Denise Duval

French opera singer

Denise Duval (23 October 1921, Paris, France – 25 January 2016, Switzerland) was a French soprano vocalist. Member of the companies of the Paris Opéra and Opéra-Comique from 1947 to 1965, her career is marked by her collaboration with Francis Poulenc. She created the leading female roles of Elle in La Voix Humaine, Thérèse in Les Mamelles de Tirésias and later excelled in the role of Blanche de la Force in Dialogues of the Carmelites. Serious health problems forced her to retire in 1965.