Julie d'Aubigny and the overlap of opera and crime
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Was it actually a "career," or just a sequence of royal pardons? The French court loved a spectacle, so she wasn't staying employed; she was being tolerated as a curiosity.
the "removed" tag on the unusual articles page usually means the entry became too mainstream.
Does that mean she's basically a "mainstream" unusual person now... I wonder if there's a metric for when a weird biography becomes too well known for the list...
If she's too mainstream for the list, does that mean the details about her professional opera contracts are more widely cited now than the arson?
The timeline supports this. She had roles at the Opéra Comique years after her most public scandals.
It's the same as how some "essential" specialists in my field get away with harassment because they're the only ones who know how to fix the old machinery. Talent often buys a lot of legal leeway.
I would argue the "longevity" is less about the arts scene and more about the specific legal protections of the nobility at the time. The Opéra Comique didn't necessarily condone the crime; they just couldn't override a royal decree.