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~The "Glass Shatterers!" series focuses on sopranos who sustain High F, or sing higher.

THE SONGBIRD: Mady Mesplé (1931 - 2020) was the leading French coloratura soprano of the 1960s and 1970s. She was born in Toulouse, and studied music there from an early age, and later worked with soprano Janine Micheau in Paris. Mesplé's debut came in 1953 as Lakme in Liege; sang the role again in Brussels in 1954 and nearly 150 times across her career. Her star rose quickly in France and soon she was singing the standard French and Italian coloratura roles around the world and in commercial recordings. She was also an advocate for both French operetta and contemporary vocal music. In fact, I find the otherworldly quality of her voice to be most effective in this type of music. She retired from opera in 1985, though she continued to appear in recital for several more years.

THE MUSIC: Here she sings Arnold Schönberg's short, atmospheric and lyrical vocal piece for "soprano and instruments" with its wide vocal jumps, at last culminating in a sustained pianissimo High F.

Ensemble due Doumaine Musical
Gilbert Amy, conductor
Theatre de la Ville, Paris
December 7, 1970