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Updated: May 16, 2025
Her Early Life and Connection with Comte de Lauraguais. Her Reputation as the Wittiest Woman of the Age. Art Association with the Great German Composer, Gluck. The Rivalries and Dissensions of the Period. Sophie's Rivals and Contemporaries, Madame St. Huberty, the Vestrises Father and Son, Madelaine Guimard. Opera during the Revolution. The Closing Days of Sophie Arnould's Life.
It has been said that Talma was the first to discard the absurd costumes of the theatre, but this credit really belongs to Mme. Saint Huberty. She studied the Greek and Roman statues, and wore robes in keeping with the antique characters, especially suppressing hoops and powder. This singer remained queen of the French stage until 1790, when she retired.
Interest will be felt in some of Sophie Arnould's more distinguished art contemporaries. Among these, the highest place must be given to Mme. Antoinette Cécile Saint Huberty, née Gavel. Born in Germany of French descent, she made her first appearance in Paris in a small part in Gluck's "Armide."
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