Unforgettable Mireille de Gounod, of course but also prodigious Micaëla alongside Maria Callas in the recording
Carmen
under the direction of Georges Prêtre, the singer Andréa Guiot died on February 15 at the age of 93.
Born January 11, 1928 in the Gard, Andréa Guiot was only five years old when she fell in love with the lyric art.
In the arenas of Nimes near his parents that accompanies it is subjugated by
Faust
by Charles Gounod.
She will never forget this moment.
Her destiny is traced, she goes to study lyric art.
In 1955, she gleaned the first prizes at the Paris Conservatory.
To read also: The "Mireille" of Charles Gounod returns to his land
Laugh to see so beautiful in Marguerite
In 1959, she performed the great classics of the repertoire: the inevitable Marguerite in
Faust,
Micaëla in
Carmen,
but also Antonia in
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
by Offenbach, Salomé in
L'Hérodiade
by Massenet, and what will remain as her interpretation. fetish, the Mireille inspired by Charles Gounod by the Provençal poet Frédéric Mistral.
Nicknamed tenderly by her many admirers "
our national Mireille
", Andréa Guiot will one day confess, amazed by this recognition, to our colleagues from France Musique:
"I always say that
Mireille
, I did not learn it, I sang it. .
I have the impression that when I opened the score, I already knew it.
It was part of my culture and part of my life. ”
The air of jewelry
in
Faust
de Gounod by Andréa Guiot
The air of Micaëla
in
Carmen
de Bizet by Andréa Guiot
Mireille
de Gounod sung by Andréa Guiot