Laure Cinti-Damoreau

Laure Cinti-Damoreau

Laura Cinti-Damoreau (February 6, 1801, Paris - February 25, 1863, Chantilly) was a French soprano particularly associated with Rossini roles.

Life and career

Born Laure Cinthie Montalant, she studied in Paris with tenor Giulio Marco Bordogni and soprano Angelica Catalini, and made her professional debut at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris, in "Una cosa rara" by Vicente Martin y Soler, later singing Cherubino and Zerlina.

After complementary studies with composer Gioachino Rossini, she sang in the Paris premiere of "Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra", and created "Mosè in Egitto" (the French revision) and "Il viaggio a Reims".

She made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1826, where she created other Rossini operas such as; "Le comte Ory", "Guillaume Tell", "Le siège de Corinthe", and also took part in the creationof notably; Auber 's "La Muette de Portici" and "Le domino noir", and Meyerbeer 's "Robert le diable".

She taught at the Paris Conservatory from 1833 until 1856, and published a "Méthode de chant", in 1849 still available today as "Classical Bel Canto technique".

She was married to tenor Vincent-Charles Damoreau (1793-1863) from 1828 until 1834, with whom she had a daughter, Maria Cinti-Damoreau, also a soprano.

Sources

* Roland Mancini and Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (orig. H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, French edition), "Guide de l’opéra", Les indispensables de la musique (Fayard, 1995). ISBN 2-213-01563-6


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