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Sandrine Piau

January 07, 2023

Sandrine Piau (born 5 June 1965) is a French soprano. She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernist art songs. She has the versatility to perform works from Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart to Schumann, Debussy, and Poulenc. In addition to an active career in concerts and operas, she is prolific in studio recordings, primarily with Harmonia Mundi, Naïve, and Alpha since 2018.

Sandrine Piau
Born (1965-06-05) 5 June 1965 (age 57)
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Occupation(s)
  • Opera singer
  • recitalist
  • concert soloist
LabelsHarmonia Mundi, Naïve, Virgin, Erato, Alpha
Websitewww.sandrinepiau.com

Biography

Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux, she initially studied harp and turned to singing at the Conservatoire de Paris. After meeting William Christie, she commenced her exposure to Baroque music and their collaboration notably at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. She proceeded further vocal studies with Rachel Yakar and René Jacobs.

She collaborated with many of the leading European conductors of the Baroque revival, including Marc Minkowski, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul McCreesh, Alan Curtis, Christophe Rousset, René Jacobs, and Fabio Biondi.

Piau also excels in operatic roles in other eras. She has sung Mozart roles such as Pamina in The Magic Flute, Servilla in La clemenza di Tito, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail,[1] Donna Anna in Don Giovanni. She has taken up French roles such as Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Sister Constance in Dialogues des Carmelites, and made forays into romantic roles including Ännchen in Weber's Der Freischütz, Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff, Wanda in Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, and Sophie in Massenet's Werther.

She participated in an opening concert of the Elbphilharmonie on 12 January 2017, where she sang Berg's Seven Early Songs.[2]

She was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006 by the French government.[3] She won the "Singer of the year" (Artiste lyrique de l'année) in the Victoires de la musique classique in 2009.[4]

Recordings

Most recordings can be found on the discography section of official website.[5]

Early recordings

Her early recordings under Harmonia Mundi include collaborations with William Christie and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants. They recorded Purcell's The Fairy-Queen, Luigi Rossi's Orfeo, Campra's Idoménée, Monteverdi's Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and his madrigals, various operas by Rameau (Les Indes galantes, Pygmalion/Nélée et Myrthis, Castor et Pollux), in addition to sacred works including Michel Richard Delalande's Te Deum, his petits motets, and Handel's Messiah. She appeared in other recordings, which include André Caplet: Conte fantastique, Septuor prières (1992), Mendelssohn's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1994) conducted by Philippe Herreweghe, and Frank Martin's Le Vin herbé (2007) conducted by Daniel Reuss. Some recordings with Christie were released on other labels: Purcell's King Arthur (1995, Erato Records) and Handel's Serse (2004, Virgin Classics).

Piau has also collaborated frequently with Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyrique. Their first recordings were Henry Du Mont: Motets en dialogue, published by Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and reissued by Virgin Classics, and Pascal Collasse's Cantiques spirituels de Racine under Erato/Radio France. They recorded Handel's Riccardo Primo (1996), Mondonville's Les fêtes de Paphos (1997) on L'Oiseau-Lyre. On Decca Records, they made recordings of Mozart's Mitridate, re di Ponto (1999), Couperin: Leçons de ténèbres, Motets, Magnificat (2000), and sacred works by Leonardo Leo (2002).

Her earliest recording on Virgin Classics was Rameau's Pygmalion (1993) with Hervé Niquet and his ensemble Le Concert Spirituel. She collaborated with Gérard Lesne and his ensemble Il Seminario Musicale in sacred music, including Charpentier: Leçons de ténèbres, motets by Alessandro Stradella, Alessandro Scarlatti's cantatas, and his other works such as Stabat Mater. She also worked with various conductors, including Christophe Coin (Rameau: Cantates profanes, pièces en concert), Alan Curtis (Rodrigo), Christophe Rousset (Couperin: Motets), William Christie, Emmanuelle Haïm (Aci, Galatea e Polifemo), Marc Minkowski (Offenbach's La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein, released on both CD and DVD).

Naïve Records

Piau has made discography on Naïve Records the most, in genres across operas, sacred works, and art songs. Earlier, she had recorded on independent labels now owned by Naïve.

She appeared in several releases on the Vivaldi Edition: Arie d'Opéra (Federico Maria Sardelli, 2005), In furore, Laudate pueri, Concerti sacri (Ottavio Dantone, 2006), Atenaide (Sardelli, 2007), La fida ninfa (Jean-Christophe Spinosi, 2009). Several tracks are included in her solo compilation Vivaldi! (2010).

She had dedicated to works by Handel: Opera Seria, opera arias by Handel (Christophe Rousset, 2004), Between Heaven & Earth, oratorio arias by Handel (Stefano Montarini, 2009). She was partnered by Sara Mingardo in Handel: Arias & Duets (2008), with Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano. The creative team united for Un Viaggio a Roma, released in 2018. In 2012, she recorded Le Triomphe de L'amour, consisting French baroque arias with Jérôme Correas and his ensemble Les Paladin, with whom she had worked on Cavalli's L'Ormindo (Pan Classics, 2006), and even earlier on Cantates & duos italiens by Handel (Arion, 2000). Year 2014 saw the release of her Mozart album Desperate Heroines conducted by Ivor Bolton.

Piau collaborated with Laurence Equibey and her choir Accentus in sacred music, including Brahms' Ein deutsches Requiem (2003), Haydn's The Seven Last Words of Christ (2006), Fauré's Requiem/Cantique de Jean Racine (2008), Christus/Chorale Cantates by Mendelssohn (2011), Mozart's Requiem (2014). One exception was Mozart's Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (2005), where Accentus was conducted by Emmanuel Krivine. The team released Mozart's Coronation Mass & Vesperae solennes de confessore (2017) on Erato Records.

She recorded her first art song solo recital Mélodies by Debussy (2003) accompanied by Jos Van Immerseel. Further song recitals are Évocation, songs by Chausson, Strauss, Debussy, Zemlinsky, Koechlin (2007), and Après un Rêve, songs by Fauré, Poulenc, Britten (2011), both accompanied by Susan Manoff. Her lieder performances can also be seen in Quatuor Diotima's Schoenberg, Berg, Webern (2016), and joint album Schubert: Arpeggione & Lieder (2017).

She was featured in mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter's baroque album Sogno Barocco (2012), and cellist Anne Gastinel's Americas (2015), where she sang No. 1 and 5 of Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Brasileiras. She provided vocals in film soundtracks of Le Premier Cri (2007) and Home (2009), both composed by Armand Amar.

Recordings on other labels

Piau made occasional appearances on labels such as Deutsche Harmonia Mundi, Saphir Productions. She can be seen on Opera Rara's 2000 release of Viardot's Cendrillon. Her concert performance in Mozart's Zaide with Ton Koopman was released on Brilliant Classics. She also took part in his Bach cantatas project with his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra & Choir, released on Challenge Records. She collaborated with Paul McCreesh in Haydn's Die Schöpfung, released on Archiv Produktion in 2008. She interpreted Britten's Les Illuminations in Unknown Britten, joined by Northern Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Zehetmair, released by NMC Recordings in 2009.

Piau was featured in "Chagall Duet" on Jon Anderson's 1994 album Change We Must.

Aparté and Alpha

Piau's first Aparté recording is Handel's Scipione (2010) with Christophe Rousset, with whom she later collaborated in Rameau's Zaïs (2015), Mozart's Betulia liberata (2020). The label also saw her collaboration with Ophélie Gaillard and her ensemble Pulcinella: Bach Arias (2012), Boccherini, Cello Concertos, Stabat Mater & Quintet (2019); their first recording collaboration was in her 2007 album Boccherini: Madrid released on Ambroisie. She features in Julien Chauvin's Haydn: La Reine – Haydn, Rigel, Sarti, J.C. Bach (2016).

DVDs

Note: filming year is indicated in this section

References

  1. ^ Brug, Manuel (2003-01-17). "Serail auf dem Sofa: Mozarts "Entführung" in München". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 2021-01-10.
  2. ^ "2. Eröffnungskonzert der Elbphilharmonie". Frankfurter Rundschau. DPA. 2017-01-13.
  3. ^ "Nomination ou promotion dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2006" (Press release) (in French). Ministère de la Culture. 2006-01-02. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  4. ^ "PALMARÈS 2009" [2009 Winners]. France.tv (in French). Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  5. ^ "Discographie". Official Website.

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This article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Sandrine Piau born 5 June 1965 is a French soprano She is particularly renowned in Baroque music although also excels in Romantic and modernist art songs She has the versatility to perform works from Vivaldi Handel Mozart to Schumann Debussy and Poulenc In addition to an active career in concerts and operas she is prolific in studio recordings primarily with Harmonia Mundi Naive and Alpha since 2018 Sandrine PiauBorn 1965 06 05 5 June 1965 age 57 Issy les Moulineaux FranceOccupation s Opera singerrecitalistconcert soloistLabelsHarmonia Mundi Naive Virgin Erato AlphaWebsitewww wbr sandrinepiau wbr com Contents 1 Biography 2 Recordings 2 1 Early recordings 2 2 Naive Records 2 3 Recordings on other labels 2 4 Aparte and Alpha 2 5 DVDs 3 References 4 External linksBiography EditBorn in Issy les Moulineaux she initially studied harp and turned to singing at the Conservatoire de Paris After meeting William Christie she commenced her exposure to Baroque music and their collaboration notably at the Aix en Provence Festival She proceeded further vocal studies with Rachel Yakar and Rene Jacobs She collaborated with many of the leading European conductors of the Baroque revival including Marc Minkowski Philippe Herreweghe Paul McCreesh Alan Curtis Christophe Rousset Rene Jacobs and Fabio Biondi Piau also excels in operatic roles in other eras She has sung Mozart roles such as Pamina in The Magic Flute Servilla in La clemenza di Tito Konstanze in Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail 1 Donna Anna in Don Giovanni She has taken up French roles such as Melisande in Pelleas et Melisande Sister Constance in Dialogues des Carmelites and made forays into romantic roles including Annchen in Weber s Der Freischutz Nannetta in Verdi s Falstaff Wanda in Offenbach s La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein and Sophie in Massenet s Werther She participated in an opening concert of the Elbphilharmonie on 12 January 2017 where she sang Berg s Seven Early Songs 2 She was named a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006 by the French government 3 She won the Singer of the year Artiste lyrique de l annee in the Victoires de la musique classique in 2009 4 Recordings EditMost recordings can be found on the discography section of official website 5 Early recordings Edit Her early recordings under Harmonia Mundi include collaborations with William Christie and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants They recorded Purcell s The Fairy Queen Luigi Rossi s Orfeo Campra s Idomenee Monteverdi s Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda and his madrigals various operas by Rameau Les Indes galantes Pygmalion Nelee et Myrthis Castor et Pollux in addition to sacred works including Michel Richard Delalande s Te Deum his petits motets and Handel s Messiah She appeared in other recordings which include Andre Caplet Conte fantastique Septuor prieres 1992 Mendelssohn s A Midsummer Night s Dream 1994 conducted by Philippe Herreweghe and Frank Martin s Le Vin herbe 2007 conducted by Daniel Reuss Some recordings with Christie were released on other labels Purcell s King Arthur 1995 Erato Records and Handel s Serse 2004 Virgin Classics Piau has also collaborated frequently with Christophe Rousset and his ensemble Les Talens Lyrique Their first recordings were Henry Du Mont Motets en dialogue published by Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles and reissued by Virgin Classics and Pascal Collasse s Cantiques spirituels de Racine under Erato Radio France They recorded Handel s Riccardo Primo 1996 Mondonville s Les fetes de Paphos 1997 on L Oiseau Lyre On Decca Records they made recordings of Mozart s Mitridate re di Ponto 1999 Couperin Lecons de tenebres Motets Magnificat 2000 and sacred works by Leonardo Leo 2002 Her earliest recording on Virgin Classics was Rameau s Pygmalion 1993 with Herve Niquet and his ensemble Le Concert Spirituel She collaborated with Gerard Lesne and his ensemble Il Seminario Musicale in sacred music including Charpentier Lecons de tenebres motets by Alessandro Stradella Alessandro Scarlatti s cantatas and his other works such as Stabat Mater She also worked with various conductors including Christophe Coin Rameau Cantates profanes pieces en concert Alan Curtis Rodrigo Christophe Rousset Couperin Motets William Christie Emmanuelle Haim Aci Galatea e Polifemo Marc Minkowski Offenbach s La Grande Duchesse de Gerolstein released on both CD and DVD Naive Records Edit Piau has made discography on Naive Records the most in genres across operas sacred works and art songs Earlier she had recorded on independent labels now owned by Naive Handel Arie e duetti d amore with Gloria Banditelli 1996 Europa Galante Fabio Biondi Opus 111 Opera Arias by Mozart 2002 Freiburger Barockorchester Gottfried von der Goltz Astree She appeared in several releases on the Vivaldi Edition Arie d Opera Federico Maria Sardelli 2005 In furore Laudate pueri Concerti sacri Ottavio Dantone 2006 Atenaide Sardelli 2007 La fida ninfa Jean Christophe Spinosi 2009 Several tracks are included in her solo compilation Vivaldi 2010 She had dedicated to works by Handel Opera Seria opera arias by Handel Christophe Rousset 2004 Between Heaven amp Earth oratorio arias by Handel Stefano Montarini 2009 She was partnered by Sara Mingardo in Handel Arias amp Duets 2008 with Rinaldo Alessandrini and his Concerto Italiano The creative team united for Un Viaggio a Roma released in 2018 In 2012 she recorded Le Triomphe de L amour consisting French baroque arias with Jerome Correas and his ensemble Les Paladin with whom she had worked on Cavalli s L Ormindo Pan Classics 2006 and even earlier on Cantates amp duos italiens by Handel Arion 2000 Year 2014 saw the release of her Mozart album Desperate Heroines conducted by Ivor Bolton Piau collaborated with Laurence Equibey and her choir Accentus in sacred music including Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem 2003 Haydn s The Seven Last Words of Christ 2006 Faure s Requiem Cantique de Jean Racine 2008 Christus Chorale Cantates by Mendelssohn 2011 Mozart s Requiem 2014 One exception was Mozart s Great Mass in C minor K 427 2005 where Accentus was conducted by Emmanuel Krivine The team released Mozart s Coronation Mass amp Vesperae solennes de confessore 2017 on Erato Records She recorded her first art song solo recital Melodies by Debussy 2003 accompanied by Jos Van Immerseel Further song recitals are Evocation songs by Chausson Strauss Debussy Zemlinsky Koechlin 2007 and Apres un Reve songs by Faure Poulenc Britten 2011 both accompanied by Susan Manoff Her lieder performances can also be seen in Quatuor Diotima s Schoenberg Berg Webern 2016 and joint album Schubert Arpeggione amp Lieder 2017 She was featured in mezzo soprano Anne Sofie von Otter s baroque album Sogno Barocco 2012 and cellist Anne Gastinel s Americas 2015 where she sang No 1 and 5 of Villa Lobos Bachianas Brasileiras She provided vocals in film soundtracks of Le Premier Cri 2007 and Home 2009 both composed by Armand Amar Recordings on other labels Edit Piau made occasional appearances on labels such as Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Saphir Productions She can be seen on Opera Rara s 2000 release of Viardot s Cendrillon Her concert performance in Mozart s Zaide with Ton Koopman was released on Brilliant Classics She also took part in his Bach cantatas project with his Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra amp Choir released on Challenge Records She collaborated with Paul McCreesh in Haydn s Die Schopfung released on Archiv Produktion in 2008 She interpreted Britten s Les Illuminations in Unknown Britten joined by Northern Sinfonia conducted by Thomas Zehetmair released by NMC Recordings in 2009 Haydn Harmoniemesse Te Deum 1996 Chœur de chambre de Namur La Petite Bande Sigiswald Kuijken dhm Maurice Delage Les Melodies with Jean Paul Fouchecourt 1998 Jean Francois Gardeil Billy Eidi Timpani Louis Nicolas Clerambault Soprano Cantatas and Sonatas 1998 Naxos Mozart Une Soiree chez les Jacquin 1999 Zig Zag Territories Valls Missa Scala Aretina Biber Requiem f minor 2002 Nederlandse Bachvereniging Gustav Leonhardt dhm Albert Roussel Integrale des œuvres pour flute 2006 Saphir Chausson Concert Op 21 Chanson perpetuelle Op 37 Quatuor Op 35 2010 with Regis Pasquier Philippe Bianconi Parisii Quartet Saphir Debussy Poulenc Ravel Roussel Musique francais pour flute 2012 Saphir Paris Madrid 2018 with Liat Cohen Rolando Villazon Charles Castronovo Erato Ignaz Holzbauer Tod der Dido Singspiel in einem Aufzug 2018 Barockorchester Stuttgart Frieder Bernius Carus Verlag Piau was featured in Chagall Duet on Jon Anderson s 1994 album Change We Must Aparte and Alpha Edit Piau s first Aparte recording is Handel s Scipione 2010 with Christophe Rousset with whom she later collaborated in Rameau s Zais 2015 Mozart s Betulia liberata 2020 The label also saw her collaboration with Ophelie Gaillard and her ensemble Pulcinella Bach Arias 2012 Boccherini Cello Concertos Stabat Mater amp Quintet 2019 their first recording collaboration was in her 2007 album Boccherini Madrid released on Ambroisie She features in Julien Chauvin s Haydn La Reine Haydn Rigel Sarti J C Bach 2016 Messiah Handel 1754 Version 2017 Le Concert Spirituel Herve Niquet Alpha Stabat Mater Pergolesi 2020 Christopher Lowrey Christophe Rousset Alpha Julian Pregardien Dichterliebe 2019 Eric Le Sage Alpha 2018 Chimere songs by Schumann Loewe Barber Wolf Previn Debussy Poulenc with Susan Manoff piano Alpha 2019 Si j ai aime Julien Chauvin Le concert de la Loge Alpha 2021 Clair Obscur songs by Strauss Berg and Zemlinsky Orchestre Victor Hugo Franche Comte Jean Francois Verdier Alpha DVDs Edit Note filming year is indicated in this section 1994 Monteverdi L incoronazione di Poppea as Amore Damigella Christophe Rousset De Nederlandse Opera Opus Arte 2000 Handel Serse as Atalanta Les Talens Lyriques Christophe Rousset Semperoper Euroarts 2003 Mozart Sacred Arias Christophe Rousset Festival de Saint Denis Armide 2004 Rameau Les Paladins as Nerine Les Arts Florissants William Christie Theatre du Chatelet Opus Arte 2004 Massenet Werther as Sophie concert performance Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse Michel Plasson Theatre du Chatelet Virgin DTS 2005 Prokofiev L amour des trois oranges as Ninette Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra Stephane Deneve De Nederlandse Opera Opus Arte 2006 A Mozart Celebration from Stephansdom Chorus Viennensis Vienna Boys Choir Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Bertrand de Billy Euroarts 2012 Poulenc Dialogues des Carmelites as Sœur Constance Philharmonia Orchestra Jeremie Rhorer Theatre des Champs Elysees Erato 2015 Handel Alcina as Alcina Tamerlano not featured Christophe Rousset La Monnaie Alpha References Edit Brug Manuel 2003 01 17 Serail auf dem Sofa Mozarts Entfuhrung in Munchen Die Welt in German Retrieved 2021 01 10 2 Eroffnungskonzert der Elbphilharmonie Frankfurter Rundschau DPA 2017 01 13 Nomination ou promotion dans l ordre des Arts et des Lettres janvier 2006 Press release in French Ministere de la Culture 2006 01 02 Retrieved 2019 02 22 PALMARES 2009 2009 Winners France tv in French Retrieved 22 February 2019 Discographie Official Website External links Edit Classical music portal Biography portalOfficial website Sandrine Piau at IMDb Sandrine Piau at IMG Artists Sandrine Piau at Naive Records archived on 2016 08 29 Sandrine Piau at Salzburg Festival Sandrine Piau at France Musique in French For version archived on 22 May 2006 click here Artist profile on Barnes amp Noble archived on 2012 02 05 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sandrine Piau amp oldid 1053399995, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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