# Marie Fel

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{{Short description|French opera singer (1713–1794)}}

[[Image:Maurice Quentin de La Tour - Marie Fel.jpg|thumb|right|Marie Fel<br />Portrait by [Quentin de La Tour](/source/Maurice_Quentin_de_La_Tour) (1757)]]
'''Marie Fel''' (24 October 1713 – 2 February 1794) was a French opera singer and a daughter of the organist Henri Fel.

Marie Fel was born at [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux). She made her debut at the  [Paris Opera](/source/Op%C3%A9ra_National_de_Paris) in 1733 and sang regularly at the [Concert Spirituel](/source/Concert_Spirituel). In a career that lasted 35 years, she sang in all the operas of [Rameau](/source/Jean-Philippe_Rameau) along with [Pierre Jélyotte](/source/Pierre_J%C3%A9lyotte), created roles in those of [Mondonville](/source/Jean-Joseph_Cassan%C3%A9a_de_Mondonville), and participated in revivals of those of [Lully](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lully) and [Campra](/source/Andr%C3%A9_Campra). She retired from the stage in 1758, but continued to perform in concert until 1769.  She died in [Paris](/source/Paris).{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}}

She had a long-term relationship with the painter [Quentin de La Tour](/source/Maurice_Quentin_de_La_Tour), who painted her portrait. "The greatest personalities of her age sought her good graces and gave her lively proofs of their affections," including men of letters such as the [Baron von Grimm](/source/Friedrich_Melchior%2C_Baron_von_Grimm) and the Encyclopédiste [Louis de Cahusac](/source/Louis_de_Cahusac).<ref>Emile Campardon, L’Académie Royale de Musique au XVIII Siècle: Documents inédites découverts aux Archives Nationales (Paris: Berger-Levrault, 1884), I:37</ref> The French actress and singer [Sophie Arnould](/source/Sophie_Arnould) was one of her students.{{Citation needed|date= December 2021}}

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Category:French operatic sopranos
Category:18th-century French women opera singers
Category:People from Gascony
Category:Musicians from Bordeaux
Category:1713 births
Category:1794 deaths

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