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Colette Boky

Colette Boky, Canadian soprano and actress

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Born
June 4, 1935
Age in 2026
91
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1935

About Colette Boky

Colette Boky, is a French-Canadian operatic soprano, particularly associated with lyric roles in the French, Italian, and German repertories. Boky's career became truly international in 1967, with her Metropolitan Opera debut as The Queen of The Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute. She then won a second prize at the Geneva International Competition for musical performers, which led to her European debut in 1964, in Haydn's Lo speziale in Versailles. She was awarded with the Calixa-Lavallée Award in 1971, and the Prix Denise Pelletier in 1986.

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Colette Boky timeline

  1. She then won a second prize at the Geneva International Competition for musical performers, which led to her European debut in 1964, in Haydn's Lo speziale in Versailles.
  2. Boky's career became truly international in 1967, with her Metropolitan Opera debut as The Queen of The Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute.
  3. She was awarded with the Calixa-Lavallée Award in 1971, and the Prix Denise Pelletier in 1986.

The world when Colette Boky was born

Colette Boky was born in 1935. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1935

  • #1 song"Cheek to Cheek" – Fred Astaire
  • Top movieMutiny on the Bounty
  • Best-selling bookGreen Light - Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJesse Owens sets 3 world records in 45 minutes at Big Ten meet
  • Top headlineSocial Security Act signed into law by FDR
  • Technology milestoneRadar first demonstrated
  • Defining fadMonopoly officially released by Parker Brothers
  • Notable inventionBeer in cans
  • World population2.23 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championDetroit Tigers (World Series)
  • U.S. population127.3M

1935 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Colette Boky's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19352026
Gas$0.19$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,700$67,500
Minimum wage$0.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.25$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population127.3M341 million

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