Sophie Arnould, actress and wit . Belanger—A faithful lover—Sophie creates Eurydice—Her quarrel with Mile de Raucourt—The rivals and their champions—Iphigenia revived—The Barber of Seville—Gluck as a composer of operabouflc—The Kings justice—Minor successes—A question of salary—Familiarity reproved (1774—1775) 47 Chapter X. A disappointment—Comte Mercy dArgenteau—His mistress—The Che-valier de St. Georges—Glucks Alcestcs —Rival actresses—Sophies lastcreation—A dangerous ally—A brutal insult—Sophies notary and hermoney troubles (1776) 167 Chapter XI. Papa Alleaume—A visit from Voltaire—Mesmer a
Sophie Arnould, actress and wit . Belanger—A faithful lover—Sophie creates Eurydice—Her quarrel with Mile de Raucourt—The rivals and their champions—Iphigenia revived—The Barber of Seville—Gluck as a composer of operabouflc—The Kings justice—Minor successes—A question of salary—Familiarity reproved (1774—1775) 47 Chapter X. A disappointment—Comte Mercy dArgenteau—His mistress—The Che-valier de St. Georges—Glucks Alcestcs —Rival actresses—Sophies lastcreation—A dangerous ally—A brutal insult—Sophies notary and hermoney troubles (1776) 167 Chapter XI. Papa Alleaume—A visit from Voltaire—Mesmer and the lap-dog—Athirteen year old wife—Alexandrines marriage—Mile Laguerre—A littlehouse at Clichy—Forgiving a thief—Sophie and the Revolutionary Com-mittee—Paraclete Sophie (1777—1792) 191 Chapter XII. A batch of letters—Return to Paris—A long-deferred benefit—Theold lover comes back—Illness—Death—An unknown grave—Conclusion(1793-1802) 220 SOPHIE ARNOULD. CHAPTER I. Ihblioq-raphy—Birth—Education — hitroditccd to the Qjieen and Mada77iede Pompadour—A true prophecy—Ordered to join the Opera Coni-piinv—Her mother tries to make her enter a Convent—Proposedmarriage—Debut at the Opera—Her stage-professors—Favo7irahle re-ception—A luckv omen—La Provenfale—First appearance in tragicopera—Ence et Lavinie—A tnodest author—Favourable criticisms—Les Fetes de Paphos—A joint production—Charles Colic—An incorrectdiagnosis. [1740-1758) Grimm writes under the date of February, 1758, The Opera Comifjue has made an acquisition thiswinter, and crowds have been attracted to the per-formances to see Mile Arnould, a younc: actress 2 SOPHIE ARNOULD aged sixteen, and ven prett}\ The beauU of hervoice, added to her desire to please and anxietyto improve, cause those who Hke this kind of enter-tainment to indulge in the highest expectationsconcerning her. ^^ These expectations were fully r
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