Alexandrine Saint-Aubin Explained

Anne-Alexandrine d'Herbez, known under the name Alexandrine Saint-Aubin, (9 April 1793 - 30 March 1867), was a French operatic soprano.

Life

Born in Paris, Saint-Aubin was the daughter of Augustin-Alexandre d'Herbez, known as "Saint-Aubin", tenor of the Opéra de Paris and Jeanne-Charlotte Schroeder, Madame Saint-Aubin, soprano at the Comédie-Italienne and at the Opéra-Comique. She is the younger sister of Cécile Duret-Saint-Aubin.

She made a fleeting appearance at her mother's side in Le Prisonnier by Della-Maria. She made her real debut on November 3, 1809, at the Theatre Favard, in two of the roles that had earned her mother the most brilliant success, the ingenue of l'Opéra-Comique and the soubrette by Ambroise ou Voilà ma journée.[1] In 1810, she plays the title role in Cendrillon by Nicolas Isouard, seventy-eight performances in less than a year, one hundred in total, which is rare at the Opéra-Comique, at the time.[2]

In 1812, she married, the singer of vaudevilles. She left the stage prematurely in 1817.[3]

Widowed in 1839, she remarried in 1840 to Alexandre Houdaille,[4] [5] wood merchant in Nevers.

Saint-Aubin died in Saint-Saulge at the age of 73.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: fr. Le Ménestrel . Gallica . 1891-02-22 . 26 May 2021.
  2. Web site: fr. Le Ménestrel . Gallica . 1891-03-01 . 26 May 2021.
  3. Web site: fr. Le Ménestrel . Gallica . 1891-03-08 . 26 May 2021.
  4. http://archives.nievre.fr/ark:/60877/a011327005931eiT9QS/1/1 Archives départementales de la Nièvre, acte de mariage n°28 dressé à Lormes le 20/10/1840, vue 185 / 1227
  5. Web site: fr. Le Ménestrel . Gallica . 1891-03-22 . 26 May 2021.
  6. http://archives.nievre.fr/ark:/60877/a0113264078806X2YzI/1/1 Archives départementales de l'Yonne, death certificate n°10 drawn up in Saint-Saulge on 30/03/1867, view 58 / 156
  7. Web site: fr. Cendrillon, opéra-féerie d'Isouard et Etienne : costume de Mlle Alexandrine Saint-Aubin dans le 1er acte de Cendrillon . Gallica . 1810 . 26 May 2021.
  8. Web site: fr . Jean de Paris, opéra-comique de Saint-Just et Boieldieu : costume de Mlle Alexandrine Saint-Aubin (Lorezza) / dessiné par Joly . Gallica . 1812 . 26 May 2021.
  9. Web site: fr . Les rosières, opéra-comique de Théaulon de Lambert et Hérold : costume de Madame Joly (Cateau) / gravé par Delvaux ]. Gallica . 1817 . 26 May 2021.