Overview

• She died on Saturday 19 July 2025 in Agen from a prolonged illness, a fact confirmed by her long-time agent, Thérèse Cédelle.
• Her groundbreaking 1993 portrayal of Bizet’s Carmen at the Opéra de Paris redefined the role and became her signature in nearly 400 performances worldwide.
• Over four decades she sang leading roles at major venues from New York to Moscow and expanded her repertoire into dramatic soprano parts including Tosca and Lady Macbeth.
• Peers and public figures such as Roberto Alagna and former Culture Minister Roselyne Bachelot paid tribute, while her agent hailed her as “an immense artist, an immense Carmen.”
• France Télévisions will dedicate the evening of July 21 on France 4 to a rebroadcast of Carmen at the Théâtre antique d’Orange, followed by Anne Sinclair’s special edition of Fauteuils d’orchestre.