Famous People with Name Regine

Régine Crespin            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Régine Crespin: was a French operatic dramatic soprano, later a mezzo-soprano, who excelled in both the French and German repertoire.She made her début in 1950 in Mulhouse as Elsa in Lohengrin, and the same year appeared in that role in Paris.[1] After her debut, she sang with the Paris Opera but in regional centres. Her big break was being chosen as Kundry in Parsifal at the 1958 Bayreuth Festival, despite the fact that she had not sung Wagner in German. To learn the role in German, she was coached by Lou Bruder, a professor of German literature who later became her husband.[1]

Régine Chassagne            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Régine Chassagne: a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer, and a founding member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler.her family having emigrated from Haiti during the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier, and she grew up in St-Lambert, across from Montreal.[3] She is a dual Canadian-American citizen. Her heritage is alluded to in the Arcade Fire song "Haiti", in which she sings, Mes cousins jamais nés hantent les nuits des Duvalier ("My never-born cousins haunt the nights of the Duvaliers").[4]

Régine Zylberberg            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Régine Zylberberg: a French singer. The American press dubbed her the "Queen of the Night".Started life hiding from the Nazis in occupied wartime France and later invented the format for "discothèque" (French for Nightclubs). Setting in 1953 the elements of modern day night

Regine Heitzer            Origin/Culture/Country: German

Regine Heitzer: s an Austrian figure skater who competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and 1964 Winter Olympics.

Régine Cavagnoud            Origin/Culture/Country: French

Régine Cavagnoud: was a French alpine skier. The 2001 Super-G World Champion, she was killed in a training accident. Her career as professional skier was plagued by injuries. She finally secured a World Cup race victory in her 10th year of competition, a downhill race held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy on 21 January 1999. That was the first World Cup downhill race victory by a Frenchwoman in 17 years. All in all, she had nine World Cup victories, four of them Super-G, three downhill and two giant slalom. Her last World Cup victory occurred on 21 Mar 2001 in the giant slalom in Courchevel, France. She topped the Super-G World Cup rankings in 2001 and was ranked third overall for the World Cup seasons ending in 2000 and 2001. Her career culminated in the 2001 World Alpine Ski Championships held in Sankt Anton, Austria, where on 29 January 2001, she clinched the Super-G title.