Born in
Casablanca, after obtaining three
first prizes at the
Conservatoire de Paris, she was hired by the
Paris Opera where she distinguished herself as a
soloist for fifteen years, under the baton of
Georges Prêtre and other prestigious conductors. At the
Palais Garnier where she began, among the roles for which she was known, first under the name of Micheline Dumas and then Caroline Dumas, were those of Frasquita (in 1962, 1964, 1966) in Bizet's
Carmen, Marceline in Beethoven's
Fidelio (in 1968), Micaëla in
Carmen (1969, 1970) and Marguerite (in Gounod's
Faust). She has also performed for more than thirty years in many opera houses around the world. A singing teacher at the
École Normale de Musique de Paris, she is regularly invited to
master classes in Egypt, Morocco, China, Russia and Georgia. Her discography includes several recordings with
Gabriel Bacquier (in particular the famous "duo de l'escarpolette" in Messager's
Véronique). On December 8, 2013, she performed, with
bass-baritone Mourad Amirkhanian and cellist
Dominique de Williencourt,
salle Gaveau in Paris, at a recital entitled "Merci la France ! It is Armenia that remembers - 25 years later.... The earthquake in Armenia". In 2017, she was one of the founding members of the Inter
Hallier Center. == Discography ==