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
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ADRIANA MALIPONTE
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MARIA KURENKO
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ANDREE GABRIEL
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PILAR LORENGAR
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GEORGETTE RISPAL
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JEANETTE MACDONALD
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ANNA MOFFO
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LILY PONS
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JEANETTE SCOVOTTI
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FREDERICA VON STADE
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DOROTHY WARENSKJOLD
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MADY MESPLE
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JANE RHODES
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ERZSEBET HAZY
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HILDE GUEDEN
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CELESTINA CASAPIETRA
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EDDA MOSER
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MELITTA MUSZELY
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PATRICE MUNSEL
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ANDREA GUIOT
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