Marie Antier

Marie Antier (1687 in Lyon – 3 December 1747 in Paris) was a French opera singer (soprano).

[2] It has been said that she was particularly adept in her portrayals of enchantresses or magicians in the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully.

In some of these works she played multiple parts, resulting in a repertoire of about eighty roles.

[2] She was a premier actress of the Academie de Musique (1720) and a court singer (1721).

She played the leading roles of French opera from her debut in 1711 until her retirement in 1741.