Career
Her most celebrated role was Carmen, which she sang in the opera"s first ever staging at the Palais Garnier. She also created the roles of Isadora in Marcel Landowski"s Le Fou and Maguelone in Georges Delerue"s Le Chevalier de Neige and sang Renata in the first recorded performance of Prokofiev"s The Fiery Angel. Admired for both her voice and her glamorous stage presence, she was nicknamed the "Bardot of the Opéra".