Jeanne Laisné (soprano)
Jeanne Laisné | |
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in the role of Aurore from Le portrait de Manon | |
| Born | Marie Sophie Jeanne Laisné 21 March 1870 Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | Conservatoire de Paris |
| Occupation | Operatic soprano |
| Spouse | Jules Victor Henri Libent |
Marie Sophie Jeanne Laisné (born 21 March 1870; year of death unknown) was a French operatic soprano with the Opéra-Comique. She started her career as Sophie in the first French production of Massenet's Werther, and went on to create the roles of Aurore in Jules Massenet's Le portrait de Manon, Jeanne in Benjamin Godard's La Vivandière, La Duchesse de Fronsac in Henri Hirschmann's L'amour à la Bastille, and Henriette in Ernest Lefèvre-Dérodé's Le follet. Other notable roles include Micaela in Bizet's Carmen and as Mimi in Puccini's La bohème.