Delphine Galou

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Delphine Galou (born 1977) is a French

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Early life and education

Galou was born in Paris in 1977.[citation needed]

She studied philosophy at the

Sorbonne while also studying piano and voice.[where?][citation needed
]

She was the "Discovery of the Year" of the French Association for the Promotion of Young Artists in 2004.[1][third-party source needed]

Career

Galou started her career in 2000 as a member of the ensemble of the "Jeunes Voix du Rhin",[citation needed][2] and performed at the Opéra national du Rhin in roles such as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, and Mercedes in Carmen,[citation needed] and she was subsequently a guest in Rennes, Dijon, Caen, Angers-Nantes, Toulon, Nancy, Luxemburg, Freiburg, Basel, St Gallen, at the Händel Festival in Karlsruhe, and at the Schwetzingen Festival.[citation needed]

Galou has established herself internationally as a

Théâtre royal de la Monnaie in Brussels
.

Galou has collaborated with orchestras such as the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble (

Václav Luks), Venice Baroque Orchestra (Andrea Marcon), Il Complesso Barocco (Alan Curtis), Les Siècles (François-Xavier Roth), Les Arts Florissants (Jonathan Cohen), Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall), Ensemble Matheus (Jean-Christophe Spinosi) and Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble (Marc Minkowski
).

Regular guest soloist positions

As a concert soloist, Galou is, among others, a regular guest of the Beaune Baroque Festival, where she was acclaimed in Rinaldo and Alessandro by Händel, Semiramide by Nicola Porpora, and Juditha triumphans and Orlando furioso by Vivaldi.[3][verification needed]

Recordings

Galou has also taken part in the

Matthäuspassion had, as of April 2021, received more than 6 million views.[4]

Solo recitals

Roles

This is a partial list of roles based on information from the artist's website.

Date Composer Work Role House Conductor Director Remarks
Mar 2006
Ravel
L'enfant et les sortilèges Multiple Roles Theatre Graslin Nantes and the Grand Theatre Angers
Apr 2007
Vivaldi
Giustino Eufemia Schwetzingen Festival, Germany
Apr 2008
Händel
Giulio Cesare Julius Caesar Théâtre de Caen, France
Jan 2008
Haydn
Il mondo della luna Ernesto Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg
Jun 2008 Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Hermia Opéra National de Lorraine, Nancy [5]
Apr 2008 Agostino Steffani Niobe, regina di Tebe Nerea Schwetzingen Festival,Germany Thomas Hengelbrock [6]
Feb 2009
Händel
Radamisto
Zenobia Baden State Theatre, Karlsruhe Peter Van Heyghen
Jun 2009
Vivaldi
Orlando Furioso Orlando Theater Basel Andrea Marcon [7]
Jan 2011 Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia Lucretia Nantes / Theatre Graslin and the Angers / Grand Theatre
Jul 2011
Vivaldi
Juditha triumphans (Soloist) Beaune Baroque Festival Federico Maria Sardelli Concert Performance.
Apr 2012
Händel
Rinaldo Rinaldo Teatro Municipale Valli, Italy Ottavio Dantone [8]
Sep 2012
Monteverdi
Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Penelope Theater an der Wien Christophe Rousset
Oct 2012
Vivaldi
Tito Manlio Kraków Opera House Ottavio Dantone Concert performance [9]
April 2012
Händel
Juditha Triumphans
Holofernes Misteria paschalia festival, Kraków Ottavio Dantone [10]
Jan 2012
Händel
Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Disinganno Staatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin Marc Minkowski [11]
Jun 2013
Vivaldi
Juditha triumphans (Soloist) St. Reinoldi, Dortmund Christophe Rousset Concert Performance[12]
May 2013
Vivaldi
Farnace Berenice Teatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence
Sep 2013
Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice Orfeo Opéra national de Montpellier Balázs Kocsár [13]
Oct 2013
Händel
Aci, Galatea e Polifemo Galatea Wiener Konzerthaus in Vienna
Emmanuelle Haim
[14]
Jun 2014
Händel
Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno
Disinganno The Berlin Staatsoper Sébastien Rouland Jürgen Flimm
Jan 2015
Händel
Tamerlano Andronico Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie à Bruxelles Christophe Rousset Pierre Audi [15]
May 2015
Vivaldi
La verità in cimento Damira Opernhaus Zürich Ottavio Dantone [16]

References

  1. ^ "Delphine Galou". Delphinegalou.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Opera Rara". Operarara.pl. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  3. ^ "Beaune Baroque Festival" (PDF). Festivalbeaune.pagesperso-orange.fr. 2014. p. 19. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäuspassion) - Galou (Roth)". YouTube. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
  5. ^ Thomé, Michel (25 June 2008). "Fin de saison féerique à Nancy avec le songe d'une nuit d'été « La Scène « ResMusica". Resmusica.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Thomas Hengelbrock - Niobe". Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  7. ^ "arttv.ch - das kulturfernsehen im netz". Arttv.ch. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. ^ "Reggio Emilia, Teatro Valli:"Rinaldo"". Gbopera.it. May 1, 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  9. ^ "Opera Rara". Operarara.pl. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  10. ^ "Misteria Paschalia". Misteriapaschalia.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  11. ^ "You are being redirected..." Operanews.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  12. ^ "Les Talens Lyriques - "Judith triomphante"". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Orfeo ed Euridice | Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier". Opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Aci, Galatea e Polifemo". Operinwien.at. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  15. ^ "La Monnaie ¦ de Munt ¦ Opera ¦ Tamerlano". Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  16. ^ "La verità in cimento - Performance - Operahouse Zurich". Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.

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