The singer with an international career, Françoise Garner, died this Thursday March 7 in Nîmes

Les obsèques de Françoise Garner se dérouleront au crématorium de Nîmes le jeudi 14 mars à 15 heures. Raymond Siméon

La soprano française s'est éteinte, au terme d'une longue et riche carrière, à l'âge de 90 ans.

The singer Françoise Garner, a French soprano with an international career, died this Wednesday March 7 in Nîmes at the age of 90. Born in Lot-et-Garonne, the soprano had made the choice, out of friendship for Geneviève Molimard, president of the Lyric, Theatrical and Choreographic Association, to come, at the end of her career, to end her days in Nîmes .

A sovereign musicality

And it was there, for 27 years, that she continued to nourish her passion for singing, before passing away this Wednesday. Possessing vocal material of great breadth and a sovereign musicality allowing her to approach works from a particularly extensive repertoire, Françoise Garner has, for countless seasons, made the happiness of lyrical lovers of all French and Italian theaters.

From Orange to New York via Australia

Regularly engaged on all stages of the south (including the Chorégies d'Orange), she was also the ambassador of opera on the American continent ( 'The Abduction from the Seraglio' by Mozart and 'The Puritans' by Bellini at the Metropolitan in New York), in Australia, with performances of 'Norma' ; in Sydney. In French works, "Faust" at La Scala in Milan during the 1976-1977 season or "Romeo and Juliet" from Gounod to the arenas of Verona in particular, she defended with elegance and sensitivity the great tradition of singing.

Midi Libre sends its heartfelt condolences to his nephews and nieces and to all his loved ones.