Nina Laffite

Overview

Nina Laffite, a new singer who made her debut at the Nice theatre in Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers on 27 October 1874.

Relevance to Marie

Stub replaced. The opera's title («Orphée») is from the paragraph; the composer (Offenbach) is the standard attribution, not stated by Marie. Not in the t.4 index (checked for «Laffite»).

References in Diary

Marie goes to the theatre on 27 October 1874 «pour Audiffret et pour la chanteuse» (025.0003). The next entry says «La nouvelle Laffite a été hissed à sa première chanson» and that the chorus and extras playing the gods of Olympus were hideous (025.0005).