French soprano Sophie Boulin died on 1 December ahged 69. She devoted her soloist career initially to baroque music with William Christie, Jean Claude Malgoire, Sigiswald Kuijken and René Jacobs, yet performed also contemporary music. Her work with the German director Herbert Wernicke in Germany and Switzerland, as well as her long participation in the Péniche Opéra in Paris were important milestones in her artistic life.