ソプラノ歌手： サビーヌ・ドゥヴィエル Sabine Devieilhe
Sabine Devieilhe (born 12 December 1985) is a French operatic coloratura soprano.
She is known for her interpretation of works by Mozart, baroque music, and 19th-century opera. She is often regarded as a successor to Natalie Dessay.
Early life
Devieilhe was born in Ifs, near Caen, France, on 12 December 1985 into a non-musician family her parents are specialized educators, although her older sister teaches singing and violin.
Training
She began her musical apprenticeship at the Ifs school of music before entering the Caen Conservatory [fr] at the age of twelve in order to study the cello. Influenced successively by conductor Valerie Fayet, and singing teachers Jocelyne Chamonin (Caen Concervatory), Martine Surais (Rennes Conservatory [fr]), Pierre Mervant, Malcolm Walker and Elene Golgevit (Conservatoire de Paris), she became a lyrical singer.
After graduating from high school at the Lycee Malherbe, Sabine Devieilhe obtained a diploma in musicology and ethnomusicology at the University of Rennes 2. In parallel to her studies, she joined the choir of the Opera de Rennes [fr]. She participated as a chorister in a production of The Flying Dutchman by Richard Wagner in 2002. Her voice was praised and she became a soloist. In 2008, she entered the Conservatoire de Paris in the singing class of Pierre Mervant. In 2011 she was unanimously awarded first prize, with the jury's congratulations.
Career
In October 2011, Devieilhe debuted as a soloist with the Atelier Lyrique of Tourcoing [fr], singing Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula.
In 2012, she was invited to the Aix-en-Provence Festival to portray Serpetta in La finta giardiniera. In October, she made her role debut as the title role in Lakme at the Opera national de Montpellier to critical success. In 2013 she reprised the role of Serpetta in performances at the Grand Theatre de Luxembourg in March and the Toulon Opera in November. In June-July, she debuted in the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Opera National de Lyon. She also interpreted Sister Constance in Christophe Honore's staging of Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites at the Opera de Lyon, Theatre Graslin in Nantes, and Le Quai in Angers. In December she alternated the role with Sandrine Piau in Olivier Py's production at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees.
In 2014, she sang in Lakme by Leo Delibes at the Opera-Comique. She made her debut with the Paris Opera portraying the Queen of the Night at the Opera Bastille in performances in March.
On 11 April 2016, together with the Orchestre de chambre de Paris conducted by Christopher Franklin and the choir Les Cris de Paris, she performed in concert version of La sonnambula at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees.
In January, 2019, Sabine Devieilhe made her Carnegie Hall debut at Weill Recital Hall, singing a program of French songs by Debussy and his circle.
She is often praised by critics.
Awards and honors
- On 25 February 2013, Sabine Devieilhe was named "Revelation Artiste Lyrique" at the Victoires de la musique classique.
- On 2 February 2015, she was voted "Lyric Artist of the Year" (Artiste lyrique de l'annee) at the Victoires de la musique classique.
- Asteroid 33346 Sabinedevieilhe was named in her honor. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 31 January 2018 (M.P.C. 108697).