Marguerite Olagnier (née Joly) (1844â€"1906) was a French vocalist,
composer and poet[1] who began her musical life singing at the
Théâtre des Variétées in Paris.While traveling in Egypt with her
husband Eugène Olagnier, it is believed that she wrote both words and
music of an "exotic opera" in four acts, Le Saïs,[1] which "aimed at
the fantasies and desires of women."[2] It was staged at the Théâtre
de la Renaissance in Paris on 18 December 1881 and was later performed
by Victor Capoul, an Opéra-Comique tenor.[2]Later in life she
directed her own company, the Théâtre de l'Oratorio, in weekly
performances of 18th- and 19th-century oratorios. Olagnier also
composed a number of songs and two more operas, Le Persan and Lilipa,
which were never performed. Her only known novel was never
finished.[3]
composer and poet[1] who began her musical life singing at the
Théâtre des Variétées in Paris.While traveling in Egypt with her
husband Eugène Olagnier, it is believed that she wrote both words and
music of an "exotic opera" in four acts, Le Saïs,[1] which "aimed at
the fantasies and desires of women."[2] It was staged at the Théâtre
de la Renaissance in Paris on 18 December 1881 and was later performed
by Victor Capoul, an Opéra-Comique tenor.[2]Later in life she
directed her own company, the Théâtre de l'Oratorio, in weekly
performances of 18th- and 19th-century oratorios. Olagnier also
composed a number of songs and two more operas, Le Persan and Lilipa,
which were never performed. Her only known novel was never
finished.[3]
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