Singer

Soprano

Opera seria in three acts, after Ariosto's Orlando Furioso, premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in London on January 8, 1735.

Ariodante

Cour de l'Hôtel-Dieu

A flame setting bodies and hearts ablaze, Don Giovanni consumes and consumes women in a frantic race that makes him feel alive. But in these endless conquests, isn't it, more than pleasure, the eager search for challenges that drives him? Isn't he a mirror of our addiction to desire, excitement, and consumption that leads us to the abyss?

For his staging of this essential Mozart opera, Jean-Yves Ruf invites the musicians of Julien Chauvin's Concert de la Loge onto the stage, in a unique scenography that favors all the porosity between instrumentalists and soloists. A complex version of Don Giovanni where the character oscillates between his inner slopes.

For this opera, ARCAL has opted for youth, with the cream of the rising generation of French singers for a vibrant and contemporary interpretation of this timeless myth.

Don Giovanni

Maison de la Culture Clermont-Ferrand

Highlights from French Baroque. Christophe Rousset guests at the festival with sopranos Michèle Bréant and Suzanne Jérosme, and gambist Atsushi Sakaï. Program: Leçons de Ténèbres and Première suite en mi mineur from Pièces de violes by François Couperin.

French Baroque with Christophe Rousset

Oslo Domkirke

The Lessons of Darkness

Corneille Chapel - Auditorium of Normandy

“ Orlando is love in all its facets: the consuming jealousy that leads to madness, the painful acceptance of rejection, the happy couple… but ultimately rather bland. Handel excels at expressing extreme emotions, and Orlando’s mad scene is one of the greatest moments in his work, written for the famous castrato Senesino. Like Bajazet’s scene in Tamerlano, it’s an absolutely gripping explosion of fury and despair.
What also makes this production special is Jeanne Desoubeaux’s ingenious staging, which brings an unexpected freshness thanks to the presence of children. She reinvents the da capo aria by creating a lively narrative, avoiding any static repetition – a real success!
And then there’s this new cast: young talents who bring a fresh vocal color and allow us to rediscover the work in a new light.” Giving new voices a chance is in the DNA of Les Talens Lyriques, and I can't wait to see what this energy will create on stage.

Orlando

Grand Theatre of the City of Luxembourg

Caen Theatre

Lorraine National Opera

To mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of Ukrainian composer Theodor Akimenko, the Opera Orchestra is proud to present the world premiere of his 1914 opera, the manuscript of which remained buried for over a century. Freely inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale " The Ice Maiden ," the opera transports us to the heart of the Alps, to a pristine white world guarded by the Virgin, the mountain's guardian spirit. Opposite her, young Rudy, haunted by his father's death in the mountains, inaugurates a luxury hotel complex high in the mountains, under the watchful eye of the cameras. Two worlds collide: one wild and silent, the other noisy and conquering. The young collective Opera Popolare, winner of the 2025 Ring Award and artists in residence at the Opéra Orchestre, takes on the work with a resolutely contemporary perspective, deploying a visual universe where live footage, object theatre, and video games intersect to better question our relationship with nature. A sensitive and fantastical epic.

The Fairy's Kiss

Opéra Comédie

On one side, the stage: Zerbinette and her commedia dell'arte troupe . On the other, the myth: Ariadne abandoned by Theseus. In the middle, a composer mistreated by his patron. From their unlikely encounter bursts a firework display of fantasy.

With Ariadne auf Naxos , Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal elevate the theatre to a witty mise en abyme: a patron brings together at his home a composer, commissioned to write an opera seria , and a troupe of Italian comic actors. Their task is to give a joint performance!

Singer, Soprano

Michèle Bréant

Events

Upcoming events

22 - 27 Dec, 2026

The Fairy's Kiss · Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

7 - 9 Feb, 2027

Ariadne on Naxos · Opéra de Dijon

Past events

Jul 4, 2026

Ariodante · Festival international d'opéra baroque de Beaune

25 - 26 Apr, 2026

Don Giovanni · Clermont Auvergne Opéra

Future and recently performed repertoire

Dorinda in Orlando by Handel

Les Talens Lyriques

Zerlina in Don Giovanni by Mozart

Clermont Auvergne Opéra

Dalinda in Ariodante by Händel

Festival international d'opéra baroque de Beaune

Naiad in Ariadne on Naxos by Strauss

Opéra de Dijon

Singer in Leçons de ténèbres ("Lessons of Darkness") by Couperin

Les Talens Lyriques

Anna in Le Baiser de la fée by Akimenko

Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier

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