Jeanne Granier

[3] She became for a period of 20 years one of the biggest musical stars in Paris, gifted both as an actress and singer[1] whose admirers included Edward VII.[4] Jeanne Granier is mentioned in Proust's À la recherche du temps perdu.For the gala re-opening of La Vie de Bohème at the Théâtre de l'Odéon in 1875, Granier appeared in Act I as Musette, singing "La Jeunesse et l'amour" (with words by Meilhac and music by Massenet); likewise a song for Esmeralda "Mon père est oyseau, ma mère est oyselle" was composed by Massenet in 1879 for her appearance as Esmeralda in Notre-Dame de Paris.On 15 October 1876, she appeared in a benefit performance of Berengère et Anatole at the Théâtre de la Renaissance.[4] The title role in Lecocq's Le petit Duc became something of a signature role for Granier; not only did she appear in the premiere on 25 January 1878 at the Théâtre de la Renaissance, she also sang the part in revivals at that theatre in 1879, 1881 and 1883; then appeared with José Dupuis in productions at the Éden-Théâtre in 1888 and the Théâtre des Variétés in 1890.
Jeanne Granier, 1902
Jeanne Granier, 1902
Bust of Granier by Francis de Saint-Vidal .
A man in a ridiculous fly costume dangles over a woman lying seductively on a chaise-lounge.
As Eurydice in the 1887 revival of Orpheus in the Underworld
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