Maria Anna Veronese (french: Marie Anne Véronèse) (died 1782) was a Franco/Italian actress active at the ''
Comédie-Italienne
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The earliest recorded visits by Italian players were commedia dell'arte companies employed b ...
'' in
Paris
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. She became the
mistress
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Romance and relationships
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of
Louis François Joseph, Prince of Conti
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, by whom she had two illegitimate children, born in 1761 and 1767.
Nicknamed "Mademoiselle Coraline", Anna Veronese was the daughter of Italian
Pantalone
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-actor Carlo Veronese and the sister of actress Giacoma Antonia Veronese (d. 1768). She debuted with her sister at the Comédie-Italienne in Paris in 1744. The Veronese sisters are considered two of the most notable interpreters of the
soubrette
A soubrette is a type of operatic soprano voice ''fach'', often cast as a female stock character in opera and theatre. The term arrived in English from Provençal via French, and means "conceited" or "coy".
Theatre
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-parts of the ''
commedia dell'arte''. They were known as Corallina (''Coraline'' in French) and Camilla, respectively, after their standard parts. Anna was particularly known for her quick costume changes.
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1782 deaths
18th-century births
18th-century French actresses
French stage actresses
Actresses from Paris
18th-century Italian actresses
18th-century Italian women
Italian stage actresses
Commedia dell'arte
French people of Italian descent
House of Bourbon-Conti
Italian musicians
Year of birth missing
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