The soprano Denise Dupleix, whose death is reported today, burst onto the scene at Tours in 1950 with the Bell Song from Lakmé. For the next four decades she was a high-note star in both Paris opera houses. As you can hear below, she was astonishing in her prime.
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The great British jazz vocalist who died today, aged 97, was a singer of exceptional versatility. Among other modern classics she performer were the Seven Deadly Sins of Kurt Weill and Pierrot Lunaire by Arnold […]
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