Nicole Chevalier

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Nicole Chevalier
Born
Chicago
Education
OccupationOperatic soprano
OrganizationsKomische Oper Berlin
AwardsDer Faust

Nicole Chevalier is an American operatic soprano, who has appeared internationally, mostly at opera houses in Europe. She is a member of the Komische Oper Berlin.

Career

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Chevalier studied at the Northwestern University[1] and at the Indiana University, music and voice with Virginia Zeani, and also acting and literature.[2] During that time, she appeared in university productions, in roles such as Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, the First Niece in Britten's Peter Grimes, and Rosalinde in Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss. She graduated with a diploma in 1998, and continued her voice studies at the Juillard School with Trish McCaffrey. She performed the title role in Carlisle Floyd's Susannah. She took master classes with Martina Arroyo, Joan Dornemann, Renata Scotto and Giorgio Tozzi, spending the 2000/01 season in Italy, including the festivals La Piccola Scala in Milan and the International Opera Festival in Rome.[2]

Chevalier was a member of the Theater Freiburg from 2003 to 2007.[2] [3] Her roles there included Iphise in Dardanus, Ilia in Mozart's Idomeneo, the Countess in his Le nozze di Figaro, Fiordiligi in his Così fan tutte, staged by Max Färberböck, Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore and the title role in Maria Stuarda. In contemporary music, she collaborated with André Richard of the SWR/Experimentalstudio für elektronische Musik) and with Jean-Baptiste Barrière of IRCAM in Paris, appearing as Clémence in Kaija Saariaho's opera L'Amour de loin.[2]

Chevalier has been a member of the Komische Oper Berlin from 2012 where she performed roles such as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and Rosina in Rossini's Der Barbier von Sevilla. In 2016, she performed all female heroines (Stella/Olympia/Antonia/Giulietta) in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann, staged by Barrie Kosky.[4] In 2017, she appeared in the title role of Aribert Reimann's Medea.[1]

Awards

Chevalier was awarded the theatre prize Der Faust 2016 in the category "Sängerdarstellerin/Sängerdarsteller Musiktheater" (singing actor in musical theatre) for the roles in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann.[5][3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Nicole Chevalier / Sängerin - Sopran". Komische Oper Berlin (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d "Nicole Chevalier". Staatsoper Hannover (in German). Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b Gülker, Klaus (7 November 2016). "Die Verleihung des deutschen Theaterpreises in Freiburg / Der Faust". SWR2 (in German). Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Mit Faust-Theaterpreis-Gewinnerin Nicole Chevalier / Wieder da: Jacques Offenbachs / Les Contes d'Hoffmann / in der Inszenierung von Barrie Kosky" (PDF). Komische Oper Berlin (in German). 18 January 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Nicole Chevalier / Sängerin - Sopran". Der Faust (award) (in German). 2016. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

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