Nadine Renaux
Nadine Renaux (13 July 1912, Villeurbanne – 22 January 2005) was a French soprano, active in opera and operetta in France from the 1930s to the 1960s. Life and career. Born Jeanne Chatagner (married name Perbal) she made her debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 18 July 1943 in the title role of Madame Butterfly. She appeared in the title role of "Angélique", as Rosine in "Le Barbier de Séville", Micaëla in "Carmen", Delphine in "Così fan tutte" (which she also sang in Nice), Olympia in "Les contes d'Hoffmann", Princesse Laoula in "L'Étoile", Jacqueline in "Fortunio", Concepción in  L'heure espagnole, Javotte and the title role in "Manon", Philine in "Mignon", the title role in "Mireille", Suzanne in "Les Noces de Figaro", Léïla in "Les Pêcheurs de perles", Nicette in "Le pré aux clercs", Nedda in "Pagliacci", the title role in "La Traviata", Mimi in "La Bohème", la Périchole in "Le Carrosse du Saint-Sacrement" and the title role in "Ciboulette". She also took part in the premieres at the Salle Favart of "Blaise le savetier", "La Farce de Maître Pathelin" and "Marion". She sang Zerbinetta in a revival of Roland Manuel's "Isabelle et Pantalon" in 1959 alongside  Liliane Berton conducted by Georges Prêtre. At the Opéra, Renaux sang Papagena in 1949, Blondine in 1951 and Zerlina in 1957. She sang in a rare revival of "La Basoche" in Monte Carlo in 1954, the cast also including Denise Duval, Pierre Mollet and Louis Noguéra, conducted by Albert Wolff. For the B.B.C. Third Programme she sang Laurette in a studio performance of "Le Docteur Miracle", alongside Willy Clément, Marjorie Westbury and Alexander Young, conducted by Stanford Robinson. Recordings. Nadine Renaux participated in recordings of an abridged version of "La Mascotte" by Audran (singing Bettina), the Bach Magnificat under Jean  Gitton, the Duc de Parthenay in "Le Petit duc" by Charles Lecocq, Agathe in Messager's "Véronique" under Gressier, Gabrielle in "La Vie parisienne" by Offenbach under Gressier and Simone in "Les Mousquetaires au couvent" by Louis Varney under Marcel Cariven, all for Pathé in the 1950s.