Denise Scharley

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Denise Scharley (born 1918?) is a French contralto who made her debut in 1942, singing Pelléas et Mélisande at the Opéra-Comique. Long associated with French opera, she starred as Madame de Croissy in the Paris première of Poulenc's Dialogues of the Carmelites. She was also associated with the female lead roles of Carmen and Samson and Delilah.

[edit] Recording

• Francis Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites (Denise Duval, Denise Scharley, Regine Crespin, Liliane Berton, Rita Gorr and others; National Theater of the Paris Opera orchestra and chorus; Pierre Dervaux, conductor) EMI 62768

[edit] References

Pines, Roger, 'Four Glories of Interwar French Vocalism', The Opera Quarterly - Volume 19, Number 3, Summer 2003, pp. 529-541