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Mady Mesplé

1931 - 2020

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Mady Mesplé (7 March 1931 – 30 May 2020) was a French opera singer who was considered the leading coloratura soprano of her generation in France, and sometimes heralded as the successor to Mado Robin, with Lakmé by Delibes becoming her signature role internationally.She sang professionally for more than thirty years, with a repertoire that ranged from operetta to contemporary works. After retiring from the stage, she started teaching. Mesplé was the archetype of a light coloratura soprano: technically secure, musically distinctive, and with a charming stage presence. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mady Mesplé has received more than 68,105 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Mady Mesplé is the 1,069th most popular singer (down from 571st in 2019), the 3,860th most popular biography from France (down from 2,704th in 2019) and the 71st most popular French Singer.

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  • 68k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 47.96

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Mady Mesplé ranks 1,069 out of 3,528Before her are Kikki Danielsson, Janet Baker, Chava Alberstein, Xzibit, David Sylvian, and Terence Trent D'Arby. After her are Keith Urban, Yumi Matsutoya, Elisabeth Söderström, Sakis Rouvas, Betty Curtis, and Philip Bailey.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Mady Mesplé ranks 300Before her are Lonnie Donegan, Elias M. Stein, Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Ivan Toplak, Yuriy Voynov, and Vlastimil Bubník. After her are Vance D. Brand, Shunichiro Okano, Sergio Sebastiani, Hans Alfredson, Mike Parkes, and Emam-Ali Habibi. Among people deceased in 2020, Mady Mesplé ranks 346Before her are Benny Chan, Italo De Zan, Òscar Ribas Reig, Edmund M. Clarke, Litokwa Tomeing, and Genesis P-Orridge. After her are Pat Patterson, John D. Barrow, Jack Sherman, Goran Paskaljević, Wolfgang Uhlmann, and Claire Bretécher.

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In France

Among people born in France, Mady Mesplé ranks 3,860 out of 6,011Before her are Jean François de Saint-Lambert (1716), Catherine Millet (1948), Ernest Goüin (1815), Georges Balandier (1920), Benjamin Mendy (1994), and Isaac Oliver (1556). After her are Nicolas Hulot (1955), Esther Duflo (1972), Jean-Richard Bloch (1884), Charles Duclerc (1812), Manuel Ferrara (1975), and Elisabeth Abegg (1882).

Among SINGERS In France

Among singers born in France, Mady Mesplé ranks 71Before her are Jean Philippe (1931), Pierre Gaveaux (1761), Désirée Artôt (1835), Pierre Bachelet (1944), Mathé Altéry (1927), and Bertrand Cantat (1964). After her are Claude Nougaro (1929), Jacques Higelin (1940), Michèle Torr (1947), Marcel Amont (1929), Philippe Jaroussky (1978), and Dany Dauberson (1925).