Blanche Alziari de Roquefort (1752–1836), stage name Mademoiselle Saint-Val cadette, was a French stage actress.
[Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879]
She was the sister of
Pauline Alziari de Roquefort
Pauline Alziari de Roquefort (1747–1830), stage name Mademoiselle Saint-Val aînée , was a French stage actress.Émile Campardon, Les Comédiens du roi de la troupe française pendant les deux derniers siècles, Paris, H. Champion, 1879
She was ...
, stage name Mademoiselle Saint-Val aînée.
She was engaged at the
Comédie-Française in 1772. She became a
Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française in 1776. She retired in 1792.
She was a talented tragedienne, but the rivalry with
Mademoiselle Raucour and
Rose Vestris
Françoise-Rose Gourgaud (7 April 1743, in Marseille – 5 October 1804, in Paris), stage name Madame Vestris, was a French actress.
She was the sister of Pierre-Antoine Gourgaud, stage name Dugazon. She married the ballet-dancer Angiolo Ve ...
resulted in her seldom achieving big roles at the theatre. She was, however, very popular among the audience, and performed several successful tours.
One of her most acclaimed roles was the role of the countess in
Mariage de Figaro by
Beaumarchais, in 1784.
References
External links
"Saint-Val cadette, Blanche Alziari de Roquefort, dite Mme" Comédie-Française
1752 births
1836 deaths
18th-century French actresses
French stage actresses
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