Delphine Galou

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Delphine Galou (born 1977 [1] ) is a French contralto. Specializing in Baroque music, she began her career as a mezzo-soprano before moving down to the contralto range. [2]

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Early life and education

Galou was born in Paris in 1977. [1]

She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne while also studying piano and voice.[ where? ][ citation needed ]

She was the "Discovery of the Year" of the French Association for the Promotion of Young Artists in 2004. [1] [ independent source needed ]

Career

Galou started her career in 2000 as a member of the ensemble of the "Jeunes Voix du Rhin".[ citation needed ] [3] She has collaborated with orchestras such as the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock), I Barocchisti (Diego Fasolis), Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), [2] [4] Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks), Venice Baroque Orchestra (Andrea Marcon), Il Complesso Barocco (Alan Curtis), Les Siècles (François-Xavier Roth), Les Arts Florissants (Jonathan Cohen), Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall), Ensemble Matheus (Jean-Christophe Spinosi) and Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble (Marc Minkowski). [5]

As a concert soloist, Galou is, among others, a regular guest of the Beaune Baroque Festival, where she was acclaimed in Rinaldo and Alessandro by Händel, Semiramide by Nicola Porpora, and Juditha triumphans and Orlando furioso by Vivaldi. [6]

Personal life

Galou married conductor Ottavio Dantone after collaborating on a number of projects with the orchestra Accademia Bizantina. [2]

Recordings

Galou has also taken part in the CD recording of Porpora's Vespro per la Festività dell'Assunta under the baton of Martin Gester (live recording - Ambronay Editions.[ citation needed ] Released in 2011), Vivaldi's Teuzzone under the baton of Jordi Savall (2012 - Naïve Records) and Vivaldi's Orlando furioso under the baton of Federico Maria Sardelli (2012 - Naïve Records).[ citation needed ]

Roles

This is a partial list of roles based on information from the artist's website.

DateComposerWorkRoleHouseConductorDirectorRemarks
Mar 2006 Ravel L'enfant et les sortilèges Multiple RolesTheatre Graslin Nantes and the Grand Theatre Angers
Apr 2007 Vivaldi Giustino Eufemia Schwetzingen Festival, Germany
Apr 2008 Händel Giulio Cesare Julius CaesarThéâtre de Caen, France
Jan 2008 Haydn Il mondo della luna ErnestoGrand Théâtre de Luxembourg
Jun 2008 Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream HermiaOpéra National de Lorraine, Nancy [7]
Apr 2008 Agostino Steffani Niobe, regina di Tebe Nerea Schwetzingen Festival,Germany Thomas Hengelbrock [8]
Feb 2009 Händel Radamisto ZenobiaBaden State Theatre, Karlsruhe Peter Van Heyghen
Jun 2009 Vivaldi Orlando Furioso OrlandoTheater Basel Andrea Marcon [9]
Jan 2011 Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia LucretiaNantes / Theatre Graslin and the Angers / Grand Theatre
Jul 2011 Vivaldi Juditha triumphans (Soloist) Beaune Baroque Festival Federico Maria Sardelli Concert Performance.
Apr 2012 Händel Rinaldo RinaldoTeatro Municipale Valli, Italy Ottavio Dantone [10]
Sep 2012 Monteverdi Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria PenelopeTheater an der Wien Christophe Rousset
Oct 2012 Vivaldi Tito Manlio Kraków Opera House Ottavio Dantone Concert performance [11]
April 2012 Händel Juditha Triumphans HolofernesMisteria paschalia festival, Kraków Ottavio Dantone [12]
Jan 2012 Händel Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno DisingannoStaatsoper im Schiller Theater, Berlin Marc Minkowski [5]
Jun 2013 Vivaldi Juditha triumphans (Soloist)St. Reinoldi, Dortmund Christophe Rousset Concert Performance [13]
May 2013 Vivaldi Farnace BereniceTeatro del Maggio Musicale, Florence
Sep 2013 Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice OrfeoOpéra national de Montpellier Balázs Kocsár [14]
Oct 2013 Händel Aci, Galatea e Polifemo GalateaWiener Konzerthaus in Vienna Emmanuelle Haim [15]
Jun 2014 Händel Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno DisingannoThe Berlin StaatsoperSébastien Rouland Jürgen Flimm
Jan 2015 Händel Tamerlano AndronicoThéâtre Royal de La Monnaie à Bruxelles Christophe Rousset Pierre Audi [16]
May 2015 Vivaldi La verità in cimento DamiraOpernhaus Zürich Ottavio Dantone [17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Delphine Galou". Delphinegalou.com. Archived from the original on January 18, 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Galou, Delphine (2019-07-02). "Interview with contralto Delphine Galou: "making music together with love"" (Interview). Interviewed by Spicer, Graham.
  3. ↑ "Opera Rara". Operarara.pl. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  4. 1 2 https://www.gramophone.co.uk/review/delphine-galou-agitata
  5. 1 2 Goldmann, A. J. "Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno". Operanews.com. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26.
  6. ↑ "Beaune Baroque Festival" (PDF). Festivalbeaune.pagesperso-orange.fr. 2014. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  7. ↑ Thomé, Michel (25 June 2008). "Fin de saison féerique à Nancy avec le songe d'une nuit d'été « La Scène « ResMusica". Resmusica.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  8. ↑ "Thomas Hengelbrock - Niobe". Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  9. ↑ "arttv.ch - das kulturfernsehen im netz". Arttv.ch. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  10. ↑ "Reggio Emilia, Teatro Valli:"Rinaldo"". Gbopera.it. May 1, 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  11. ↑ "Opera Rara". Operarara.pl. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  12. ↑ "Misteria Paschalia". Misteriapaschalia.com. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Les Talens Lyriques - "Judith triomphante"". YouTube . Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  14. ↑ "Orfeo ed Euridice | Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier". Opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  15. ↑ "Aci, Galatea e Polifemo". Operinwien.at. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
  16. ↑ "La Monnaie ¦ de Munt ¦ Opera ¦ Tamerlano". Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
  17. ↑ "La verità in cimento - Performance - Operahouse Zurich". Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.

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