Amélie Faivre

Louise Marie Amélie Faivre (February 4, 1837 - November 17, 1897) was a French mezzo-soprano.

Born in Paris, the daughter of François-Théodore Faivre (1799-1861), a trombonist with the Théâtre-Italien, and Julie-Coralie Bolot (1814-1883), Faivre studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where in 1857 she received third prize in singing and second in the field of opéra-comique. A career singer at the Théâtre Lyrique,^[1] at which she debuted in 1857 in Euryanthe by Carl Maria von Weber,^[2] she ultimately rose to become principal dugazon of that company,^[3] for which she created a number of roles. Most notably, in 1859, she was the first Siébel in Faust by Charles Gounod; other roles which she created for the company included parts in Le moulin du roi, by Adrien Boieldieu; La colombe, by Gounod; Les deux amours, by François-Auguste Gevaert; Erostate, by Ernest Reyer; and La fille de l'orfèvre, by Edmond Membrée [fr]. For la Monnaie she was the first Fatima in Oberon by Weber. She was the first to perform La mort de Socrate by Pierre-Edmond Hocmelle [de]; she also created parts in Le valet-poète, by Raoul de Lostanges, and Le tricorne enchanté, by Léon Jouret [fr]. Faivre was the sister of Marie Faivre, also a singer. With her husband, Charles Réty, she was the mother of Marie Madeleine Emilie Réty, known as Bernerette Gandrey, a singer as well. Faivre died at home in the 17th arrondissement of Paris,^[1] and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.^[2]

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