eurovision 1956
Mathé Altéry
Mathé Altéry represented France at Eurovision 1956 in Lugano with “Le Temps perdu”; only the winner was announced that year.
- who
- French opera singer
- born
- 12 September 1927, Paris, France
- contest
- 1956
- music
- pop, opera
- voice
- soprano
- active
- since 1950
- sang for
- France
Biography
Mathé Altéry is a French soprano who was prominent in the 1950s and 1960s, and one of the two singers France sent to the first contest, in Lugano in 1956; the other was Dany Dauberson. Altéry sang “Le Temps perdu”; the results of that first contest were never published beyond the name of the winner.
Written by ESC Predictions, 8 October 2026. Sources: Wikipedia, “Mathé Altéry”.
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At Eurovision
One song, and what became of it.
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1956 Lugano
“Le Temps perdu”
Placing not published Only the winner was announced that year. The other placings were never published.
- Sung in
- French
- Written by
- André Lodge, Rachèle Thoreau
- Conductor
- Franck Pourcel
- Running order
- 5th of 14
- Age on the night
- 28
- Won that year
- Switzerland: Lys Assia, “Refrain”
The story of Eurovision 1956: Seven countries, fourteen songs, and a result nobody kept
Away from Eurovision
Awards
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
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