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The Théâtre-Italien (also called Salle Ventadour or Théâtre des Italiens) was the Paris home of Italian opera — particularly Patti's season. ↩
Marie Van Zandt (1858–1919): American coloratura soprano who had a great success in Paris in this period, creating the role of Lakmé at the Opéra-Comique in 1883. Saint-Amand was evidently hoping to advance both a stage Marie and a society Marie simultaneously. ↩