There was an item about the death of Régine Crespin in
Last Word on Radio 4 today.
I quote from the
Last Word website:
'Regine Crespin was a glamorous French soprano. Her ability to sing in German, was much admired and her reputation as a seductress was the subject of much off-stage gossip. Aged 80 when she died, she spent much of her later life teaching. Born in Marseilles but brought up in Nimes, she began singing at the relatively late age of 16. By 1958 her career was at its height and her status as a great opera diva was assured.
Ritula Shah talks to Isabelle Masset who is the Associate Artistic Director at the Bordeaux Opera and to opera critic Patrick O Connor.
Regine Crespin was born March 23 1927. She died July 5 2007, aged 80.'You can listen to this item over here:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/lkxt6kI thought that would be more easy than using the listen back option on the Radio 4 website.
