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 The grave of Dugazon (Jean-Henri Gourgaud) and Rose Dugazon (Louise Lefèbvre) at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (24 Oct 2014) |
Dugazon, Rose |
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BORN 18 Jun 1755, Berlin - DIED 22 Sep 1821, Paris BIRTH NAME Lefèbvre, Louise-Rosalie GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Père Lachaise, Rue du Repos 16 (division 11, ligne 05, X, 20) |
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Rose Dugazon was the daughter of the dancer and ballet master François-Jacques Lefèbvre. The violinist Joseph Lefebvre was her brother. She came to Paris when she was eight years old. In 1769 she debuted as a soprano in Dalayrac's opera "Lucile" and she became a star at the Comédie Italienne. In 1776 she married the actor Jean-Henri Fourgaud, who was known as Dugazon. They continued to perform together for twenty years at the Comédie Italienne, but their marriage wasn't happy. She had affairs with other men and her affair Anne-Nicolas-Robert de Caze attracted much attention and although they had a son in 1781 they separated. Their son Gustave became a well known composer. She was especially praised for her performance as Nina in Dalayrac's "Nina, ou la folle par amour" (1786). Dugazon supported the French Revolution, but Rose was very fond of the royal family. After she stated her support to Marie-Antoinette in 1792 during a performance attended by the queen she was forced to interrupt her career until 1795. Afterwards she refused to play in anti-monarchist productions. Later in her career she mostly played mother roles on 29 February 1804 she ended her career in Boieldieu's "The Caliph of Bagdad", attended by Napoleon. Her husband died in 1809 and possibly she married Jean-Jacques Le Couteulx du Molay (1740-1823). She died in 1821 in Paris and was buried with Dugazon. Family • Husband: Dugazon (1776-) (divorce or separation) Related persons • has a connection with George, Marguerite Joséphine • was admired by Grétry, André Events |
| 16/9/1800 | Premiere of Boieldieu's "Le Calife de Bagdad" at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The libretto was written by Claude de Saint-Just and the comic opera was dedicated to the painter Jean-Joseph-Xavier Bidauld. Performers were Jean Elleviou, Alexandrine-Marie-Agathe Gavaudan-Ducamel and Louise Rose Dugazon. [Boieldieu, François-Adrien] |
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The grave of Dugazon (Jean-Henri Gourgaud) and Rose Dugazon (Louise Lefèbvre) at Père Lachaise, Paris. Picture by Androom (24 Oct 2014) |
Sources • Baedeker, Karl, Paris et ses Environs, Karl Baedeker Éditeur, Leipzig, 1931 • Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre - Wikipedia (EN) • Le Calife de Bagdad - Wikipédia (FR) • Madame Dugazon - Wikipédia |
