Sabine Devieilhe
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Biography
French soprano Sabine Devieilhe was born in Ifs, near Caen (Calvados), on December 12, 1985. Introduced to music at an early age through choral singing, she entered the Caen Conservatoire at the age of twelve to study cello, before going on to study at the Lycée Malherbe in Paris, then in Rennes for a degree in musicology and ethnomusicology. In the meantime, her taste for opera singing was confirmed, and in parallel with her university studies, she joined the choir of the Opéra de Rennes, where she made her stage debut. Noted for her vocal agility, her clear timbre and the elegance and fluidity of her singing, she was promoted to soloist and in 2008 began a new cycle of studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, with professors Pierre Mervant, Malcolm Walker and Hélène Golgevit. Graduating with a unanimous first prize three years later, Sabine Devieilhe sees an international career opening up. After joining the vocal ensemble Les Cris de Paris, she joined the Pygmalion company led by Raphaël Pichon, revealing herself in the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Opéra de Lyon in 2012, then at the Opéra de Paris the following season. Year after year, she takes on roles in Delibes's Lakmé, Richard Strauss's Ariane à Naxos, Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Bellini's La sonnambula. In 2013, the coloratura soprano won the Victoire de la Musique for Female Revelation of the Year, and signed with the Erato label for the recording of a first recital devoted to Rameau, Le Grand Théâtre de l'Amour (2013). Awarded Artist of the Year again in 2015, and twice in 2018 for the albums Mozart: The Weber Sisters and Mirages, she records Handel: Italian Cantatas and performs a tour de chant with Alexandre Tharaud, resulting in the song recital Chanson d'Amour (2020), followed by Bach - Handel (2021). She continues to multiply her operatic roles, notably in Les Nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival in 2023 and Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, while continuing to record with the Pygmalion ensemble, as witnessed by the critically acclaimed Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem in 2025.
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- Brockes-Passion, HWV 48: No. 40b, Duet. "Soll mein Kind, mein Leben sterben" - "Ja, Ich sterbe dir zu gut" (Maria, Jesus)
- Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 3, Rezitativ. "Doch Gott muss mir genädig sein"
- Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 1, Rezitativ. "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut"
- Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 5, Rezitativ. "Auf diese Schmerzensreu"
- Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 4, Aria. "Tief gebückt und voller Reue"
- Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 7, Rezitativ. "Ich lege mich in diese Wunden"
- Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 6, Choral. "Ich, dein betrübtes Kind"
- Brockes-Passion, HWV 48: No. 40a, Recitativ. "Ach Gott! mein Sohn wird fortgeschleppt" (Maria)
- Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199: No. 8, Aria. "Wie freudig ist mein Herz"
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act II: "Se pietà di me non senti" (Cleopatra)
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act II: "Che sento? O dio!" (Cleopatra)
- Brockes-Passion, HWV 48: No. 42c, Recitativ. "O Anblick, o entsetzliches Gesicht" (Gläubige Seele)
- Brockes-Passion, HWV 48: No. 42b, Aria. "Hier erstarrt mein Herz und Blut" (Gläubige Seele)
- Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: "Pure del cielo intelligenze eterne" (Bellezza)
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act III: "Piangerò la sorte mia" (Cleopatra)
- Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: No. 1, Aria. "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"
- Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a: "Tu del ciel ministro eletto" (Bellezza)
- Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal, BWV 146: No. 1, Sinfonia
- Schemellis Musicalisches Gesang-Buch: Mein Jesu! Was vor Seelenweh, BWV 487
- Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: No. 3, Aria. "Höchster, mach deine Güte"
- Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: No. 2, Rezitativ. "Wir beten zu dem Tempel an"
- Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: No. 5, Aria. "Alleluja!"
- Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51: No. 4, Choral. "Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren"
- 4 poèmes hindous: III. Bénarès
