Mathé Altéry
Mathé Altéry, born Marie-Thérèse Renée Micheline Altare on 12 September 1927 in Paris, is a French soprano who became famous in the 1950s and 1960s. She is the daughter of French tenor Mario Altéry.
In 1956 she represented France in the first Eurovision Song Contest with the song Le temps perdu. The contest did not reveal final rankings that year, so her exact place is unknown. As of 2025, she is considered the oldest living Eurovision contestant.
Altéry began her singing career in Cherbourg-Octeville, where her father worked, and she studied classical music. She started as a chorister at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, appearing in operettas such as Annie du Far-West (Annie of the Wild West) and La Toison d'Or.
In 1965 she sang on CBC Television’s Festival in the episode “The Season of Love,” performing pieces from Oscar Strauss, the operetta The Count of Luxembourg, and works by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe, as well as popular songs from the early 1900s. She also appeared on French-Canadian radio and TV in mid-1960s productions by Société Radio-Canada.
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