Lucille Tostée
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Lucille Tostée was a French soprano
, associated with opéra-bouffe in Paris and the USA in the mid-19th century, particularly in the works of Offenbach
.
was as Scipionne in Les vivandières de la grande-armée in 1859, swiftly followed by a revival of La rose de Saint-Flour
, and she remained a star in the Paris opéra-bouffe from the early 1860s to her death.
She created roles in Offenbachs’s Le pont des soupirs
(Amoroso, 1861), Les bavards
(Béatrix, 1862), and Il signor Fagotto
(Fabricio, 1863). She toured with the Bouffes company to Vienna in 1861 and 1862, appearing at the Theater am Franz-Josefs-Kai.
In 1867 she travelled to New York to appear at the Théâtre Français, starring in Geneviève de Brabant
, La belle Hélène
, Lischen et Fritzchen
and Orphée aux Enfers. Later the emergence of Zulma Bouffar
diminished her opportunities.
Other creations included Gotte in the collaborative work Les musiciens de l’orchestre, Léonore in Le roman comique, and Théâtre-Bouffe in La tradition by Delibes.
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
, associated with opéra-bouffe in Paris and the USA in the mid-19th century, particularly in the works of Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
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Life and career
Tostée's first role at the Théâtre des Bouffes ParisiensThéâtre des Bouffes Parisiens
The Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens is a Parisian theatre which was founded in 1855 by the composer Jacques Offenbach for the performance of opéra bouffe and operetta. The current theatre is located in the 2nd arrondissement at 4 rue Monsigny with an entrance at the back at 65 Passage Choiseul. In...
was as Scipionne in Les vivandières de la grande-armée in 1859, swiftly followed by a revival of La rose de Saint-Flour
La rose de Saint-Flour
La rose de Saint-Flour is a one-act opérette with music by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Michel Carré, first performed in 1856.-Performance history:...
, and she remained a star in the Paris opéra-bouffe from the early 1860s to her death.
She created roles in Offenbachs’s Le pont des soupirs
Le pont des soupirs
Le pont des soupirs is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Hector-Jonathan Cremieux and Ludovic Halévy.-Performance history:...
(Amoroso, 1861), Les bavards
Les bavards
Les bavards is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, with a French libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter based on a story originally by Cervantes, ‘Los dos habladores’.-Performance history:...
(Béatrix, 1862), and Il signor Fagotto
Il signor Fagotto
Il signor Fagotto is a one-act opérette by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by Charles-Louis-Étienne Nuitter and Étienne Tréfeu, first performed in 1863...
(Fabricio, 1863). She toured with the Bouffes company to Vienna in 1861 and 1862, appearing at the Theater am Franz-Josefs-Kai.
In 1867 she travelled to New York to appear at the Théâtre Français, starring in Geneviève de Brabant
Geneviève de Brabant
Geneviève de Brabant is an opéra bouffe, or operetta, by Jacques Offenbach, first performed in Paris in 1859. The plot is based on the medieval legend of Genevieve of Brabant....
, La belle Hélène
La belle Hélène
La belle Hélène , opéra bouffe in three acts, is an operetta by Jacques Offenbach to an original French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy...
, Lischen et Fritzchen
Lischen et Fritzchen
Lischen et Fritzchen is a one-act operetta with music by Jacques Offenbach to a French libretto by ‘P Dubois’ , first performed in 1863.-Performance history:...
and Orphée aux Enfers. Later the emergence of Zulma Bouffar
Zulma Bouffar
Zulma Madeleine Boufflar, known as Zulma Bouffar, born Nérac 24 May 1841, died Couilly-Pont-aux-Dames 20 January 1909, was a French actress and soprano singer, associated with the opéra-bouffe of Paris in the second half of the 19th century who enjoyed a successful career around Europe.-Life and...
diminished her opportunities.
Other creations included Gotte in the collaborative work Les musiciens de l’orchestre, Léonore in Le roman comique, and Théâtre-Bouffe in La tradition by Delibes.