French mezzo-soprano Michèle Vilma passed away on May 28, 2019 at the age of 87. Vilma was born in Rouen, France on Feb. 23, 1932. The mezzo-soprano studied voice under Lucienne Vifquain at the Conservatoire de Rouen, according to the Greek National Opera’s Virtual Museum, before going on to make her Opera de Rouen debut as Dalila in “Samson et {…}