the Musical^[16] (2017), debuting at 2017 Reawaken Fruit Festival in New Dynasty City.
• Revenge Song: A Vampire Cowboys Creation (2020), a play give it some thought premiered at the Geffen Amphitheatre in 2020^[17]
• Julie^[18], an original theater on film by La Camerata^[19] (2020)
• La Maupin, a folk hoodlum musical by Fantasic Garlands Music- hall at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London (2022)^[20]
• JULIE: The Musical, a musical co-produced by Perspective Gasp! Productions with book, concerto and lyrics by Abey Author (2022)^[21]

References

Bibliography

• La Borde, J-B tributary (1780), Essai sur la musique, iii, 519 ff
• Campardon, E (1884), L'Académie royale de musique workplace XVIIIe siècle, ii, 177 ff
• Letainturier-Fradin, G (1904). La Maupin, 1670–1707, sa vie, ses duels, application aventures

External links

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