Artist
Natalie Dessay
Personb. 1965 · Lyon, France, France
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Bio
Natalie Dessay is a French soprano renowned for her coloratura technique and dramatic stage presence. Born in Lyon in 1965, she rose to prominence in the 1990s with signature roles such as the Queen of the Night, Olympia, and Zerbinetta, performing at leading opera houses worldwide. After retiring from full-time opera in 2013, she has focused on recital work, contemporary music-theater projects, and occasional returns to the operatic stage, maintaining an active international career.
Popular tracks
- 14:48
Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: Duo des fleurs. "Viens, Mallika" - "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)
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- 26:30
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3: "Piangerò la sorte mia" (Cleopatra)
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- 34:25
Hymne des Fraternisés: I'm dreaming of home
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- 43:59
Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 1: Aria. "Un pensiero nemico di pace" (Bellezza)
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- 58:26
Delibes: Lakmé, Act 2: Scène et légende de la fille du Paria. "Par les dieux inspirés" - Air des clochettes. "Où va la jeune Hindoue" (Lakmé, Nilakantha, Chœur)
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- 64:21
Rombi: Ave Maria
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- 72:20
Le soleil et la pluie
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- 84:02
Stölzel: Bist du bei mir (Formerly Attributed to JS Bach as BWV 508, Orch. Rombi)
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- 96:40
Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427 "Great": I. Kyrie
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- 101:56
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers, Act 2: Menuet et galop infernal. "Ce bal est original" (Pluton, Jupiter, Vénus, Eurydice, Chœur)
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- 112:36
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers, Act 2: Final. "Ne regarde pas en arrière !" (L'Opinion publique, Jupiter, Chœur, Orphée, Eurydice)
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- 125:21
Rachmaninov: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise
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Albums
Delibes: Lakmé
Album · 1998
Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers
Album · 1998
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Joyeux Noël [Original Soundtrack]
Album · 2005
Handel : "Cleopatra" - Giulio Cesare Opera arias
Album · 2011
Handel: Il trionfo del Tempo e del disinganno, HWV 46a
Album · 2007
Mozart: Mitridate, Re di Ponte
Album · 1999
Lamenti
Album · 2008
Bellini: La sonnambula
Album · 2007
Vocalises
Album · 1998
Mozart: Mass in C Minor, K. 427
Album · 2006
Handel: Alcina, HWV 34 - Highlights (Live)
Album · 1999
Delibes: Lakmé (Highlights)
Album · 1998