Françoise Garner

Françoise Garner (17 October 1933 – 6 March 2024) was a French soprano who made an international career. She began as a coloratura soprano at the Opéra-Comique, in roles such as Lakmé of Delibes and Leïla in Bizet's Les pêcheurs de perles. She appeared from the nineteen-seventies at leading opera houses of Europe, more in lyric soprano roles such as Liù in Puccini's Turandot and Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore. She performed as Gounod's Marguerite at La Scala and as his Juliette in the Verona Arena, but was also trained in Rome, one of few French singers who knew bel canto.

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