Claim: Michele Lagrange studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1972, and also began at the Festval d'Aix-en-Provence in Il Turco in Italia that year; she performed the title role of Mireille, as well as other roles, at the Opera de Lyon, and sang frequently in the Opera de Paris.
Evidence: Born in Couches (Burgundy), Lagrange studied at the Conservatoire de Paris (rue de Madrid) in 1972-74 and at the Opéra Studio from 1974 to 1977. She began in 1972 at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in Rossini's Il turco in Italia, sang in Buenos Aires in Berlioz's Benvenuto Cellini and made her debut in 1984 at the Paris Opera in Verdi's Jérusalem. She began her career in the troupe of the Opéra de Lyon then, from 1984, was frequently invited to play at the Opéra de Paris. Between 1978 and 1983 Lagrange performed the title role of Gounod's Mireille, Fiordiligi in Mozart's Cosi fan tutte, Agathe in Weber's Freischütz at the Opéra de Lyon.