Natalie Dessay (Soprano) - Short Biography.
French soprano Natalie Dessay is one the stars of today’s operatic world, thrilling audiences as both a singer and an actress. Now an admired interpreter of bel canto and lyric heroines such as Lucia di Lammermoor, Marie (La Fille du regiment), Amina (La sonnambula), Pamina (Die Zauberflote), Manon, Juliette and Ophelie (Hamlet), Dessay originally made her reputation with showpiece.
The charismatic French soprano Natalie Dessay is one of the most exciting opera singers on the stage today, equally celebrated for both her incandescent singing and her superb acting.
The outcome was a total change to the politically innocuous subject of La Sonnambula based on Scribe’s ballet-pantomime. The plot concerns the young and innocent Amina who is about to be married to Elvino. Amina sleepwalks and ends up in the room of the local count who has recently returned to the village incognito. Elvino finds Amina in this compromised location and denounces her.
Superstar soprano Natalie Dessay lavishes her renowned vocal technique and acting prowess on the iconic title role. Though Lucia and Edgardo (Giuseppe Filianoti) are deeply in love, Lucia’s malevolent brother Enrico (Mariusz Kwiecien) forces her to marry one of his political allies. Lucia’s resulting emotional collapse culminates in one of the most celebrated “mad scenes” in all of.
Born in Lyon in 1965, Natalie Dessay studied singing in Bordeaux and in 1989 she entered the School of Opera in Paris. She debuted at the Bastille Opera as light soprano in theTales of Hoffmann by Offenbach, and this role of Olympia would remain her favourite role. Then a career began, which quickly became international with a repertoire that expanded ceaselessly: The Queen of the Night.
La Sonnambula is definitely one of those operas that rely much on the prima donna for a successful staging. Natalie Dessay has sung the role of Amina before. She looked charming on stage and her small and slim built was also convincing for the character. Vocally she was still agile but the voice lost some quality when subjected to pressure. It was loveliest in the quieter passages and the.
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