Natalie Dessay

Natalie Dessay ( born April 19, 1965 in Lyon; actually Nathalie Dessaix ) is a French opera singer ( coloratura soprano).

Dessay grew up in Bordeaux. Originally she wanted to be a dancer, but studied acting and singing at the Conservatory in Bordeaux. In 1985, she made ​​a first prize to an end. In 1989 she won second prize in the Concours des Voix Nouvelles, held for the first time and then continued to study at the Paris Opera.

Her repertoire

In 1992, she sang the Olympia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Opéra Bastille ( she also sang the role eg in the staging for the reopening of the Opera of Lyon in 1993 and in her debut at La Scala ). The following year, she had her first engagement at the Vienna State Opera ( Blonde in The Abduction from the Seraglio ).

In the 2001/2002 season she fell due to illness for most performances at the Vienna State Opera. In 2001 she sang for the first time Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor.

In February 2003, she had a successful comeback in Paris and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

In 2004 she sang for the first time Amina in La sonnambula by Bellini, and their concert recording from Lyon in 2006 appeared as a CD. Also in 2004, she sang for the first time Manon by Massenet, was released by Virgin Classics 2007 ( Rolando Villazón with ).

On 1 April 2007 she sang Marie in Donizetti Gaetano La Fille du Régiment at the Vienna State Opera ( premiere). For her Daughter of the Regiment at Covent Garden in 2007 she was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award.

For the first time she sang Violetta Valéry in 2009, the Traviata in Santa Fe under Laurent Pelly and 2011 in Aix -en- Provence and Vienna.

Private life

Natalie Dessay is married to the baritone Laurent Naouri. They have two children.