Jane Berbié (born May 6, 1931) is a French mezzo-soprano particularly associated with Mozart and Rossini roles. Berbié was born Jeanne Bergougne, in Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Haute-Garonne, France, and studied piano and voice at the Music Conservatory in nearby Toulouse. She made her professional operatic debut at the Capitole de Toulouse in 1954, as Nicklause in Les contes d'Hoffmann. She sang throughout France in the standard mezzo roles of the French repertory, such as Siebel in Faust, Urbain in Les Huguenots, the title role in Mignon and Carmen, etc.

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