Jocelyne Taillon


Jocelyne Taillon was a French lyrical singer.

Life and career

Taillon won the first prize at the 1966 Monte Carlo Singing Competition and embarked on a career as a concert artist.
She made her stage debut in Ariane et Barbe-Bleue by Dukas in Bordeaux in 1968, and in Geneva she appeared in Macbeth by Bloch. She was then seen at the houses in Nantes, Marseille and at the Paris Opéra. In 1970 she took part in the Holland Festival, and at Glyndebourne in 1971.
Taillon made her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1979 and sang there for several seasons including Anna, Quickly and Erda. In Nantes she took part in rare revivals of French works such as Le Roi l'a dit by Delibes and Pénélope by Fauré.
Her voice was described as "deep and warm" and she displayed a "dramatic intensity which allowed her to make a mark in secondary roles".

Selected recordings