Françoise Garner

Françoise Garner was a French soprano who made an international career. She began as a coloratura soprano at the Opéra-Comique, in roles such as Lakmé by Delibes and Leïla in Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de perles. She appeared from the 1970s at leading opera houses of Europe, more and more in lyric soprano roles such as Liu in Puccini's Turandot and Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore. She performed as Gounod's Marguerite at La Scala of Milan and as his Juliette in the Verona Arena, but was also, trained in Rome, one of few French singers who knew belcanto.