Solange Michel [SEP] voice type
Solange Michel
Solange Michel (November 27, 1912 – December 15, 2010) was a French classical mezzo-soprano who sang in concerts, recitals, and operas from the 1930s to the 1970s. She was particularly associated with the French opera repertory and was one of the most popular interpreters of the title heroine in Georges Bizet's "Carmen" in post World War II France.
Life and career.
Born Solange Boulesteix in Paris, Michel studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under Thomas Salignac and André Gresse.
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She received in September 2000, for her resistance against nuclear weapons, the Nuclear-Free Future Award.
She was married to physician and social activist Michel Fernex.
Bibliography.
- Elisabeth Schulthess, "Solange Fernex, l'insoumise". Ecologie, féminisme, non-violence, Collection Ecologie, Ed. Yves Michel, octobre 2004.
- (Témoignages recueillis par) Solange Fernex, "La vie pour la vie: jeûne pour la vie: août-septembre 83", Ed. Utovie,