Marie Antier

{{short description|French opera singer}}

Marie Antier (1687 in Lyon – 3 December 1747 in Paris) was a French opera singer (soprano).{{sfn|Saide|2001}}{{sfn|Pitou|1983|p=155}}

She was trained in singing and acting by Marthe Le Rochois.{{sfn|Saide|2001}} She made her debut at the Paris Opera in a revival of La vénitienne by Michel de la Barre in 1710 or 1711.{{sfn|Pitou|1983|p=155}} It has been said that she was particularly adept in her portrayals of enchantresses or magicians in the works of Jean-Baptiste Lully.{{sfn|Pitou|1983|p=155}}

Over the course of thirty years she appeared in sixty stage works. In some of these works she played multiple parts, resulting in a repertoire of about eighty roles.{{sfn|Pitou|1983|p=155}}

She was a premier actress of the Academie de Musique (1720) and a court singer (1721). She played the leading roles of French opera from her debut in 1711 until her retirement in 1741.