She was born in Paris on 13/03/1929. She made her debut in the opera La damnation de Faust at the Grand-Théâtre de Nancy in 1953. She earned the nickname of 'the Bardot of the Opera'. She sang the leading role in the world premieres of Prokoviev’s The Fiery Angel (Theatre des Champs Elysees, 1954), Marcel Landowski’s Le fou (1956) and Les Adieux (Opéra-Comique, 1961), George Delerue’s Le Chevalier de Neige (1957) and, André Jolivet’s La vérité de Jeanne (1956). She made her Paris Opera debut as Marguerite in La damnation de Faust (1958). In the following years she sang in the French premieres of The Queen of Spades (Strasbourg, 1957), Salome (Paris Opera, 1958) and Tosca (Opéra-Comique, 1958). She made a name for herself when she sang the title role in Carmen at the Paris Opera in 1959, directed by Raymond Rouleau. She made her Metropolitan Opera New York debut in 1961 as Carmen and then as Salome in 1962. Her renowned appearances include the title role in L’Incoronazione di Poppea in Aix-en-Provence (1961) and Carmen in Japan, Belgium, Buenos Aires, etc. At the same time she sang many French operettas such as La Belle Hélène, La Péricole, etc. She was also an excellent singer of French chansons. Her recording career commenced in 1957 when she sang in the first ever recording of Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel. She appeared as a soloist at the GNO in 1969 in the title role of Carmen. She died on 07/05/2011. // Last update of the biography: March 2024 - The list of prosuctions below is complete.