What is Mady Mesplé?
[[File:10.10.1975. Mady Mesplé chez Pierre Privat. (1975) - 53Fi2754 (cropped).jpg|right|200px]] '''Mady Mesplé''' (7 March 1931 &ndash; 30 May 2020) was a French opera singer. She was a well known [[coloratura soprano]] in [[France]]. She was born in [[Toulouse]], France. Her career lasted from 1953 to 1985. ==Career== Mesplé appeared at the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in Moscow, the [[Royal Opera House]] in London, [[La Scala]] in Milan, the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York and [[Teatro Colón]] in [[Buenos Aires]]. During the 1960s, Mesplé appeared mant times on French television. She was also the first to sing the French version of [[Hans Werner Henze]]'s ''Elegy for Young Lovers'' in 1965, and [[Pierre Boulez]] chose Mesplé for his performances of [[Arnold Schoenberg]]'s ''Jacob's Ladder''. During the 1970s she added operettas to her repertoire, especially by [[Jacques Offenbach]], such as ''[[La Vie parisienne (operetta)|La Vie parisienne]]'', ''[[Orphée aux enfers]]'' and ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]'', opposite [[Régine Crespin]]. She was made Grand Officier of the [[Legion of Honour]] in 2015 and honored with the Grand Cross of the [[Ordre national du Mérite]] in 2019. ==Death== Mesplé died on 30 May 2020 in Toulouse from [[Parkinson's disease]]-related problems at the age of 89.<ref>[https://www.francemusique.fr/actualite-musicale/la-grande-soprano-mady-mesple-est-morte-84518 La grande soprano Mady Mesplé est morte] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==More readings== * [[Alain Pâris]], ''Dictionnaire des interprètes et de l’interprétation musicale au XX siècle'' (2 vols), [[Éditions Robert Laffont]] (Bouquins, [[Paris]] 1982, 4th Edn. 1995, 5th Edn 2004). {{ISBN|2-221-06660-X}} * Roland Mancini and Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (orig. H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, French edition), ''Guide de l’opéra'', Les indispensables de la musique (Fayard, 1995). {{ISBN|2-213-59567-4}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mesple, Mady}} [[Category:1931 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:French singers]] [[Cat