for the role of Fidès. In view of the circumstances, Donizetti decided to abandon his original project for the Opéra, Le duc d'Albe, and instead composed La favorite with the role of Léonor perfectly suited for Stoltz. Later career and life Stoltz resigned from the Opera in 1847 in a scandal over her relationship with Pillet. She may have had a child with Pillet, as they traveled Le Havre for a time due to her "indisposition". She later married Manuel de Godoy di Bassano, 3rd Prince de Godoy di Bassano, and was the longtime mistress of Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, who offered her the Castle of Ketschendorf. Stoltz died in Paris, the city of her birth, aged 88. List of roles created at the Paris Opera This list is based on Pitou, unless otherwise noted. Ricciarda in Halévy's Guido et Ginevra on 5 March 1838 Ascanio in Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini on 3 September 1838 Marguerite in Auber's Le lac des fées on 1 April 1839 Lazarillo in La xacarilla on 28 October 1839 Loyse in Bazin's cantata Loyse de Montfort on 7 October 1840 Léonor in Donizetti's La favorite on 2 December 1840 Agathe in Weber's Le freischütz (French adaptation of Der Freischütz) on 7 June 1841 Catarina in Halévy's La reine de Chypre on 22 December 1841 Odette in Halévy's Charles VI on 15 March 1843 Zayda in Donizetti's Dom Sébastien, roi de Portugal on 13 November 1843 Beppo in Halévy's Le lazzarone on 29 March 1844 Desdémone in Rossini's Othello (French adaptation of Otello) on 2 September 1844 Marie Stuart in Niedermeyer's Marie Stuart on 6 December 1844 Estrelle in Balfe's L'étoile de Séville on 17 December 1845 David in Mermet's David on 3 June 1846 Marie in the Rossini pastiche Robert Bruce on 30 December 1846 References Notes Cited sources (1909). Rosina Stoltz, Henri Daragon, 1909 Gossett, Philip (2006). Divas and Scholars: Performing Italian Opera. University of Chicago Press. Jordan, Ruth (1994). Fromental Halévy: His Life & Music, 1799–1862. London: Kahn & Averill. . Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2003). Großes Sängerlexikon (fourth edition, in German). Munich: K. G. Saur. . Pitou, Spire (1990). The Paris Opéra: An Encyclopedia of Operas, Ballets, Composers, and Performers. Growth and Grandeur, 1815–1914. New York: Greenwood Press. . Pougin, Arthur (2 August 1903). "Rosine Stoltz". Le Ménestrel. Retrieved online via the Bibliothèque nationale de France 11 May 2013