Julie d'Aubigny
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Julie d'Aubigny (* 1670 / 1673 ; † 1707 in Provence ), also known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin , was a swordsman and opera singer of the 17th century.
Life
Her career and her extravagant life were the subject of gossip , colorful stories and then inspired numerous portraits. Théophile Gautier based the title role Madeleine de Maupin in his 1835 novel Mademoiselle de Maupin loosely on them.
She was the only daughter of Gaston d'Aubigny, who was secretary to Louis de Lorraine-Guise, the son of Henri de Lorraine, comte d'Harcourt . During her apprenticeship, she learned fencing, among other things . In 1690 she made her debut at the Paris Opera in the role of Pallas in the tragédie lyrique Cadmus et Hermione by Jean-Baptiste Lully . In the following years she earned herself with her lover in fencing exhibition fights between a man and a woman disguised as a man. d'Aubigny was meanwhile the mistress of Maximilian II Emanuel . She last appeared as a singer in La vénitienne by Michel de La Barre in 1705.
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| SURNAME | d'Aubigny, Julie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mademoiselle Maupin; La Maupin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swordsman and opera singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1670/1673 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1707 |