Fanchon Moreau
Françoise 'Fanchon' Moreau (1668 – after 1743) was a French
Great Dauphin
.
Opera career
Following her older sister
Paris Opéra in 1683 in the prologue of Phaëton by Lully, probably playing the role of Astrée. She remained with the company until at least 1702. Her sister stayed until 1692, during which period both sisters were referred to as Mlle Moreau, which sometimes makes it difficult to determine who sang what. She sang in operas by Lully, Campra, Charpentier, Destouches, Collasse, Desmarets, and Theobaldo Gatti
including many premieres.
Roles created
- Astrée (?) in Lully's Phaëton (Paris, 1683)
- Oriane in Lully's Amadis (Paris, 1684)
- Sidonie in Lully's Armide (Paris, 1686)
- Anne in Henri Desmarets's Didon (Paris, 1693)
- Créuse in Charpentier's Médée (Paris, 1693)
- Doris in Destouches's Issé (Paris, 1697)
- Olympia in Campra's L'Europe galante (Paris, 1697)
- The title role of Campra's Hésione (Paris, 1700)
Celebrity
Like her sister, Fanchon received the attentions of Louis, the Great Dauphin.
Duke of Vendôme.[citation needed
]
Fanchon's colourful love life was referred to in François Couperin's La femme entre deux draps and was also the subject of his harpsichord composition La tendre Fanchon.
Sources
- Anthony, James R (1992), 'Moreau, Fanchon' in The ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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