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| {{picture|file=Désirée Artôt-Padilla.jpg|caption='''Désirée Artôt-Padilla''' (1835-1907)}} | | <includeonly>Eugen Onegin</includeonly><noinclude> {{bibitem |id=1883/3 |Contributors=Meyer, E. (author) |Title=Eugen Onegin |In=St. Petersburger Zeitung [Saint Petersburg] |Edition=3 May 1883 |Imprint=1883 |Format=Article |Language=German |Notes=A new production of the opera [[Yevgeny Onegin]] at the Kononov Theatre in Saint Petersburg }} [[Category:Bibliography (1883)]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Bibliography (1883/003)}}</noinclude> |
| Belgian mezzo-soprano (b. 21 July 1835 {{NS}} in [[Brussels]]; d. 3 April 1907 {{NS}} in [[Berlin]]), born '''''Marguerite-Joséphin-Désirée Montagney Artôt''''', but known on stage as '''''Désirée Artôt''''' or '''''Désirée Artôt (de) Padilla'''''.
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| Désirée was the daughter of Jean Désiré Montagney Artôt (1803–1887), horn player and professor at the [[Brussels]] Conservatory. She studied with [[Pauline Viardot-Garcia]] and Francesco Lamperti in [[London]] and [[Paris]], making her debut at the [[Paris]] Opéra in 1858. Specialising in the Italian repertoire, she toured throughout Europe, including [[Moscow]] in 1868–70 and 1875–76, and [[Saint Petersburg]] in the 1871–72 and 1876–77 seasons.
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| Tchaikovsky was introduced to Artôt in 1868 during her [[Moscow]] tour, and was immediately captivated by her artistic talent and charm. His ''[[Romance]]'' in F minor, for piano, Op. 5 (1868) was dedicated to her, and Tchaikovsky also wrote additional music for an Italian production of [[Auber]]'s opera ''[[Le Domino noir (Auber)|Le Domino noir]]'', due to be staged for the singer's benefit in October 1868.
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| His proposal of marriage was apparently accepted immediately, in spite of the objections of some of the composer's friends (and in particular [[Nikolay Rubinstein]], who believed that being the husband of a foreign singing celebrity would irrevocably damage Tchaikovsky's own musical career). However, it seems that Artôt's attentions were quickly diverted elsewhere (possibly as a result of [[Nikolay Rubinstein|Rubinstein]]'s intervention), and in 1869 she married the Spanish baritone Mariano Padilla y Ramos (1842–1906), and sang with him throughout Europe until his retirement. Their daughter, the soprano Lola Artôt de Padilla (1876–1933) also proved to have a highly successful operatic career.
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| At the end of 1887 Tchaikovsky met her again in [[Berlin]], for the first time since their engagement had ended in 1869. As a result of this meeting, the [[Six French Songs, Op. 65]] (1888) were written and dedicated to the singer.
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| ==Dedications== | |
| Tchaikovsky dedicated two of his works to Désirée Artôt:
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| * ''[[Romance]]'' in F minor, for piano, Op. 5 (1868)
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| * [[Six French Songs, Op. 65]] (1888).
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| ==Correspondence with Tchaikovsky==
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| 6 letters from Tchaikovsky to Désirée Artôt-Padilla have survived, dating from 1888 to 1890, all of which have been translated into English on this website:
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| * '''[[Letter 3486b]]''' – 28 January/9 February 1888, from [[Berlin]]
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| * '''[[Letter 3569]]''' – 16/28 May 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
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| * '''[[Letter 3700]]''' – 17/29 October 1888, from [[Frolovskoye]]
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| * '''[[Letter 3790a]]''' – 10/22 February 1889, from [[Berlin]]
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| * '''[[Letter 3910]]''' – 27 July/8 August 1889 , from [[Frolovskoye]]
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| *''' [[Letter 4050]]''' – 25 February/9 March 1890, from [[Florence]]
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| 8 letters from Désirée Artôt-Padilla to Tchaikovsky have survived, dating from 1888 to 1892, of which 7 are preserved in the [[Klin]] House-Museum Archive, and one in the A. A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatrical Museum in [[Moscow]].
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| ==Bibliography==
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| * {{bib|1904/11}} (1904)
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| * {{bib|1935/45}} (1935)
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| * {{bib|1937/47}} (1937)
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| * {{bib|1951/48}} (1951)
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| * {{bib|1951/50}} (1951)
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| * {{bib|1958/23}} (1958)
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| * {{bib|1960/17}} (1960)
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| * {{bib|1990/31}} (1990)
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| * {{bib|1990/247}} (1990)
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| * {{bib|1998/29}} (1998)
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| * {{bib|2000/17}} (2000)
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| * {{bib|2003/60}} (2003)
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| [[Category:People|Artot-Padilla, Desiree]]
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| [[Category:Correspondents|Artot-Padilla, Desiree]]
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| [[Category:Dedicatees|Artot-Padilla, Desiree]]
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| [[Category:Friends|Artot-Padilla, Desiree]]
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| [[Category:Singers|Artot-Padilla, Desiree]]
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