Romainville, Mlle Rotisset de
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Romainville, Mlle Rotisset de (?; ?), vocalist, was a member of the Concerts Spirituels, the Music of the King, and the Queen’s Concert. Endowed with a striking voice and unusual beauty, she made her debut at the Opéra in about 1740 and remained with the Royal Academy of Music for a dozen years. She stirred up a public scandal by accepting diamonds, a sumptuous mansion costing 150,000 livres, and countless baubles from M. de Maisonrouge when he was in the process of leaving his wife. The public…