Régine Crespin

Régine Crespin was a French opera singer born in Marseille in 1927 who began her professional career in the late 1940s and built a repertoire across French, Italian and German opera. Initially associated with lower-voiced mezzo and contralto roles, she later moved into the dramatic soprano repertoire and performed both French lyric parts and heavier German works, reflecting a career of vocal evolution and international engagement.