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Julie d'Aubigny

French opera singer (–)

Julie d'Aubigny

"Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra".
Anonymous print, c.

Born
Died (age c.&#;33)
NationalityFrench
SpouseSieur de Maupin
PartnerMadame la Marquise de Florensac (–)[1]
RelativesGaston d'Aubigny (father)

Julie d'Aubigny (French:[ʒylidobiɲi]; –), better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a French opera singer.

Little is known for certain about her life; her tumultuous career and flamboyant lifestyle were the subject of gossip, rumour, and colourful stories in her own time, and inspired numerous fictional and semi-fictional portrayals afterwards.

Her life loosely inspired the titular character of Théophile Gautier's novel, Mademoiselle de Maupin, in which she employs multiple disguises to seduce a young man and his mistress.[2][3] Due to her relationships with men and women, some modern-day sources refer to d'Aubigny as bisexual[4][5] or queer.[6]

Early life

Julie d'Aubigny was born in [7] to Gaston d'Aubigny (–), a secretary to Louis de Lorraine-Guise, comte d'Armagnac, the Master of the Horse for King Louis XIV.

Her father, who trained the court pages, took care of her education teaching her academic subjects of the type given to boys but also trained her in fencing in which she gained competence from the age of 12, competing successfully against men.[8][9]

By the age of 14, she became Louis de Lorraine's mistress.[10] That year, in , the Count d'Armagnac arranged for her to marry the Sieur de Maupin of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, and she became Madame de Maupin (or simply "La Maupin" per French custom).

Soon after the wedding, her husband received an administrative position in the south of France, but the Count kept her in Paris for his own purposes.[9]

Youth

Also around , d'Aubigny became involved with an assistant fencing master named Séranne. When Lieutenant-General of Police Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie tried to apprehend Sérannes for killing a man in an illegal duel, the couple fled the city to the countryside.

During this period, d'Aubigny and Sérannes made a living by giving fencing exhibitions and singing in taverns and at local fairs. While travelling and performing in these impromptu shows, d'Aubigny dressed in men's clothing but did not attempt to pass as male.

Julie d aubigny biography of martin short It all helps us imagine her. She died four years later due to unknown causes, somewhere between the ages of 33 and La Florensac was also one of the most famous, wealthy and well-connected women in France. She fled to Brussels to wait for calmer times.

On arrival in Marseille, she joined the opera company run by Gaultier de Marseilles&#;[fr] (–), singing under her maiden name.[9]

During this time, d'Aubigny began her first sapphic relationship with a young woman. The young woman's parents sent their daughter away to a convent in Avignon, possibly the Visitandines convent, to prevent the two from contacting each other.

d'Aubigny followed, entering the convent as a postulant. In order to run away with her new love, she stole the body of a dead nun, placed it in the bed of her lover, and set the room on fire before escaping.

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Their affair lasted for a few months before the young woman returned to her family. The plan was for the burned body to be mistaken for that of Julie's lover, but the plot was uncovered. D'Aubigny was charged in absentia—as a male—with kidnapping, body snatching, arson, and failing to appear before the tribunal and sentenced to death by burning.[9]

D'Aubigny left for Paris and again earned her living by singing.

In an inn in Villeperdue she met the young Comte d'Albert who mistook her for a man: they duelled, she won, he was wounded and she nursed him back to health.[11] They became lovers briefly and lifelong friends. At this time d'Aubigny sought professional singing lessons from a middle-aged musician and actor named Maréchal who, impressed by her talent, encouraged her to apply to the Paris Opera.[9]

Opera and adult life

The Paris Opéra hired La Maupin in , having initially refused her.

She befriended an elderly singer, Bouvard, and he and Thévenard convinced Jean-Nicolas de Francine, master of the king's household, to accept her into the company. She debuted as Pallas Athena in Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully the same year.[7] She performed regularly with the Opéra from to , first singing in major productions as a soprano, and later in her more natural contralto range.

The Marquis de Dangeau wrote in his journal of a performance by La Maupin given at Trianon of Destouches' Omphale in that hers was "the most beautiful voice in the world".[4]

In Paris, and later in Brussels, she performed under the name Mademoiselle de Maupin: by tradition, women who sang or danced with the Opera were addressed as "mademoiselle" whether or not they were married.

In Brussels, she performed at the Opéra du Quai au Foin.[9]

The many biographical accounts of her life, from the eighteenth century onwards, include stories of her winning several duels with the sword—on one occasion with three noblemen in the same evening, after she kissed a young woman at a ball—and beating the singer Louis Gaulard Dumesny after he insulted the other women at the Opera.[1] She continued to wear men's clothes in public and had relationships with both men and women.[4]

Until , La Maupin sang in new operas by Pascal Collasse, André Cardinal Destouches, and André Campra.

In , André Campra composed the role of Clorinde in Tancrède specifically for her bas-dessus (contralto) range.[7] She appeared for the last time in La Vénitienne by Michel de La Barre ().[7][9]

After the death of her lover in , Madame la Marquise de Florensac, with whom she had "dwelt in such affection they believed to be perfect",[12] La Maupin retired from the opera and took refuge in a convent where she is believed to have died in at the age of [9]

Gautier's Mademoiselle de Maupin

Théophile Gautier, when asked to write a story about d'Aubigny, instead produced the novel Mademoiselle de Maupin, published in , taking aspects of the real La Maupin as a starting point.

Gautier named some of the characters after her and her acquaintances, although the plot and characters are invented, and it is set in the nineteenth century. The central character's life was viewed through a romantic lens as "all for love" and Gautier argues for "Art for art's sake" in its famous Preface. D'Albert and his mistress Rosette are both in love with 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 passing as Théodore, plays the part of Rosalind playing Ganymede, mirrors the cross-dressing of the heroine. The celebration of sensual love, regardless of gender, was radical, and the book was banned by the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice and authorities elsewhere.[13]

Opera roles created

Portrayals

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

  • Labie, Charles and Augier, Joanny (), La Maupin, ou, Une vengeance d'actrice: comedie-vaudeville en un acte Mifliez, Paris.

    (In French.)

  • Madamigella di Maupin (), film. (In Italian.)
  • Evans, Henri () Amand and its sequel () La petite Maupin, France Loisirs, Paris. (In French.)
  • Dautheville, Anne-France (), Julie, chevalier de Maupin J.-C. Lattes, Paris.

    Julie d aubigny biography of martin It should come as no surprise that the two then had a brief stint as lovers. And thanks for taking the time to get in touch. Marie was regarded by many as the most beautiful woman in France, but she was also wealthy and well-connected. Cancel reply.

    (In French.)

  • Julie, chevalier de Maupin[14][unreliable source] (), television mini-series. (In French.)
  • Gardiner, Kelly, , Goddess,[15] Fourth Estate/HarperCollins, Sydney (in English)
  • La Maupin, the Musical[16] (), debuting at Fresh Fruit Festival in New York City.
  • Revenge Song: A Vampire Cowboys Creation (), a play that premiered at the Geffen Playhouse in [17]
  • Julie[18], an original opera on film by La Camerata[19] ()
  • La Maupin, a folk punk musical by Fantasic Garlands Theatre at The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, London ()[20]
  • JULIE: The Musical, a musical co-produced by Le Gasp!

    Productions with book, music and lyrics by Abey Bradbury ()[21]

References

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  2. ^"Against Queer Presentism".

    The Drift. 25 October Retrieved 25 November

  3. ^Hoddinott, Meradith; Zublin, Fiona (26 January ). "The Badass Rogue Who Cross-Dressed and Dueled Her Way to Infamy". OZY.

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    7. Archived from the original on 19 May Retrieved 25 November

  7. ^ abcGilbert, Oscar Paul (). Women In Men's Guise. London: John Lane.
  8. ^Carlton, Genevieve (3 March ). "Meet The Sword-Fighting, Bisexual Opera Singer Who Broke All The Rules In 17th-Century France".

    All That's Interesting. Retrieved 25 November

  9. ^Brown, Patrick (2 January ). "The Craziest True-Life Story You've Never Heard".

    Julie d aubigny biography of martin lewis: She died four years later due to unknown causes, somewhere between the ages of 33 and She may have learned to read and draw like other respectable young girls, but the area in which she really excelled was fencing. For many decades she was just too outrageous to portray, although there is a story that Greta Garbo was cast to play her, but the movie was never made. Her life was a whirlwind of duels, seduction, graverobbing, and convent-burning so intense that she had to be pardoned by the king of France twice!

    Geffen Playhouse. Retrieved 25 November

  10. ^ abcdParfaict, F & C (). Dictionnaire Des Theatres De Paris, Volume 3. Paris: Lambert. pp. – –
  11. ^Rogers, Cameron ().

    Gallant Ladies. New York: Harcourt, Brace.

  12. ^ abcdefgh"Julie d'Aubigny: La Maupin and Early French Opera".

    Los Angeles Public Library. 28 June Retrieved 4 June

  13. ^"Julie La Maupin d'Aubigny, swashbuckling opera singer". HeadStuff. 6 October Retrieved 25 November
  14. ^Rogers, Cameron (). Gallant Ladies. New York: Harcourt, Brace
  15. ^Letainturier-Fradin, Gabriel (). La Maupin, –, sa vie, ses duels, ses aventures.

    Paris: Flammarion.

  16. ^Johnson, Karyn. "Mademoiselle de Maupin, Théophile Gautier, Penguin Classics". Archived from the original on 11 September Retrieved 4 June
  17. ^"Julie, chevalier de Maupin (TV Movie ) – IMDb".

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  23. ^"Goddess by Kelly Gardiner". Archived from the original on 4 July
  24. ^"La Maupin". Field Musicals. Archived from the original on 6 December Retrieved 22 July
  25. ^Meyer, Dan (4 February ). "World Premiere of Qui Nguyen's Revenge Song: A Vampire Cowboys Creation Begins February 4".

    Playbill.

    Julie d aubigny biography of martin luther She then proceeded to set the bed on fire, hoping to set a scene which implied her lover died in a bizarre accident. Subscribe Subscribed. At a society ball, Julie spent the entirety of the night flirting with a young woman who was flocked with suitors. This led to a friendship that lasted her whole life.

    Retrieved 30 September

  26. ^Salazar, David (3 May ). "Julie". Opera Wire. Retrieved 19 August
  27. ^Camerata (4 June ). "Julie". YouTube. Camerata. Retrieved 19 August
  28. ^"La Maupin, Lion and Unicorn Theatre". Fantasic Garlands Theatre.

    25 November Retrieved 25 November

  29. ^"Julie: The Musical review at theSpaceUK, Edinburgh, by Abey Bradbury". The Stage. Retrieved 5 December

Bibliography

  • La Borde, J-B de (), Essai sur la musique, iii, ff
  • Campardon, E (), L'Académie royale de musique au XVIIIe siècle, ii, ff
  • Letainturier-Fradin, G ().

    La Maupin, –, sa vie, ses duels, ses aventures

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