Mady Mesplé
Mady Mesplé (7 March 1931 – 30 May 2020) was a French opera singer who was considered the leading coloratura soprano of her generation in France, and sometimes heralded as the successor to Mado Robin, with Lakmé by Delibes becoming her signature role internationally. She sang professionally for more than thirty years, with a repertoire that ranged from operetta to contemporary works. After retiring from the stage, she started teaching. Mesplé was the archetype of a light coloratura soprano: technically secure, musically distinctive, and with a charming stage presence. When she developed Parkinson's disease in the mid-1990s, she responded by writing a book about her career and the development of her illness.
Genre: classical-soprano
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Top Tracks
- Lakmé, Act I: Flower Duet
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Dôme épais le jasmin à la rose s'assemble" (Lakmé, Mallika)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Viens, Mallika" (Lakmé, Mallika)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 2: Air des clochettes. "Où va la jeune hindoue" (Lakmé)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Miss Rose, Miss Ellen, respectez les clôtures !" (Mrs Bentson, Ellen, Rose, Gérald, Frédéric)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Lakmé, c'est toi qui nous protèges !" (Nilakantha, Lakmé, Hadji, Mallika)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Blanche Dourga, pâle Siva !" (Lakmé, Chorus, Nilakantha)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "À l'heure accoutumée" (Mallika, Hadji, Chorus, Nilakantha)
- Offenbach: La vie parisienne, Act 4: Finale. "Par nos chansons et par nos cris, célébrons Paris" (Chœur, Gabrielle, Le Baron, La Baronne, Bobinet, Gardefeu, Le Brésilien, Urbain, Métella)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Quand une femme est si jolie" (Mrs Bentson, Ellen, Rose, Gérald, Frédéric)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Pourquoi dans les grands bois" (Lakmé)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Les fleurs me paraissent plus belles" (Lakmé)
- Debussy: Lakmé, Act 1: "Fantaisie aux divins mensonges" (Gérald)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Prendre le dessin d'un bijou" (Gérald)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Nous commettons un sacrilège" (Mrs Bentson, Ellen, Rose, Gérald, Frédéric)
- Offenbach: La vie parisienne, Act 3: Finale. "Soupons, soupons, c'est le moment" (Le Baron, Gabrielle, Pauline, Louise, Clara, Léonie, Prosper, Urbain, Bobinet, Chœur)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 2: "Lakmé, ton doux regard se voile" (Nilakantha)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "C'est le dieu de la jeunesse" (Lakmé, Gérald)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "D'où viens-tu ? Que veux-tu ?" (Lakmé, Gérald)
- Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: "Ah ! Mallika ! Mallika !" (Lakmé, Mallika, Hadji)
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