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Sadie cites Lajarte as one of her sources. There were 1876 and 1878 printings. The 1876 available in Google Books and is the one listed here. On a recent trip to the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, clorinde looked it up and reports:

Is in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. The entry for Mlle de Maupin lists her roles with the dates of the first performances of each of them. I assume this is one of the sources that Campardon or Letanturier-Fradin used on making their lists.

A couple of differences between Lajarte and Campardon/L-Fradin: According to Lajarte, the title role of Armide by Lully in 1703 was sung by Mlle Desmatins, not Mlle Maupin. He also lists one appearance not covered in the other lists: the role of L'amour médecin in Les Muses by Danchet and Campra, 28 October 1703. I plan to check the actual opera programmes/libretti (where the performers' names were listed) to clear up these discrepancies.

Apparently la Maupin wanted to sing the role of Armide one tone lower (quoted in the Mercure galant, I think). I would presume that that led to a casting change in which Desmatins sang Armide and Maupin sang in Les Muses which was performed at about the same time. That's just my speculation, though.

Otherwise, no new information in this source. Medée in Medus was a difficult role that Maupin sang very well and she was a fabulous success in Tancrède. Ah, and Fanchon Moreau made her debut at the Opéra at the age of fifteen in the prologue of Lully's Phaeton in 1683. (Maupin sang in the reprisal of Phaeton in 1702). There is a very long and celebratory entry for Thévénard, who ended up being a huge star and having a very long and illustrious career at the opera. He seemed to be quite a bon vivant and drank large quantities of wine daily "to keep his voice in shape" (nota bene - he was a bass...). It is interesting to note that Thévénard and Maupin were quite often cast as lovers in various operas.