Louis XVIII., gives audience to Madame Dugazon at Saint-Ouen, 218
Lourdet de Sans-Terre, extraordinary anachronisms committed by him in the libretto of _l’Embarras des richesses_, 288, 289
Lubomirska, Princess, befriends Madame Saint-Huberty at Warsaw, 272, 274
Lubsac, Chevalier de, first lover of Mlle. Contat, 240; anecdote about him, 241, 242
Malézieux, Chevalier de, a suitor for Sophie Arnould’s hand, 12; his pretensions encouraged by the Princess de Conti, 13; offers to settle all his property on Sophie, 13; takes to his bed on learning of her elopement with Lauraguais, 23
Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, invites Gluck to Paris, 57; supports him against the rebellious artistes of the Opera, 63; in great alarm for his success, 64; attends the first performance of _Iphigénie en Aulide_, 64 and note; commands the Prince d’Hénin to apologise to the composer, 67; intervenes on behalf of Sophie Arnould, 75, 77; Mlle. Raucourt presented to her, 151; espouses the cause of this actress against her enemies, 171; plays in _Blaise et Babet_ at Trianon, 209; incident during her last appearance at the play, 219; supports Mlle. Vanhove against the Contats, 252; Mlle. Contat’s attachment to her, 252, 253; gives Lemoine’s _Phèdre_ precedence over the _Œdipe_ of Sacchini, 310
Marie Leczinska, Queen of France, Sophie Arnould’s visit to her, 8, 9; makes Sophie one of the singers of her chamber, 11
Marmontel, a visitor at Sophie Arnould’s house, 79; writes the libretto of _Sylvain_, 198; secures a pension for Piccini, 298; writes the libretto of Piccini’s _Didon_, 297; Madame Saint-Huberty sings her part at his country-house, 297; kneels at her feet after the first performance of _Didon_, 301; writes the libretto of _Pénélope_, 309
Maupeou, Marquis de, lover of Mlle. Contat, 242, 243, 246
_Mémoires secrets, les_, (cited) 45, 54, 64, 75, 114 note, 121, 149, 163, 167, 178, 180, 181, 260, 290, 302
_Mercure de France, le_ (cited), 14, 15, 16, 53, 54 note, 65, 68, 105, 106, 123, 149, 163, 229 note, 275, 284, 288 note
Mercy-Argenteau, Comte de (Austrian Ambassador in Paris), his infatuation for Rosalie Levasseur, 69, 70; persuades Gluck to give her lessons in singing, 70; and the part of Alceste in preference to Sophie Arnould, 71