Suzanne Sarroca

Sarroca then addressed the great roles of lyrico-dramatic soprano: in 1952, she made a remarkable debut at the Paris Opera where she sang at both the Opéra Garnier and the Opéra-Comique: Sarroca created Henry Barraud's Numance, interpreted the title role of Charpentier's Louise, Blanche de la Force in Poulenc's Le Dialogue des Carmélites, Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin, and also Octavian in Strauss's Rosenkavalier alongside Régine Crespin or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.

For more than thirty years, she has been active in the major theatres of the provinces: Toulouse, Strasbourg, Marseille (Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, 1956), Bordeaux and Nice (Tosca with Franco Corelli in 1970).

Especially sought abroad for her embodiments of Puccini's Tosca, and Verdi's Aida and Elisabeth in Don Carlos, she triumphed in these roles in Buenos Aires, Brussels, Geneva, Rome, Rio, Naples, London (Covent Garden in 1958–1959 and 1964–1965).

Sarroca also can be heard in excerpts form Cavalleria Rusticana (role of Santuzza) with Alain Vanzo, Giulietta in Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann published at Adès.

Her interpretation of Rachel in Halévy's La Juive in a concert at Carnegie Hall with Richard Tucker and Norman Treigle in 1964 has been briefly available on CD and in large excerpts from Monna Vanna by Henry Fevrier.