Background
CRESPIN, Regine was born on February 23, 1927 in Marseilles. Daughter of Henri and Marguerite (nbe Meirone) Crespin.
CRESPIN, Regine was born on February 23, 1927 in Marseilles. Daughter of Henri and Marguerite (nbe Meirone) Crespin.
Conservatoire National d'Art Dramatique.
Appeared in numerous operas including Lohengrin, Mulhouse, France, 1950, Paris, 1951, New York City, 1964, Tosca, Il Trovatore, Otello, Die Walkuere, Oberon, Fidelio, Der Rosenkavalier, Marseilles, Le Nozze di Figaro, Paris, 1956, Dialogues of the Carmelites, 1957, Parsifal, 1958, Ballo in Maschera, 1958, Fedra, Milan, Italy, 1959, Die Walkuere, Vienna, 1959, Der Rosenkavalier, Berlin, 1960, as the Marshallin, London, 1961, Les Troyens, Paris, 1961, Penelope, Buenos Aires, 1961, Otello, Ballo in Maschera, Die Walkuere, Der Rosenkavalier, Vienna, also Rosenkavalier, New York City, 1962, Flying Dutchman, New York City, 1962, Ballo in Maschera, New York City, 1962, La Vestale, New York City, 1962, Herodiade, New York City, 1963, Fidelio, Ballo in Maschera, Tannhauser, Fidelio, Chicago, 1963, Carnegie Hall, 1973, Metropolitan Opera, 1973, Carmen, Metropolitan Opera, 1975, Cavalleria Rusticana, San Francisco Opera, 1976, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Metropolitan Opera, 1977, 78, soloist, New York Philharmonic, 1964-1965, appeared in recital, Hunter College, 1965.
Married Lou Bruder in 1962.