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Karine Deshayes

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Biography

As one of the leading mezzo-sopranos in France, Karine Deshayes became a fixture at the Paris Opera House, starred in concerts and recitals across Europe and in America and built a revered reputation as a virtuoso with the ability to hit some impressive high notes. Born into a family of musicians, Deshayes studied musicology at the Sorbonne University and was trained in Baroque singing at the Conservatoire de Paris, before joining the Lyon Opera in 1988 where she cut her teeth playing roles such as Cherubino in The Marriage Of Figaro and Cupidon in Orphee Aux Enfers. Her big break came in 2002 when she played the kitchen hand in Czech composer Antonin Dvorak's opera Rusalka and she performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 2006, before taking on major roles such as Carmen, Charlotte in Werther and Niclausse in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. Mentored by singing teacher Mireille Alcantara since she was 19-years-old, Deshayes recorded a set of Gabriel Faure songs in 2011, teamed up with Bulgarian soprano Sonya Yoncheva for the record Pergolesi: Stabat Mater and also sang classic Broadway show tunes such as Somewhere Over The Rainbow, I Dreamed A Dream and Maria with the orchestra Ensemble Contraste on the album Songs. In 2016 she recorded her debut solo work Un Vie De Rossini on which she traced the life of Italian master composer Gioachino Rossini.
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  2.   Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: "Espoir, unique bien..." by Karine Deshayes
  3.   Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621, Act 2: "Ecco il punto, o Vitellia"
  4.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 1: Oui, j'ai passé les mers featuring Karine Deshayes
  5.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 2: Dans une retraite profonde featuring Véronique Gens
  6.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 2: Du sang! Du sang! featuring Karine Deshayes
  7.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 2: Votre dieu, votre foi featuring Karine Deshayes
  8.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 4: Noble Hélios, en ton absence featuring Karine Deshayes
  9.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 3: Quels sont les noms featuring Véronique Gens
  10.   Uthal, Scène 4 & 5: Dialogue "Jean-Sébastien Bou !" by Karine Deshayes
  11.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 4: Réponds! featuring Karine Deshayes
  12.   Uthal, Scène 5: Duo "Yann Beuron !" by Karine Deshayes
  13.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 4: Déesse des plaisirs featuring Karine Deshayes
  14.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 4: Tout est soumis à ma puissance featuring Karine Deshayes
  15.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 5: Bois ce vin que l'amour donne featuring Karine Deshayes
  16.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 5: Les convives joyeux boivent featuring Karine Deshayes
  17.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 5: Dieu! Quel monde nouveau featuring Karine Deshayes
  18.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 5: Hélios! Obéis featuring Karine Deshayes
  19.   Monopolis featuring Michel Berger
  20.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 5: Je veux aimer toujours featuring Karine Deshayes
  21.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 5: A toi, reine ou déesse! featuring Karine Deshayes
  22.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 6: Un ange m'apparut featuring Karine Deshayes
  23.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 6: Malheur! Malheur! featuring Karine Deshayes
  24.   Herculanum, Acte I Scène 6: Rions de ce prophète featuring Karine Deshayes
  25.   Les Fêtes d'Hébé, RCT 41: Air et chœur "Éclatante trompette, annoncez..." by Karine Deshayes
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