Sylvie Valayre
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Sylvie Valayre (born 1956, Paris) is a French operatic
Education
Born in Paris, she graduated at the Paris Conservatory under the guidance of Christiane Eda-Pierre and Régine Crespin. She attended master classes of Cathy Berberian, Galina Vishnevskaya, Gino Bechi, Paul von Schilawsky in Florence and Montpellier, Giuseppe Di Stefano, who later chose her to perform a concert with him at Théâtre du Châtelet. Later, she undertook advanced studies with tenor Sergio Tedesco and with mezzo-soprano Catherine Green.
Early operatic career
She began her career in 1984 with a play about Maria Malibran at the Théâtre Marigny in Paris, performing excerpts from operas like Semiramide and Norma (also available as DVD). Soon after, Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya asked her to perform the title role in their production of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's The Tsar's Bride at the Rome Opera.
In 1987, she sang her first
In 1995, in a production touring through the Netherlands, she debuted in the part of Lady Macbeth, later one of her signature parts.
International breakthrough and career
In 1996, with the production of Venice's
In 1997, Milan invited her onto the famous stage of
The year 2001 brought her to the
In 2002 she sang her first Chrysothemis (
The 2003-2004 season was characterized by some significant first performances, such as the title part of
Other performances in 2003-04 were Tosca at the
The engagements of the 2004-05 season included, among others, Salome in Braunschweig and Athens with the
In 2005-06, Domingo again invited her to Washington, D.C., to take part in the Gala performances Trilogy – Domingo and Guests in 3 Acts as
After the great successes gained with
Her performances for 2007-08 included Tosca at the
In the 2008-09 season, Sylvie Valayre could be heard frequently throughout Germany, among others at
In 2009–10, she returned to San Diego Opera for Nabucco, to Oper Leipzig for Aida, to Staatsoper Berlin for Tosca and gave her role debut as Odabella in Verdi's Attila in Marseille. In the title role of Puccini's Turandot, she gave her house debut at Monte-Carlo Opera and inaugurated the new opera house in Guangzhou (China) under the baton of Lorin Maazel in May 2010.
In the 2010–11 season, Sylvie Valayre returned to the Opéra Bastille in Paris as Giorgetta in Puccini's Il tabarro under the baton of Philippe Jordan, sang a gala performance of Madama Butterfly in Mannheim and gave her debuts at Beejing Opera as Turandot and at Royal Opera Copenhagen as Empress in Strauss' Die Frau ohne Schatten.
In November 2011, she sang her first Carmen at the Festival Ninon Vallin.
Performances in 2013 include a concert in London and her role debut as Senta in
Quotes
After her debut at the
In 2005, the
Great Britain's
Recordings
1984: "La Malibran"
Théâtre Marigny, Paris
DVD
1991: Raffaello de Banfield: "Una lettera d'amore di Lord Byron"
Gianfranco Masini; Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini"
CD, Ermitage ERM 403
1991: Felice Lattuada: "Le preziose ridicole"
Gianfranco Masini; Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna "Arturo Toscanini"
CD, Aura Classics
1992: Philippe Hersant: "Le Chateau des Carpathes"
David Robertson; Orchestre Philharmonique de Montpellier
CD, Accord
1995: "Easter Concert from Paris" (Jean-Louis Florentz: "Mary's prayer at Golgotha")
Jean-Jacques Kantorow; Paris Orchestral Ensemble
DVD, Goldline Classics
Orchestra Arena di Verona
DVD, Sony - BMG
2006: Giuseppe Verdi: "Macbeth"
Bruno Bartoletti; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma
DVD, TDK Music
2007: Christmas Album (Sylvie Valayre sings the traditional "What Child is This?")
Camerata of London
CD, MSM-CD
External links
Links to audio and video examples
Audio:
- "In questa reggia" (Turandot) from Berlin 2003
- "Vissi d'Arte" (Tosca) from Washington D.C. 2005
- "Qui Radamès verrà" (Aida), Munich 2006
- "Surta è la notte" (Ernani) from Berlin 2006
- Link to many new audio files (among others Nabucco, a complete recording of Otello and Turandot from 2007
Video:
- "Nel dì della vittoria" (Macbeth) from Parma 2006
- "La luce langue" (Macbeth) from Parma 2006
- "Una macchia" / Sleepwalking (Macbeth) from Parma 2006
- "Il tuo sangue" (Tosca) from Tokyo 2000
- "La mamma morta" (Andrea Chénier) from Berlin 2006
- "Surta è la notte" (Ernani), Madrid 2000
- "Da quel dì" (Ernani), Madrid 2000 - with Carlos Alvarez as Don Carlo
- "Prode guerrier" (Nabucco), Arena di Verona 2000
- "Ben io t'invenni ... Anch'io dischiuso" (Nabucco), Arena di Verona 2000
- "Su me... morente" (Nabucco), Arena di Verona 2000