Laure Cinti-Damoreau

Laura Cinti-Damoreau (6 February 1801 – 25 February 1863) was a French soprano particularly associated with Rossini roles.

Born Laure-Cinthie Montalant in Paris, she studied in Paris with tenor Giulio Marco Bordogni and soprano Angelica Catalani, who devised her stage name of Cinti by italianizing her middle name and engaged her at the Théâtre-Italien in Paris. There she made her professional debut in Una cosa rara by Vicente Martin y Soler on 8 January 1816. When Catalani's management went bankrupt in 1818, she was reingaged by the new company that had been formed at the Théâtre Louvois, where her roles included Cherubino and Rosina. In 1822 she appeared at the King's Theatre in London. After complementary studies with composer Gioachino Rossini, she sang in the Paris premiere of Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra, and created the role of Countess Folleville in Il viaggio a Reims.

She made her debut at the Paris Opera in 1825 in a benefit performance of Louis-Sébastien Lebrun's Le rossignol, and was engaged the following year as a member of the theatre's company. At the Opera she became the leading lady in Rossini’s French production; Moïse et Pharaon, Le siège de Corinthe, Le comte Ory, Guillaume Tell, and also took part in the creation of notably; Auber's La muette de Portici, and Meyerbeer's Robert le diable. In 1836, when she felt that the rising star of Cornelie Falcon might undermine her leading position at the Opera, she moved to the Opéra-Comique where she appeared in new operas by Auber (L'ambassadrice, Le domino noir). She left the Opéra-Comique's company in 1841 when Auber broke his promise to entrust her with the leading role in his new opera Les diamants de la couronne, giving it instead to Anna Thillon, for whom he had a passion. Thereafter she continued to sing in concerts for some years also touring America in 1844.

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