Brigitte Fournier
Brigitte Fournier (born 14 June 1961) is a Swiss soprano singer known in Valais for her skills in lyric opera. Her voice, described as a lyric soprano, is best suited to composers such as Mozart and Richard Strauss[1][2][3]
Life and career
Fournier was born in
Folkwang Universität of Essen in Germany.[1] She then studied at the Lausanne Conservatory with Juliette Bise, where she obtained her first prize in virtuosity in 1987.[1] She completed her training at the Biel Opera School and obtained her first role in 1987 as Naiade in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss at the Théâtre municipal and at the Lausanne Opera.[1]
From 1988 to 1990, she was hired by the
Sion conservatory.[10]
Discography
- The Love for Three Oranges by Sergei Prokofiev.[11]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Brigitte Fournier". theaterlexikon schweiz (in French). 6 December 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ Dominique Rosset (December 1990). "Deux sœurs d'Opéra". L'Hebdo (in French): 93–94. Archived from 8801 DEFAULT&search=KEYWORD&searchi the original on 2017-06-06. Retrieved 2021-03-28.
{{cite journal}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ [Fournier, Anne: Brigitte Fournier, in Kotte, Andreas (Ed.): Dictionnaire du théâtre en Suisse, Chronos Verlag Zurich 2005, vol. 1, pp. 617–618 "Fournier Brigitte"]. Dictionnaire du théâtre en suisse (in French). 2005. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ a b "Brigitte Fournier". radio swiss classic (in French). 1 January 2017. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Brigitte Fournier". discogs (in French). 1 January 1992. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "l'enlèvement au sérail". grand théatre de Genève (in French). 1995–1996. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Le Nouveau Quotidien - 19 December 1996 - Page 1". www.letempsarchives.ch. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Brigitte Fournier". theaterlexikon (in French). 6 December 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Brigitte Fournie". Theaterlexikon (in French). 6 December 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "conservatoire de Sion". conservatoire de Sion (in French). 1 January 2016. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
- ^ "Brigitte Fournier". bibliothèque nationale de France (in French). 7 February 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2021.
External links
- Brigitte Fournier discography at Discogs
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