Marie Aubry (c.1656–1704) was a French operatic

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Life and career

Marie Aubry was born in France in c. 1656. She was the daughter of Léonard Aubry and Geneviève Béjart, sister of French actress

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.''L'opéra baroque, les chanteurs de Lully''
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's private music troupe, she was recruited by

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and

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of the

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and became first soprano in the troupe of

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, creating for him roles in the following operas: Oriane in '' Amadis de Gaule'', Sangaride in '' Atys'', Philonoé in '' Bellérophon'', Io in ''

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'', Andromède in '' Persée'', and the title role in '' Proserpine'', Aeglé in '' Thésée''. She and her brother Sébastien were supposedly implicated in the so-called assassination attempt of Lully by her lover Henri Guichard in 1675. A subsequent trial lasted for a three year period. Described as small, with white skin and black hair, she retired from the stage in 1684, because of

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such that she could no longer walk.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Aubry, Marie 1656 births 1704 deaths French operatic sopranos Place of birth missing 17th-century French women opera singers