Lise Tautin, known on the stage by the pseudonym Mademoiselle (Mlle) Cor, (born Louise Vaissière, Yon, Jean-Claude. ''Jacques Offenbach.'' Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2000.

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in 1834, died

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, May 1874), was a French

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, associated with the opéra-bouffe in Paris in the middle of the 19th century, particularly the works of Offenbach.Gänzl K. ''The Encyclopaedia of the Musical Theatre.'' Blackwell, Oxford, 1994.

Life and career

Having been spotted by Offenbach at the

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, Tautin made her debut with the Bouffes-Parisiens as Aspasie in '' Une demoiselle en loterie'' in July 1857 and was a big success with critics and the audiences. She also sang Fanchette in '' Le mariage aux lanternes'' (1857), Crout-ou-pôt in '' Mesdames de la Halle'' (1858), Minette in '' La chatte métamorphosée en femme'' 1858 - her incarnation of both girl and cat was praised, and Eurydice in ''

Orphée aux Enfers ''Orpheus in the Underworld'' and ''Orpheus in Hell'' are English names for (), a comic opera with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. It was first performed as a two-act " opéra bouffon" at the Th ...

'' (1858 and 1860 revival), where her ‘Hymne a Bacchus’ was encored, or often sung three times at each performance. Then followed Rosita in '' Un mari à la porte'' (1859), Gratioso and other roles in the first version of ''

Geneviève de Brabant ''Geneviève de Brabant'' () is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant. For the 1867 version two additional characters, men-at-ar ...

'' (1859), Les Bouffes-Parisiens in ''Le carnaval des revues'' (1860), Catarina in ''

Le pont des soupirs ''Le pont des soupirs '' ("The Bridge of Sighs") is an opéra bouffe (or operetta) set in Venice, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1861. The French language, French libretto was written by Hector Crémieux and Ludovic Halévy. ...

'' (1861), and Ernestina in '' M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . .'' (1861). She visited Vienna with the Bouffes-Parisiens in the summer of 1861, during which she created La Sincère in ''Les bergers''. In the spring of 1862 she starred in ''La boîte au lait'' at the

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. Tautin took over the title role for some performances of ''

La belle Hélène ''La belle Hélène'' (, ''The Beautiful Helen'') is an opéra bouffe in three acts, with music by Jacques Offenbach and words by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy. The piece parodies the story of Helen of Troy's elopement with Paris (mythology ...

'' in 1865. She was taken ill returning from a tour to Constantinople in 1874.

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