Marie Antier
Marie Antier was a French opera singer.
She was trained in singing and acting by Marthe Le Rochois. She made her debut at the Paris Opera in a revival of La vénitienne by Michel de la Barre. It has been said that she was particularly adept in her portrayals of enchantresses or magicians in the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully.
Over the course of thirty years she appeared in sixty stage works. In some of these works she played multiple parts, resulting in a repertoire of about eighty roles.
She was a premier actress of the Academie de Musique and a court singer. She played the leading roles of French opera from her debut in 1711 until her retirement in 1741.Works consulted
