Comments on: The Biography of Valtesse de la Bigne, Mistress of Paris http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/ The #1 Archive for Musical Theater Tue, 24 Feb 2026 19:54:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Chris Weber http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/#comment-11597 Sat, 14 Oct 2023 07:13:35 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24724#comment-11597 Thanks so much for your comment, Juliette. I wonder if the author, Catherine Hewitt will read this exchange, as she implies what I wrote. May I ask regarding yours, what are your sources?
Maybe I got the story wrong from the book: I must go back and re-read it. Catherine saw my review before it was published and was silent on this part.
Best,
Chris

]]> By: Juliette http://operetta-research-center.org/biography-valtesse-de-la-bigne-mistress-of-paris-jacques-offenbach-affair/#comment-11596 Fri, 13 Oct 2023 15:53:00 +0000 http://operetta-research-center.org/?p=24724#comment-11596 Hi Chris,
a highly interesting review and a book I would like toread, and Valtesse would have been historically memorable just for the list of major painters in whose works she appeared.

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