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Rose Renaud (1767 – c. 1840) was a French coloratura soprano active at the Théâtre-Italien from 1785 to 1793. She was known for the purity and agility of her voice and her attractive stage presence. Renaud was born in Paris and made her debut in a concert there in 1781 at the age of 14. She retired from the stage in 1793. Her younger sister, Sophie Renaud, was also a soprano at the Théâtre-Italien. In at least two sources (Fétis and Kutsch and Riemens), Rose is referred to as "Mademoiselle Renaud l'aînée" (Mademoiselle Renaud the elder) to distinguish her from Sophie. However, other sources (notably Pougin and Campardon) have posited that Rose and Sophie were in fact the younger sisters of a third singer known as "Mademoiselle Renaud l'aînée" who also sang at the Théâtre-Italien suggesting that aspects of Rose Renaud's biography and iconography and that of her elder sister may have been conflated in some of the existing sources.