Constance Jawureck
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Constance Jawureck (1803–1858) was a French mezzo-soprano
opera singer.
The daughter of a German musician, she was born in Paris and entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14 where she studied singing under Plantade and Garat and acting under Baptiste. She made her stage debut to considerable success in 1822 as Zarine in the posthumous premiere of Isouard
's Aladin ou La lampe merveilleuse. She continued to be cast in relatively small roles until her success in 1826 as Amazily in a revival of Spontini's Fernand Cortez
after which she became a leading mezzo-soprano at the Paris Opera
. Amongst the roles she created there were in Inès in Auber
's Vendôme en Espagne (1822), Isolier in Rossini's Le comte Ory
(1828), Jeanette in Auber's Le Philtre (1831) and Fleur de Lys in Bertin
's La Esmeralda
(1836). She remained at the Paris Opera until 1837 and then became a leading singer in Brussels where she sang the title role in Donizetti's Lucie de Lammermoor for its first performance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
(1839). Jawureck was known for her beauty as well as her voice, and according to Hector Berlioz
's biographer, David Cairns, both Berlioz and his friend, the poet Thomas Gounet, were hopelessly in love with her, a sentiment which she did not reciprocate.
Mezzo-soprano
A mezzo-soprano is a type of classical female singing voice whose range lies between the soprano and the contralto singing voices, usually extending from the A below middle C to the A two octaves above...
opera singer.
The daughter of a German musician, she was born in Paris and entered the Paris Conservatory at the age of 14 where she studied singing under Plantade and Garat and acting under Baptiste. She made her stage debut to considerable success in 1822 as Zarine in the posthumous premiere of Isouard
Nicolas Isouard
Nicolas Isouard was a Maltese composer.Isouard studied in Valletta with Francesco Azopardi, in Palermo with Giuseppe Amendola, and in Naples with Nicola Sala and Pietro Alessandro Guglielmi. From 1795 he was organist at St...
's Aladin ou La lampe merveilleuse. She continued to be cast in relatively small roles until her success in 1826 as Amazily in a revival of Spontini's Fernand Cortez
Fernand Cortez
Fernand Cortez, ou La conquête du Mexique is an opéra in three acts by Gaspare Spontini with a French libretto by Etienne de Jouy and Joseph-Alphonse d’Esmenard...
after which she became a leading mezzo-soprano at the Paris Opera
Paris Opera
The Paris Opera is the primary opera company of Paris, France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and renamed the Académie Royale de Musique...
. Amongst the roles she created there were in Inès in Auber
Daniel Auber
Daniel François Esprit Auber was a French composer.-Biography:The son of a Paris print-seller, Auber was born in Caen in Normandy. Though his father expected him to continue in the print-selling business, he also allowed his son to learn how to play several musical instruments...
's Vendôme en Espagne (1822), Isolier in Rossini's Le comte Ory
Le comte Ory
Le comte Ory is an opéra written by Gioachino Rossini in 1828. Some of the music originates from his opera Il viaggio a Reims written three years earlier for the coronation of Charles X...
(1828), Jeanette in Auber's Le Philtre (1831) and Fleur de Lys in Bertin
Louise Bertin
Louise-Angélique Bertin was a French composer and poet.Louise Bertin lived her entire life in France. Her father, Louis-François Bertin, and also her brother later on, were the editors of Journal des débats, an influential newspaper. As encouraged by her family, Bertin pursued music...
's La Esmeralda
La Esmeralda (opera)
La Esmeralda is a grand opera in four acts composed by Louise Bertin. The libretto was written by Victor Hugo, who had adapted it from his novel Notre-Dame de Paris . The opera premiered at the Théâtre de l'Académie Royale de Musique in Paris on 14 November 1836 with Cornélie Falcon in the title role...
(1836). She remained at the Paris Opera until 1837 and then became a leading singer in Brussels where she sang the title role in Donizetti's Lucie de Lammermoor for its first performance at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
La Monnaie
Le Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie , or the Koninklijke Muntschouwburg is a theatre in Brussels, Belgium....
(1839). Jawureck was known for her beauty as well as her voice, and according to Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz
Hector Berlioz was a French Romantic composer, best known for his compositions Symphonie fantastique and Grande messe des morts . Berlioz made significant contributions to the modern orchestra with his Treatise on Instrumentation. He specified huge orchestral forces for some of his works; as a...
's biographer, David Cairns, both Berlioz and his friend, the poet Thomas Gounet, were hopelessly in love with her, a sentiment which she did not reciprocate.
Sources
- Burat de Gurgy, Edmond (1837). "Mlle. Jawureck", Biographie des acteurs de Paris. Edouard Proux
- Cairns, David (2003). Berlioz: Volume One: The Making of an Artist, 1803-1832. University of California Press. ISBN 0520240561
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005) "Jawureck". Almanacco Amadeus
- Chaalons d'Argé, Auguste Philibert (1824). Histoire critique et littéraire des théâtres de Paris, année 1822. Pollet.
- Scribe, Eugène and Auber, Daniel (1998). Correspondance d'Eugène Scribe et de Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, edited and annotated by Herbert Schneider. Mardaga. ISBN 2870095058
- Weinstock, Herbert (1968). Rossini: A Biography, Oxford University Press