Levasseur, Marie Claude Josephe
(1749–1826)> SINGER
Levasseur, Marie Claude Josephe DITE Rosalie (8 October 1749, Valenciennes; 6 May 1826, Neuwied), singer, made her debut as a soprano at the Royal Academy of Music in October 1766. After appearing in a series of secondary roles throughout the following decade, she was given her first important part, the title role of Gluck’s Alceste, which had its premiere at the Opéra on 23 April 1776. Mlle Levasseur did not distinguish herself to any remarkable degree during her first eight years at the…