FRENCH FANCIES
Sexy courtesans, jeunes filles from Provence, persecuted Huguenots -- French operatic characters offer so many choices for divas (even when occasionally they turn up in an opera by Italian composer, such as Puccini's Manon Lescaut). And we are so grateful. Grand Merci!

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JUNE ANDERSON

 

ADRIANA MALIPONTE

 

MARIA KURENKO



ANDREE GABRIEL

 

PILAR LORENGAR

 

GEORGETTE RISPAL



JEANETTE MACDONALD

 

ANNA MOFFO

 

LILY PONS



JEANETTE SCOVOTTI

 

FREDERICA VON STADE

 

DOROTHY WARENSKJOLD



MADY MESPLE

 

JANE RHODES

 

ERZSEBET HAZY



HILDE GUEDEN

 

CELESTINA CASAPIETRA

 

EDDA MOSER



MELITTA MUSZELY

 

PATRICE MUNSEL

 

ANDREA GUIOT



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