Natalie Dessay
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Natalie Dessay â born Nathalie Dessaix on April 19, 1965 in Lyon, France â is a singer and actress best known for her earlier career as a coloratura soprano . As a young girl, she was interested in dance and theater and enrolled at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux. Her vocal talent was discovered and she was encouraged to take singing lessons. Graduating with first prize, she then joined the choir at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. After changing her name to Natalie Dessay, she won first prize in 1988 in the Voix Nouvelles competition and the Mozart Competition of the Vienna Opera, which she joined in 1993, after a visit to the Paris Opera school. After a role in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Opéra Bastille and in Vienna, Dessay played the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Aix-en-Provence festival. Her recording career began in 1995 with Mozart: Concert Arias. Other releases during this period include French Opera Arias (1996) and Vocalises (1998). Her live resume began to grow with performances in Vienna, Paris, New York, Lyon, Geneva, Barcelona, and Milan. In 2004, a vocal cord polyp prevented Dessay from honoring some of her performances. After surgery, she returned to the stage, exploring new musical and entertainment avenues including animated voice acting and vocal dubbing. In 2013, Natalie Dessay announced her retirement from the opera after several cancellations due to issues with her voice. She then recorded the albums Entre Elle et Lui (2013) with Michel Legrand and Rio - Paris (2014). This new phase in her career also included radio, theater, and further recordings that explored different styles including Fiançailles Pour Rire (2015), Pictures of America (2016), Between Yesterday and Today (2017), and Nougaro: Sur l'écran noir de mes nuits blanches (2019), a selection of songs by Claude Nougaro.
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Natalie Dessay/Dame Felicity Lott/Sophie Koch/Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden/An
Strauss : "Amor" - Opera scenes & Lieder
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- Manon, Act 2: Enfin Manon nous voilà seuls ensemble...En fermant les yeux featuring Evelino Pido
- Der Rosenkavalier Op. 59, Zweiter akt/Act 2/Deuxième acte/Atto Secondo: Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (Oktavian/Sophie) featuring Antonio Pappano
- La Valse des lilas
- Cake d'Amour (From "Peau d'Ãne")
- Papa Can You Hear Me? (from Yentl)
- Le Cinéma (Sur l'écran noir de mes nuits blanches)
- Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87 / Act 3 - "Non si ceda al campidoglio" featuring Natalie Dessay
- Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87 / Act 1 - "Se a me s'unisce Arbate" featuring Natalie Dessay
- Chanson de Delphine (from the movie Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)
- Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87 / Act 1 - "Ferma, o germano" featuring Natalie Dessay
- Maria Stuarda, opera~Nella pace del mesto riposo
- Maria Stuarda, opera~Oh nube che lieve
- Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87 / Act 3 - "Ah vieni, o dolce dell'amor mio" featuring Natalie Dessay
- Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87 / Act 1 - "Sin a quando, o Regina" by Christophe Rousset
- I Puritani, opera~O rendetemi la speme
- La sonnambula, Act II: "Ah! No credea mirarti" (Amina, Elvino, Rodolfo, Coro) by Carlo Colombara
- La Chanson de Louba
- Duo de Guy et Geneviève (from the movie Les Parapluies de Cherbourg)
- La sonnambula, Act II: "Ah! Non giunge uman pensiero" (Amina, Rodolfo, Teresa, Elvino, Notaro, Lisa, Alessio, Coro) featuring Sara Mingardo
- Mozart: Mitridate, re di Ponto, K.87 / Act 3 - "Che fai, Regina?" featuring Natalie Dessay
- Conseil de la Fée Lilas (from the movie Peau d'Ãne)
- Le Rouge et le noir
- Nous sommes des soeurs jumelles (from the movie Les Demoiselles de Rochefort)
- What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?
