Journet, Françoise
(16–1722)> SINGER
Journet, Françoise (16?, Lyon; 1722, Paris), singer, supported herself as a maid in the household of a wealthy merchant in Lyons until he went bankrupt. After she lost her position as a domestic, she married but learned almost immediately that her groom already had a wife, and she left him in 1687 for a career at the opera house in Lyons. She did so well in this theatre that she was invited to Paris. At first she met with a cool reception at the Opéra in the capital, and she was tempted to give…