Émilienne de Sère
French actress
Émilienne de Sère was a French operetta and café-concert singer active from 1894 to 1904.
Life
Sère made her debut at the Menus-Plaisirs in the revue Que d'eau ! Que d'eau ! She then moved on to various other stages and sang in Parisian salons. She entered the Théâtre-Moderne, from where she left for Bucharest, where she was offered a favourable engagement. On her return, she stayed away from the theatre. Édouard Marchand hired her for the Trouville-sur-Mer Casino season, and the Scala (Paris) in 1895.
She sang at the Casino de Paris in 1898 and created the role of Thaïs in the bouffe fantasy Othello chez Thaïs at the Bouffes de Bordeaux the same year.
She performed at the Alcazar de Bruxelles and at the Salone Margherita (Napoli) in Naples in 1899, at the Театр Омона in Moscow in 1900 at the Alcazar of Marseille in 1901 in Roma in Naples at the Kursaal or "Nouveau-Théâtre" in Geneva at the Palace Theatre, London in 1902, then in Düsseldorf, Berlin and Vienna and at the Central-Theatre in Leipzig in 1903.
She led the revue Bruxelles !
The public source identifies “Émilienne de Sère” as french actress. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Émilienne, Sère and French.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Émilienne de Sère”, the useful work is to connect “french actress” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 21, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q102076755. The first chronological checks are 1894, 1904, 1895 and 1898.
Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.
- Establishing names and roles
- Building a first chronology
- Locating cited institutions
Personal papers, civil or court records, institutional files and the scholarship cited by the source.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Émilienne de Sère”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Émilienne de Sère primary sources, Émilienne de Sère archive and Émilienne research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Émilienne de Sère”?
- Which claims depend on a single source or contested interpretation?
- How has the subject’s reputation changed across later accounts?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Émilienne de Sère” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.