Euphrasie Borghèse (born Juliette Euphrosine Bourgeois; 1818), was a French operatic soprano who is best known for creating the role of Marie in Donizetti's ''

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''. Born in Paris with the family name Bourgeois,"Notice biographique sur Mademoiselle Euphrasie Borghese, rédigée d'après des documens publics"
1847, p. 1. Borghèse was a private voice student of Nicolas Levasseur and also studied with

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. She traveled to Italy, where she began appearing under the name Eufrasia Borghese. Returning to France she joined the roster of the

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as Euphrasie Borghèse, where she bowed in 1840 as Marie in the world premiere of ''

''. Soon thereafter she left the company and began a tour of North America, where she would spend the bulk of her career appearing under the name Eufrasia Borghese. 1844 found her in New York joining a troupe playing Italian opera; the following year she took directorship of the company in

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. In 1846 and 1847 she was appearing in Vienna, and in 1848 she performed in Madrid. 1849 saw her return to North America on tour; in New York in 1851, she married Maximilien Hardtmuth of Vienna. In 1854 she returned once more to Paris, where she continued to perform concerts. A silhouette portrait of Borghèse cut by Auguste Edouart in 1841 is currently owned by the

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{{Authority control 1818 births Year of death missing French operatic sopranos 19th-century French women opera singers Singers from Paris