Anne-Benoîte-Louise Lavoye (28 June 1823 – 10 October 1897) was a 19th-century French soprano born in Dunkirk.

Biography

Lavoye studied at the Conservatoire de Lille and won First Prize in piano at age 11 in 1834, First Prize of vocalisation in 1835 and Honorary Prize in piano in 1836. She was admitted at the

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in Laure Cinti-Damoreau's class. In 1838 she won the Honorary Prize in harmony and went on to win the Prizes in singing: Second prize for singing in 1839, First prize in singing in 1840. She won a First Prize for opéra comique in 1842 and made her debut in 1843 at the Opéra-Comique in Daniel-François-Esprit Auber's ''l'Ambassadrice''. For Auber and

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, she created the roles of Zerbina in ''La Sirène'' on 26 March 1844 and Haydée in '' Haydée ou Le Secret'' on 28 December 1847. She distinguished herself by the purity of her style, the freshness and charm of her voice, and her virtuosity. The most difficult roles of the repertoire were entrusted to her, and she was one of the most zealous servants of the

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. She premiered several operas, including Auber's ''La Sirène'' and '' Haydée ou Le Secret'', Halévy's '' Les Mousquetaires de la reine'',''Les Mousquetaires de la reine''
Gallica and ''

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'', Charpentier's '' Actéon'', and Boisselot's '' Ne touchez pas à la reine''. Louise Lavoye died in Paris on 10 October 1897.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lavoye, Louise 19th-century French women opera singers French operatic sopranos Conservatoire de Paris alumni Musicians from Dunkirk 1823 births 1897 deaths