Louise Dimanche (before 1715 - floruit 1739), was a French actress,
opera singer, ballet dancer, and theatre director. She was the
director of the La Monnaie in Brussels from 1721 to 1722. She was the
first woman to hold this position.Dimanche was a dancer at La Monnaie
in 1715, where she took part in Les Nouvelles Fêtes vénitiennes by
Antoine Danchet and André Campra. It was followed by a performance of
Omphale by Antoine Houdar de La Motte and André-Cardinal Destouches.
Afterwards, she danced and sang in Lille in 1715-1718, where she
married her first husband Antoine Vernet, a singer also known as
Forêt.After a short stay in The Hague in 1719, Dimanche was appointed
director of Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. She was
succeeded by Thomas-Louis Bourgeois, after which Dimanche returned to
Lille where she remained and performed until 1725. She married her
second husband, the singer Nicolas Demouchy, in Lille in the year
1722.In 1729, Dimanche was a singer of the royal chapel in Dresden.
Afterwards, she returned to Lille where she founded a new artistic
troupe. She married Jean-Nicolas Prévost, one of the troupe's
members, in 1737. The marriage took place in Brussels.
opera singer, ballet dancer, and theatre director. She was the
director of the La Monnaie in Brussels from 1721 to 1722. She was the
first woman to hold this position.Dimanche was a dancer at La Monnaie
in 1715, where she took part in Les Nouvelles Fêtes vénitiennes by
Antoine Danchet and André Campra. It was followed by a performance of
Omphale by Antoine Houdar de La Motte and André-Cardinal Destouches.
Afterwards, she danced and sang in Lille in 1715-1718, where she
married her first husband Antoine Vernet, a singer also known as
Forêt.After a short stay in The Hague in 1719, Dimanche was appointed
director of Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels. She was
succeeded by Thomas-Louis Bourgeois, after which Dimanche returned to
Lille where she remained and performed until 1725. She married her
second husband, the singer Nicolas Demouchy, in Lille in the year
1722.In 1729, Dimanche was a singer of the royal chapel in Dresden.
Afterwards, she returned to Lille where she founded a new artistic
troupe. She married Jean-Nicolas Prévost, one of the troupe's
members, in 1737. The marriage took place in Brussels.
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