Maria Murano, the stage name of Suzanne Chauvelot (July 4, 1918 in Nogent-sur-Marne - January 10, 2009 in Limoges[1]) was a French lyric mezzo-soprano. She was most active postwar in the years between 1950 and 1970.
She started at the Paris Opera shortly after the end of World War II, then joined the Grand Théâtre of Bordeaux, where she became famous as Madame Alexandra in Jean-Michel Damase and Jean Anouilh's lyrical comedy Colombe in 1961.
Later, she played opposite Luis Mariano in Le Prince de Madrid, and Ivan Rebroff in Fiddler on the Roof.
Her partner was politician Roland Dumas.[2]