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 soprano, presently divorcing tenor Yusif Eyvazov, posted the attached selfie on her Instagram account last week. The picture was unsaved and disappeared after 24 hours. Plenty of fans circulated it, however. And Austria’s Kronenzeitung […]
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