Nadine Denize (born 6 November 1943) is a French

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

Career

Born in Rouen, Denize studied at the , in Marie-Louise Christol's class and entered the Conservatoire de Paris (rue de Madrid) in

Camille Maurane Camille Maurane (November 29, 1911 – January 21, 2010), born Camille Moreau, was a French baryton-martin singer. His father was a music teacher and he started singing as a child in the Maîtrise Saint-Evode in Rouen. The sudden death of his moth ...

's class at age eighteen. She won a First prize and was hired by the

Paris opera The Paris Opera (, ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be ...

. She made her debut as Cassandra in Berlioz's ''

Les Troyens ''Les Troyens'' (; in English: ''The Trojans'') is a French grand opera in five acts by Hector Berlioz. The libretto was written by Berlioz himself from Virgil's epic poem the ''Aeneid''; the score was composed between 1856 and 1858. ''Les Tro ...

'' and Marguerite in '' La Damnation de Faust''. She was also a

Wagnerian Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...

singer.Nadine Denize
on Cercle national Richard Wagner

Discography

* ''Mors et vita'' by Charles Gounod with the

orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse The Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse is a French orchestra based in Toulouse. It acts as both a symphony orchestra whose main residence is Toulouse's Halle aux Grains, and the permanent orchestra of the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. ...

directed by Michel Plasson * '' Pelléas et Mélisande'' by Claude Debussy with the Berlin Philharmonic directed by Herbert von Karajan 1978 EMI * '' Guercoeur'' by Alberic Magnard with the

directed by Michel Plasson 1987 EMI

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