Andréa Guiot

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Andréa Guiot
Andréa Guiot, 1960s
Born(1928-01-11)11 January 1928
Garons, France
Died15 February 2021(2021-02-15) (aged 93)
Nîmes, France
EducationConservatoire de Paris
Occupations
Organizations
Awards

Andréa Guiot (11 January 1928 – 15 February 2021) was a French operatic

Dialogues des Carmélites at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1965. Among her many recordings, the 1964 Carmen conducted by Georges Prêtre, with Maria Callas in the title role and Nicolai Gedda as her lover, brought her lasting fame. She appeared at major opera house in France, Europe, and the Americas. After retiring from the stage, she was a voice teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris, succeeding Janine Micheau
, her own former instructor.

Life

Born in Garons (Gard), she was exposed to opera at the Arena de Nîmes at age four or five, as she remembered in a 2013 interview.[1] Guiot studied voice with the tenor Marcello Santalouna for three years, and continued her studies of voice and opera at the Conservatoire de Paris for four years, with teachers including Janine Micheau.[2] She won first prizes in both subjects.[3]

She made her stage debut at the

Opéra de Paris, where her first performance was again Marguerite. When Carmen was first performed at the house in 1959, she appeared as Micaëla alongside Jane Rhodes in the title role.[2] She performed at the opera house until 1978, with Mimi among her last roles.[4]

Guiot was in demand to perform her French leading roles internationally. In 1961, she was a guest as Mireille at the

Philadelphia Opera.[4]

She performed at

Roméo et Juliette, Verdi's La traviata and Alice Ford in Falstaff, Teresa in Benvenuto Cellini by Berlioz and Liu in Puccini's Turandot.[4]

Guiot officially retired from the stage in Strasbourg in 1975, as Elisabetta.[2][1] From 1977, she was a professor at the Conservatoire de Paris,[1] succeeding her teacher Janine Micheau,[2] where the soprano Valérie Millot was among her students.[4] She also taught in Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Strasbourg and Toulouse.[1] She was a Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite and Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

Guiot died from COVID-19 in Nîmes at age 93 during the pandemic in France.[1][5][6]

Recordings

Guiot's 1964 recording of Carmen, conducted by Georges Prêtre, with Maria Callas in the title role and Nicolai Gedda as Don José, was included in 2007 in a CD Maria Callas Opera Highlights. A reviewer described her as "a bright-toned but pleasing Micaela".[7] A reviewer who compared recordings of Carmen in 2017, wrote her performance on a very French version that "she gives Micaëla the gutsy profile she too often lacks, especially in her main aria which she delivers in a big, slightly edgy and very positive manner rather than the usual wilting appeal, and I like it."[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Disparition de la soprano française Andréa Guiot". France Musique (in French). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  2. ^
    ISBN 978-3-59-844088-5
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  3. ^ a b c d e Laurent, François (15 February 2021). "Disparition de la soprano française Andréa Guiot". Diapason (in French). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c d e Nowotny, Walter (31 December 2017). "Geburtstage im Jänner 2018 / Andréa Guiot wird 90". Online Merker (in German). Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Fallece la soprano francesa Andréa Guiot, víctima del covid-19 a los 93 años de edad". plateamagazine.com (in Spanish). 15 February 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Soprano Andréa Guiot dies at the age of 93". Pizzicato. 16 February 2021. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  7. ^ Forsling, Göran (December 2007). "Maria Callas Opera Highlights". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  8. ^ a b Moore, Ralph (July 2019). "Bizet'sCarmen-A discographical survey" (PDF). musicweb-international.com. pp. 9–10. Retrieved 16 February 2021.

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