Adélaïde Gavaudan
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Gavaudan is the daughter of Denis Gavaudan and Catherine Calmen, a member of the Gavaudan family, which reigns at the Opéra-Comique; sister of Anne-Marie-Jeanne, Jean-Baptiste-Sauveur and Émilie.[3]
In 1780, she was hired with her sister Émilie, by Madame Donvilliers, of the Petits Comédiens de la Muette.[4]
She was a chorister in 1778, at the Académie royale de musique. She already sang important roles, such as that of Angélique in the revival of Roland by Piccinni in October 1782. On 8 July 1782, she made her debut at the Comédie-Italienne, as Mme Saintclair, in La Fausse Magie by Gretry; then as Alix, in Les Trois fermiers de Dezède; as Aline, in la Belle Arsène, but she was not hired by this company.[5]
She was coryphée in 1784, at the Académie Royale de Musique. She became an assistant in 1786.[5] She came to prominence in 1787 with the role of Spinette in Tarare by Salieri, she retained the sobriquet of "Spinette"[6] During the Revolution, she fled Paris for Germany, then returned. In 1793, she remained at the Opéra; as a singing artist, attached to this company at least until 1798.[5]
In 1796, she joined the troupe of the Théâtre Feydeau, where she created Ziméo (Martini, 1800). In 1802, when Feydeau's troupe was combined with that of the Opéra-Comique, she retired from the stage and emigrated to Hamburg.
Creations
- At the Académie royale de musique
- 1781: Iphigénie en Tauride, tragédie lyrique by Niccolò Piccinni, libretto by Alphonse du Congé Dubreuil, 23 January, as Elise.
- 1782: L'embarras des richesses, comédie lyrique in three acts, libretto by Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre, 26 November, as Phénice.[7]
- 1783: Didon, tragédie lyrique in three acts by Niccolò Piccinni, libretto by Jean-François Marmontel, 1 December
- 1784: La caravane du Caire, opéra-ballet in three acts by André Grétry, libretto by Étienne Morel de Chédeville, 15 January
- 1784: Diane et Endymion, libretto by Jean-François Espic de Lirou, music by Piccini, 7 September, as l’Amour
- 1784: Chimène, tragédie lyrique française, by Antonio Sacchini, libretto by Guillard, as Elvire[8][9]
- 1785: Panurge dans L’Ile des Lanternes, by Grétry, libretto by Étienne Morel de Chédeville, 25 January
- 1785: Pénélope, tragédie lyrique in 3 acts, libretto by Jean-François Marmontel; music by Niccolo Piccinni, 9 December, as Minerve.[10]
- 1786: Œdipe à Colone, by Antonio Sacchini, 4 January
- 1786: Phèdre, opera by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, libretto by François-Benoît Hoffman, 26 October, as Œnone.[11]
- 1786: Les Horaces, tragédie lyrique in 3 acts, libretto by Nicolas-François Guillard, music by Antonio Salieri, 2 December[12]
- 1787: Alcindor, opéra-féerie in 3 acts, libretto by Marc-Antoine-Jacques Rochon de Chabannes; music by Nicolas Dezède, 17 April
- 1787: Tarare, opera, music by Antonio Salieri, libretto by Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais, 8 June, role of Spinette[13]
- 1789: Les Prétendus de Lemoyne, libretto by Marc-Antoine-Jacques Rochon de Chabannes, 2 June
- 1790: Les Pommiers et le Moulin, by Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne, 22 January
- 1800: Ziméo, opéra comique in three acts, by Jean-Baptiste Lourdet de Santerre, music by Martini, 16 October
- 1801: Le locataire, one act opéra comique by Pierre Gaveaux, libretto by Charles-Augustin de Bassompierre, 17 September, as Apolline.[14]
