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CodeDS/UK/11474
NameBerbie; Jane (6 May 1931); French mezzo-soprano singer
Variations of NameJeanne Bergougne
Dates6 May 1931
GenderFemale (cisgender)
Place of Birth/OriginVillefranche-de-Lauragais, Haute-Garonne, France (born)
BiographyJane Berbié is a French mezzo-soprano particularly associated with Mozart and Rossini roles.

On French television she appeared on 'L'Ecole des vedettes' where she was praised by Elvira Popescu.[1] She made her professional operatic debut at the Capitole de Toulouse in 1954, as Nicklause in Les contes d'Hoffmann. She sang throughout France in the standard mezzo roles of the French repertory, such as Siébel in Faust, Urbain in Les Huguenots, the title role in Mignon and Carmen, etc. She made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1959, as Concepción in L'Heure espagnole, and the same year at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, as the sorceress in Dido and Aeneas.

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