Jane Berbié [SEP] voice type
Jane Berbié
Jane Berbié (born 6 May 1931) is a French mezzo-soprano particularly associated with Mozart and Rossini roles.
Life and career.
Berbié was born Jeanne Bergougne, in Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Haute-Garonne, France, and as a child was entered in various local singing competitions, winning a case of champagne at one in Canet-Plage for her rendition of airs of Escamillo and Basilio. She studied piano and voice at the Music Conservatory in Toulouse. On French television she appeared
and José Van Dam.
- "Werther", with Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, and Matteo Manuguerra.
Offenbach
- "La belle Hélène", with Jessye Norman, John Aler, Charles Burles, Jean-Philippe Lafont and Gabriel Bacquier.
- "Orphée aux enfers", with Mady Mesplé, Jane Rhodes, Jane Berbié, Charles Burles and Michel Sénéchal.
- "La Périchole", with Teresa Berganza, José Carreras and Gabriel Bacquier.
- "La Vie parisienne", with