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Regine Crespin, French Opera Diva Dies at 80
by Tom Huizenga
July 6, 2007 - Regine Crespin, one of France's greatest opera singers died Wednesday in Paris.
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She was 80 years old.
Crespin was born in Marseilles and came to singing late, at age 16, a result of not passing the entrance exams for college. She made her opera debut in 1948 in Reims in the role of Charlotte in Massenet's Werther, and began to make a name for herself singing in other regional opera houses in France.
Crespin's breakthrough came in Bayreuth, the German town which hosts the annual Wagner festival in the opera house built by the composer.
When she sang for Wagner's grandson Wieland, who ran the festival, she had to perform Wagner's music in French as she had not learned the original German. She was hired, quickly got a German vocal coach, and made her Bayreuth debut in 1958 in the pivotal role of Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal.
As her international career expanded Crespin began to make records.
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