Background
Caroline Wuiet was the daughter of an organist born and in Rambouillet, France.
Caroline Wuiet was the daughter of an organist born and in Rambouillet, France.
Wuiet studied music under Andre Gretry, painting with Greuze and theater with Beaumarchais and Demoustier.
She was considered a child prodigy at age five and was presented to Queen Marie-Antoinette by Princess de Lamballe. The queen took her as an adopted daughter and saw that she received an education in the arts Wuiet began her career as a composer and librettist at the age of eighteen with Le trompeur tromp, but was disappointed that the opera was not performed.
She was given the opportunity to write a sequel to Gretry"s Epreuve villageoise (1784), and wrote both the music and libretto for L"Heureuse erreur with more success.
She later became a concert pianist, still enjoying the patronage of Marie-Antoinette. As a Royalist, Wuiet went into hiding during the French Revolution and remained there through the Reign of Terror, leaving journals regarding the years of the French Revolution.
Under the French Directory, Wuiet began composing again and enjoyed more success with sonatas. During this time, she also established a newspaper and wrote for other publications.
Wuiet returned to France and continued writing and composing, but suffered from mental disorders and died homeless after living in the park at Saint Cloud, France.
She wrote and composed under various pseudonyms including Aufdiener and Dona Elidora.
