Jane Marie Andrée Rhodes (March 13, 1929 – May 7, 2011) was a French opera singer whose voice encompassed both the
soprano and high
mezzo-soprano ranges. Her most celebrated role was
Carmen, which she sang in the opera's first ever staging at the
Palais Garnier. She also created the roles of Isadora in
Marcel Landowski
Marcel François Paul Landowski (18 February 1915 – 23 December 1999) was a French composer, biographer and arts administrator.
Biography
Born at Pont-l'Abbé, Finistère, Brittany, he was the son of French sculptor Paul Landowski and gre ...
's ' and Maguelone in
Georges Delerue
Georges Delerue (12 March 1925 – 20 March 1992) was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for '' A Little Romance'' (1980), three C ...
's ''Le Chevalier de Neige'' and sang Renata in the first recorded performance of
Prokofiev
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's ''
The Fiery Angel''. Admired for both her voice and her glamorous stage presence, she was nicknamed the "
Bardot of the Opéra". She was married to conductor
Roberto Benzi
Roberto Benzi (born 1937) is a French conductor and former child actor.
Early life
Roberto Benzi was born on December 12, 1937, in Marseille, France.
His parents discovered his musicality when he was very young, and taught him solfège and piano. ...
.
References
Sources
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Agence France-Presse (May 7, 2011)
"French opera singer Jane Rhodes dies"*''
Diapason'' (May 8, 2011)
"Jane Rhodes, l'une de nos plus belles Carmen, est morte"*
*Kuhn, Laura (ed.) (2000). "Rhodes, Jane (Marie Andrée)". ''Baker's Dictionary of Opera''. Schirmer Books, p. 652.
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L'Express'' (May 9, 2011)
"La cantatrice Jane Rhodes est morte"*
Metropolitan Opera
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Archives
Performance Record: Rhodes, Jane (Soprano)
External links
Biography of Jane Rhodes by Bruno-Pierre Wauthier with portraits and magazine covers on which Rhodes appeared during her career
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Singers from Paris
1929 births
2011 deaths
French operatic mezzo-sopranos
French operatic sopranos
Knights of the Ordre national du Mérite
Commandeurs of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
20th-century French women opera singers
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