Men of the Time, eleventh edition/Roze, Marie

​ROZE, Marie (Mrs. Mapleson), is the daughter of M. Roze de la Haye, a lawyer, of Paris, and was born in 1850. She entered the Paris Conservatoire at a very early age, and made rapid progress there, gaining prizes for her efficiency both ​in singing and in comic opera. Being at once engaged at the Opéra Comique, she made her first appearance in Harold's "Marie" and with such success that she was speedily entrusted with other important characters, such as Anna in "La Dame Blanche," Zerlina in "Fra Diavolo," and Benjamin in "Joseph." The first part which Madame Roze "created " was that of "Thérèse" in "Le Fils du Brigadier" by Victor Massé. By her performance of the part of Djelma in Auber's opera, "Le Premier Jour du Bonheur," she attained the position of an operatic star. Shortly afterwards she played Marguerite in "Faust" at the Paris Opera, and she achieved another success at the Opéra Comique in the character of Jeanne in "L'Ombre." On the breaking out of the war in 1870 she went to Italy, where she worked hard at her profession. While waiting for an opportunity of presenting herself before an English audience, she went to Brussels and played in Verdi's "Ballo in Maschera," amid rapturous applause. She made her debut with Mr. Mapleson's company at Her Majesty's Theatre, Drury Lane, in 1872, as Marguerite in "Faust," and since then has appeared in all the great rôles of dramatic opera. Madame Boze is the wife of Mr. J. H. Mapleson, lessee of Her Majesty's Theatre.

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