Daughter of tenor Mario Altéry (1892-1974), soprano Mathé Altéry made a name for
herself with her wide repertoire of arias and songs. Born Marie-Thérèse Altare
in Paris on September 12, 1927, she began singing at a very early age in
Cherbourg, where she was already earning the nickname of the "Cherbourg
nightingale". After singing lessons, she made her debut as a chorister at the
Théâtre du Châtelet in 1950 in the operetta Annie du far-west, and was noticed
at a singing competition in Deauville by the conductor Raymond Legrand, with
whom she recorded the song for René Char's film...