Ca 1820 Letter Autograph Signed Emilie Bigottini (Danseuse Opera) Napoleon I

  
SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER - DANCE BALLET - FIRST EMPIRE. FAVORITE OF NAPOLEON - RESTORATION PERIOD. Fun and very rare letter of the famous dancer. Addressed to Mrs Sorimont [sic].

Please accept as well as Monsieur de Sorimont. Emilie Bigottini, born in Toulouse on April 16, 1784 and died in Paris on April 28, 1858. Daughter of François Bigottini, famous Harlequin of the Comédie-Italienne de Paris, she entered the Paris Opera at the age of seventeen and reigned over the troupe until her retirement in 1823. Despite the many liaisons attributed to her, she escaped the reputation of immorality of which most of her sisters were accused and she was considered.

As a benchmark of good artistic taste. Slender and precise, she excels in pantomime. And distinguished himself in the ballets of Louis Milon, his brother-in-law.

Napoleon I was one of his fervent admirers. Émilie Bigottini had several children. Emilie was the friend of the singer Caroline Branchu, of the actress and poetess.

Marceline Delbordes-Valmore and the Curie family. She made her debut at the Théâtre Audinot, which later became the Théâtre de l'Ambigu. Then on November 20, 1801. At only 17, she made her debut at the Paris Opera performing the role of Love in the ballet Psyché.

It was a real triumph for the very JEUNE dancer, a triumph that was never to leave her until the end of her career. However, his commitment to the Opera was quite difficult because rivalries and jealousies of other artists were born against him. But thanks to people in high places Emilie Bigottini was able to stay at the Opera. Her art of pantomime was of a very high level and she had her greatest successes in Aline, Queen of Golconde, The Badly Kept Girl, Psyche, Jerusalem Delivered, Clari or the Promise of Marriage, Proserpine, Misra, Nina, the Youth of Henry IV, etc. Arrived at the peak of her career, she bade farewell to the public on December 18, 1823 in the inconstant Page (role of Rosine) and Nina. Having become very rich, Emilie Bigottini retired from the theater world and became a woman of the world. She had throughout her career frequented the highest circles of the time. She had also had Napoleon I as an admirer. She then opened a salon where she and her friends met. 1 sheet of paper, folded several times. From Georges or Louis Boulay. Good general condition, various minor usual defects. Arrived at the peak of her career, she bade farewell to the public on December 18, 1823 in the inconstant Page role of Ro.