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 The grave of Laure Cinti-Damoreau at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (07 Feb 2025) |
 The grave of Laure Cinti-Damoreau at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (07 Feb 2025) |
Cinti-Damoreau, Laure |
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BORN 6 Feb 1801, Paris: rue du Petit-Pont-Notre-Dame - DIED 25 Feb 1863, Chantilly, Oise BIRTH NAME Montalant, Laure Cinthie GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 26, avenue Berlioz, ligne 02, numero 25) |
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Laure Montalant was the daughter of the language teacher François-Parfait Montalant and the burin engraver Marie Victoire Bougy. Her sister Pensée Euphémie became a painter. From 1814, Laure studied piano and singing at the Conservatory in Paris. She debuted on 8 January 1816 at the Théâtre-Italien in Martín y Soler's "Una cosa rara". Marco Bordogni and Angelica Catalani were her teachers. After Catalani's management went bankrupt in 1818, she joined the new company at the Théâtre Louvois in 1820. In 1822 she appeared at the King's Theatre in London. From 1825 to 1835 she worked for the Opera in Paris. Her first appearance there was in a benefit performance of Louis-Sébastien Lebrun's Le Rossignol in 1825. She was engaged as a member of the company in 1826 and she performed in many premieres, including Rossini's "Le Siège de Corinth" in 1826 and Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable" in 1831. In 1827 she married the opera singer Charles Vincent Damoreau in Brussels. The marriage was unhappy and they lived apart from each other. In 1834 she had a daughter, Fanny Marie (d.1906), who married the composer Jean-Baptiste Weckerlin in 1856. After Cornélie Falcon became a threat to her position at the Opera, she moved to the Opéra-Comique where she worked from 1836 to 1841. She appeared in Auber's operas "L'Ambassadrice" and "Le Domino noir". After Auber broke his promise to give her the leading part in "Les Diamants de la couronne" and gave it to Anna Thillon, she left the Opéra-Comique. From 1833 to 18456she taught at the Conservatory and her "Méthode de chant" was published in 1849. She died in 1863 in Chantilly, Oise. She had kept a diary during her life, and this was used by Pier-Angelo Fiorentino to write a biography of her in six parts that was published in "Le Ménestrel" late in 1863. Related persons • performed with Artôt, Alexandre-Joseph Events |
| 19/6/1825 | Premiere of Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims" at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris. It was an opera buffa in one act. The libretto was written by Luigi Balocchi and it was inspired by Madame de Staël's novel "Corinne". Rossini conducted himself. Giuditta Pasta was Corinne. Other performers were Ester Mombelli, Laure Cinti-Damoreau, Adelaide Schiasetti, Marco Bordogni, Domenico Donzelli and Felice Pellegrini. [Rossini, Gioacchino] |
| 9/10/1826 | Premiere of Rossini's "Le Siège de Corinth" Opéra in Paris. It was an opera in three acts with a libretto by Luigi Balocchi and Alexandre Soumet. François Habeneck was the conductor. Performers were Louis Nourrit, Laure Cinti-Damoreau, Adolphe Nourrit, Henri-Étienne Dérivis and Gerdinand Prévost. [Nourrit, Adolphe][Rossini, Gioacchino] |
| 26/3/1827 | Premiere of Rossini's "Moïse et Pharaon, ou Le Passage de la mer Rouge" at the opera in Paris. The libretto was written by Luigi Balocchi and Etienne de Jouy. Nicolas Levasseur was Moses. Adolphe Nourrit was Amenophis and Laure cinti Damoreau was Anaïde. [Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Nourrit, Adolphe][Rossini, Gioacchino] |
| 29/2/1828 | Premiere of Auber's "La muette de Portici". It was performed by the Opera of Paris at the Salle Le Peletier. Henri Valentino was the conductor. Adolphe Nourrit, Alexis Dupont, Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Lise Noblet sang the main parts. [Auber, Daniel][Nourrit, Adolphe] |
| 20/8/1828 | Premiere of Rossini's "Le Comte Ory" at the Salle Pelletier in Paris. It was his penultimate opera.The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Delestre-Poirson. François Habeneck was the conductor. The performers included Adolphe Nourritt, Nicolas Levasseur, Henri-Bernard Dabadie, Laure Cinti-Damoreau and Eugène Massol. [Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Massol, Eugène][Nourrit, Adolphe][Rossini, Gioacchino][Scribe, Eugène] |
| 3/8/1829 | Premiere of Rossini's "Guillaume Tell" at the Salle Le Peletier in Paris. It was Rossini's last opera. The libretto was written by Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis based on the play by Friedrich Schiller. François Habenack was the conductor. Perfomers included Henri Bernard Dabadie, Laure Cinti-Damoreau, Adolphe Nourrit and Nicolas Levasseur. [Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Nourrit, Adolphe][Rossini, Gioacchino][Schiller, Friedrich von] |
| 21/11/1831 | Premiere of Meyerbeer's "Robert le Diable" at the Opéra in Paris. It included a ballet in the third act with Marie Taglioni as the ballerina. François Habeneck was the conductor and singers included Adolphe Nourrit as Robert and Laure Cinti-Damoreau as Isabelle. [Levasseur, Nicolas-Prosper][Massol, Eugène][Meyerbeer, Giacomo][Nourrit, Adolphe][Taglioni, Marie] |
| 21/12/1836 | Premiere of Auber's "L'ambassadrice" at the Théâtre des Nouveautés in Paris. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and it was performed by the Opéra-Comique. Performers included Théodore-Étienne-François Moreau-Sainti, Marie-Julie Halligner, Laure Cinti-Damoreau, Jenny Colon and Joseph-Antoine-Charles Couderc. [Auber, Daniel][Colon, Jenny][Halligner, Marie-Julie][Scribe, Eugène] |
| 2/9/1839 | Premiere of "Le Shérif" by Fromental Halévy at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. The libretto was written by Eugène Scribe and it was based on a short story by Balzac. Performers included François-Louis Henry, Gustave-Hippolyte Roger and Laure Cinti-Damoreau. [Halévy, Fromental][Scribe, Eugène] |
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The grave of Laure Cinti-Damoreau at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (07 Feb 2025) |
The grave of Laure Cinti-Damoreau at the Cimetière de Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (07 Feb 2025) |
