Marie Fel

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Marie Fel.
Portrait of Quentin de La Tour (1757).

Marie Fel (born October 24, 1713 in Bordeaux , † February 2, 1794 in Chaillot ) was a French opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

She received organ lessons from her father, the organist Henri Fel, as well as singing lessons and general artistic training from the soprano Anne Antonia Christina Somis (1704–1785), wife of the painter Charles André van Loo . In 1733 Marie Fel made her debut at the Paris Opera as Vénus in the Philomèle by Marc-Antoine Charpentier . Later she also sang spirituel regularly in concerts .

In her thirty-five year career she sang mainly in operas by Jean-Philippe Rameau with Pierre de Jélyotte (1713–1797). This haute-contre , who came from Lasseube in Aquitaine and trained in Toulouse, formed the pillars of French music theater in the second third of the 18th century together with the soprano Fel.

The violinist and composer Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville composed roles and musical works especially for her, and she also participated in revivals of works by Jean-Baptiste Lully , André Campra , Joseph Bodin de Boismortier and Jean-Joseph Mouret . She withdrew from regular stage appearances in 1758, but continued to give concerts until 1769.

She had a long-term relationship with the painter Maurice Quentin de La Tour , who made a portrait of her in pastel . The French writers Friedrich Melchior Grimm and Louis de Cahusac were among her great admirers . The French singer and actress Sophie Arnould was one of her students .

Her older brother was the opera singer Antoine Fel (1694-1771).

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Glenn Burdette (Ed.): Giovanni Battista Somis. Sonatas for violin and basso continuo: opus 3. AR Editions, Inc., Wisconsin, 1998, ISBN 0-89579-422-5 , p. IX
  2. ↑ Tillman Seebass (Ed.): Annuario Internazionale Di Iconografia Musicale. Duke University Press, 1984 ISBN 0-8223-0461-9 , p. 106
  3. ↑ Emile Campardon: L'Académie Royale de Musique au XVIII siècle: Documents inédites Découverts aux Archives Nationales. Berger-Levrault, Paris 1884, p. 37
personal data
SURNAME Fel, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1713
PLACE OF BIRTH Bordeaux
DATE OF DEATH February 2, 1794
Place of death Chaillot