Above: Huguette Tourangeau as Parséïs in Massenet’s ESCLARMONDE at The Met
It’s sad to read of the death of the French-Canadian mezzo-soprano Huguette Tourangeau, a strikingly attractive woman possessed of a truly unique voice. Her sound was sensuous, her lower range incredibly resonant. I saw her at The Met as Nicklausse in CONTES D’HOFFMANN and as Parséïs in Massenet’s ESCLARMONDE in the 1970s.
OPERA NEWS caught up with Mlle. Tourangeau in 2011: read the article here.
A frequent colleague of Dame Joan Sutherland, Huguette Tourangeau scored a great personal triumph as Elisabetta in Donizetti’s MARIA STUARDA opposite the Australian diva at San Francisco in 1971.
Huguette Tourangeau – scena d’Elisabetta – MARIA STUARDA~Act I – San Francisco 1971
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