Born Jeanne Chatagner (married name Perbal) she made her debut at the Paris Opéra-Comique on 18 July 1943 in the title role of Madame Butterfly.
[4] She also took part in the premieres at the Salle Favart of Blaise le savetier, La Farce de Maître Pathelin and Marion.
[1] She sang in a rare revival of La Basoche in Monte Carlo in 1954, the cast also including Denise Duval, Pierre Mollet and Louis Noguéra, conducted by Albert Wolff.
Third Programme she sang Laurette in a studio performance of Le Docteur Miracle, alongside Willy Clément, Marjorie Westbury and Alexander Young, conducted by Stanford Robinson.
[7] Nadine Renaux participated in recordings of an abridged version of La Mascotte by Audran (singing Bettina), the Bach Magnificat under Jean Gitton, the Duc de Parthenay in Le Petit duc by Charles Lecocq, Agathe in Messager's Véronique under Gressier, Gabrielle in La Vie parisienne by Offenbach under Gressier and Simone in Les Mousquetaires au couvent by Louis Varney under Marcel Cariven, all for Pathé in the 1950s.