Sandrine Piau

Sandrine Piau (born June 5, 1965 in Issy-les-Moulineaux ) is a French opera singer (soprano).

Life

Sandrine Piau studied harp and singing at the Paris Conservatory and graduated from Versailles. She first became known as a singer in the field of historical performance practice .

However, their repertoire today consists of music from different epochs. She sings works by Johann Sebastian Bach , Claude Debussy , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Christoph Willibald Gluck , Carl Maria von Weber and Benjamin Britten and others. She works mainly as an opera and concert singer on large stages. In recent years she has appeared in London, Bologna, Bordeaux and at the festivals in Salzburg, Montreux , Aix-en-Provence , Drottningholm and Dresden. As a soprano, she also works with the Berlin Philharmonic .

The conductors who work with her are William Christie , Philippe Herreweghe , Frans Brüggen , Paul McCreesh , René Jacobs , Marc Minkowski , Kurt Masur and Jean-Christophe Spinosi . She has released several CDs with songs by Debussy and arias by Mozart. As a specialist in baroque music, she has earned an excellent reputation in collaboration with Christophe Rousset , Maurice Steger , Diego Fasolis and the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra .

Discography

• Les Indes galantes , by Jean-Philippe Rameau Direction: William Christie (1992) Harmonia Mundi
• Castor et Pollux , directed by Rameau: William Christie (1993) Harmonia Mundi
• Messiah , by Georg Friedrich Händel , conducted by William Christie (1994) Harmonia Mundi
• Les Fêtes de Paphos , from Mondonville Direction: Christophe Rousset (1997) Polygram
• King Arthur , directed by Henry Purcell : William Christie (1995) Erato
• Rodrigo , von Handel, conducted by Alan Curtis (1999) EMI
• Motets , by François Couperin Direction: Christophe Rousset (1999) EMI
• Serse , von Handel, conducted by William Christie (2004) Virgin Classics
• Aci, Galatea e Polifemo , by Handel, conducted by Emmanuelle Haim (2004) Virgin Classics
• JS Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 15-22 , conductor: Ton Koopman (2005) Challenge Classics
• Les Illuminations , by Benjamin Britten , direction: Thomas Zehetmair (2009) NMC

Recitals:

• Mozart: Opera Arias by Mozart, conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz (2002) Astrée
• Sandrine Piau - Handel Opera Seria by Handel, conductor: Christophe Rousset (2005) Naïve
• Vivaldi Edition: Arie d'Opera by Antonio Vivaldi , direction: Federico Sardelli (2005) Naïve
• "Evocation" songs by Chausson, Strauss, Debussy, Zemlinsky, Koechlin, with Susan Manoff, piano (2007) Naïve

Other:

• Mitridate, re di Ponto , by Mozart, direction: Christophe Rousset (1999) Decca
• Mélodies , by Claude Debussy (2003) Naïve
• La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein , by Jacques Offenbach , directed by Marc Minkowski (2005) Virgin Classics
• Seven Last Words , by Joseph Haydn , directed by Laurence Equilbey (2006) Naïve

Awards

• 2006: Chevalier de l ' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .

Web links

• Works by and about Sandrine Piau in the catalog of the German National Library
• Curriculum vitae at the Naïve label (in French)