Huguette Tourangeau

Huguette Tourangeau ( born August 12, 1938 in Montreal ) is a French-Canadian opera singer ( alto).

Career

Huguette Tourangeau was trained at the Conservatory of Quebec, among others, Richard Bonynge, who was her most important supporter. He participated in performances as a partner of Joan Sutherland and also in some of his opera recordings.

Tourangeau 1964 won the singing competition "Auditions of the Air " in New York. Together with the couple Bonygne / Sutherland she stepped in Seattle as Mallika in " Lakmé " in London as Urbain in " Les huguenots " in San Francisco as Elisabetta in " Maria Stuarda ", Adalgisa in "Norma" and as Prince Orlofsky in " The Bat " on.

She was also heard in Vancouver, Boston, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Mexico City, Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia and Santa Fe. In 1973 she made ​​her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Nicklausse in " Les Contes d' Hoffmann " with Placido Domingo as a partner. She was primarily an interpreter of the French and of the bel canto repertoire.

Her husband Barry Thompson was from 1975-1978 Head of the opera in Vancouver.

Discography

  • Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (role: Elisabetta ). Decca
  • Handel: Messiah. Decca.
  • Massenet: Esclarmonde (role: Parséïs ). Decca
  • Massenet: Le Roi de Lahore ( Role: Khaled ). Decca
  • Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots (role: Urbain ). Decca
  • Offenbach: Les Contes d' Hoffmann (role: Nicklausse ). Decca
  • Verdi: Rigoletto (role: Maddalena ). Decca
  • Arias from forgotten operas. ( Decca )
  • Delibes: Lakmé (role: Mallika ) ABC
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