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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Friends are reporting the sudden passing of Geert Berghs, an outstanding vocal coach who helped many soloists and choruses. Himself a member of Ton Koopman’s Amsterdam Baroque Choir, he became research fellow at the University […]
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