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Marie-Louise Desmatins

1601 – 1708

French opera singer

Opera singer
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About Marie-Louise Desmatins

Lived 1601 – 1708 (aged 106–107). Marie-Louise Desmatins was a French opera singer.

Marie-Louise Desmatins (fl. 1682–1708) was a French soprano and creator of many roles in French Baroque opera.

She performed in Jean Baptiste Lully's Persée (1682), Armide (1686 and 1703 revival), Achille et Polyxène (1687), Thésée (1698 revival), Isis (1704 revival), Roland (1705 revival), Bellérophon (1705 revival), Alceste (1706 revival), as well as in Pascal Collasse's Enée et Lavinie (1690) and Thétis et Pélée (1699 revival), André Cardinal Destouches' Issé (1697), Henri Desmarets' Didon (1704 revival), André Campra's Iphigénie en Tauride (1704), and Marin Marais' Alcyone (1706).

The absence of her name in subsequent cast lists remained unexplained until 2007, when a report on the novel La Musique du Diable (1711) confirmed her death. A satirical narrative of Desmatins' afterlife in Hades, the novel suggests that she died of complications of a primitive form of liposuction.

An extant portrait of her was painted by Robert Le Vrac de Tournières.

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Important facts

Born
1601
Birth century
17th century
Died
20 April 1708
Occupation
Opera singer
Nationality
France

People in Marie-Louise Desmatins's life

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André Campra
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Henri Desmarets
1661 – 1741
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Pascal Collasse
1649 – 1709
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Frequently asked questions

Who was Marie-Louise Desmatins?

French opera singer

When was Marie-Louise Desmatins born?

Marie-Louise Desmatins was born in 1601.

When did Marie-Louise Desmatins die?

Marie-Louise Desmatins died on 20 April 1708.

What was Marie-Louise Desmatins's occupation?

Marie-Louise Desmatins was an opera singer.

What nationality was Marie-Louise Desmatins?

Marie-Louise Desmatins was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Marie-Louise Desmatins

· Wikidata: Q17388298

· DBpedia: Marie-Louise Desmatins

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