Marie Aubry
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Marie Aubry was a French operatic soprano
of the baroque
period.
She was the daughter of Léonard Aubry and Geneviève Béjart, sister of French actress Madeleine Béjart
. While at the service of the Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
's private music troup, she was recruited by Pierre Perrin
and Robert Cambert
of the Académie Royale de Musique
and became first soprano in the troup of Jean-Baptiste Lully
, creating for him roles in the following operas; Oriane in Amadis de Gaule, Sangaride in Atys
, Philonoé in Bellérophon
, Io in Isis
, Andromède in Persée
, the title role in Proserpine
, Aeglé in Thésée
.
She and her brother Sébastien were supposedly implicated in the so-called assassination attempt of Lully by his lover Henri Guichard in 1675.
Described as small, with white skin and black hair, she retired from the stage in 1684, because of obesity
such that she could no longer walk.
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
of the baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period.
She was the daughter of Léonard Aubry and Geneviève Béjart, sister of French actress Madeleine Béjart
Madeleine Béjart
Madeleine Béjart , was a French actress and theatre director, one of the most famous French stage actors of the 17th-century. She belonged to the Béjart family, a famous theatre family in 17th-century France. Madeleine was the second child of Joseph and Marie-Herve Bejart...
. While at the service of the Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
Philippe of France was the youngest son of Louis XIII of France and his queen consort Anne of Austria. His older brother was the famous Louis XIV, le roi soleil. Styled Duke of Anjou from birth, Philippe became Duke of Orléans upon the death of his uncle Gaston, Duke of Orléans...
's private music troup, she was recruited by Pierre Perrin
Pierre Perrin
Pierre Perrin was a French poet and librettist.Sometimes known as L'Abbé Perrin although he never belonged to the clergy...
and Robert Cambert
Robert Cambert
Robert Cambert was a French composer principally of opera. His opera Pomone was the first actual opera in French.Born in Paris in 1628, he studied music under Chambonnières, His first position was as organist at the church of St. Honor in Paris...
of the Académie Royale de Musique
Académie Royale de Musique
The Salle Le Peletier was the home of the Paris Opera from 1821 until the building was destroyed by fire in 1873. The theatre was designed and constructed by the architect François Debret on the site of the former Hôtel de Choiseul...
and became first soprano in the troup of Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste Lully
Jean-Baptiste de Lully was an Italian-born French composer who spent most of his life working in the court of Louis XIV of France. He is considered the chief master of the French Baroque style. Lully disavowed any Italian influence in French music of the period. He became a French subject in...
, creating for him roles in the following operas; Oriane in Amadis de Gaule, Sangaride in Atys
Atys (Lully)
Atys is a tragédie en musique in a prelude and five acts by Jean-Baptiste Lully to a French-language libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's Fasti. It was premiered at the royal court in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, January 10, 1676...
, Philonoé in Bellérophon
Bellérophon
Bellérophon is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Thomas Corneille and Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle first performed by the Opéra at the Palais Royal in Paris on 31 January 1679....
, Io in Isis
Isis (Lully)
Isis is an opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The librettist is Lully's frequent collaborator, Philippe Quinault, and like most of Lully's operas, it is a tragédie lyrique. It premièred January 5, 1677 at the court of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and was first published in 1719.The story of the opera centers...
, Andromède in Persée
Persée
Persée is a tragédie lyrique with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault, first performed in 1682 at the Paris Opéra.-Roles:-Synopsis:...
, the title role in Proserpine
Proserpine (Lully)
Proserpine is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault first performed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 3 February 1680.-Roles:-Synopsis:...
, Aeglé in Thésée
Thésée
Thésée is an opera with music by Jean-Baptiste Lully and a libretto by Philippe Quinault based on Ovid's Metamorphoses first performed at Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 11 January 1675.-Roles:-Synopsis:...
.
She and her brother Sébastien were supposedly implicated in the so-called assassination attempt of Lully by his lover Henri Guichard in 1675.
Described as small, with white skin and black hair, she retired from the stage in 1684, because of obesity
Obesity
Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have an adverse effect on health, leading to reduced life expectancy and/or increased health problems...
such that she could no longer walk.