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Agnès Mellon
12+ albums
operabaroquesoprano
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Agnès Mellon (born 17 January 1958) is a French soprano who specializes in baroque music and has made many recordings in this field. Agnès Mellon started her career in 1981 with the baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants, directed by William Christie, with whom, between 1981 and 1993, she interpreted Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Monteverdi, Luigi Rossi, Michel Lambert, Henry Purcell, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Jean-Philippe Rameau and others. During the 1980s, she was one of the ensemble's regular singers, together with Guillemette Laurens, Jill Feldman, Dominique Visse, Étienne Lestringant, Michel Laplénie, Philippe Cantor, Gregory Reinhart, and François Fauché. Starting in 1985, Mellon also worked under the direction of Philippe Herreweghe, with La Chapelle Royale (1985–1990) and the Collegium Vocale Gent (1990–1996), interpreting Charpentier, Heinrich Schütz, Monteverdi, Jean Gilles, and Johann Sebastian Bach. At the end of the 1980s, she worked regularly with the Belgian ensemble Ricercar Consort, under the artistic direction of the Belgian musicologist Jérôme Lejeune [fr]. She also worked with various conductors, including Dominique Visse, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, John Eliot Gardiner, Christophe Rousset, and Gérard Lesne. Beginning in the 1990s, she dedicated herself to teaching. She also participates in master classes in (Paris, Montreal, and Kyoto). In 1992, she gave an exceptional interpretation of Henry Purcell's songs, traditionally inte
top songs
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Castor et Pollux, RCT 32, Acte I Scène 3: "Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux" (Télaïre)
6972Tristes Apprets, Pales Flambeaux
1053Castor Pollux, RCT 32, Acte I, Scène 3: Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux (Télaïre)
484Castor Pollux, RCT 32, Acte I, Scène 3: "Tristes apprêts, pâles flambeaux" (Télaïre)
385Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : Et exultavit spiritus meus
366Requiem, Op. 48 (version 1893) : Pie Jesu
317Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243 : Suscepit Israel
278Requiem : I. Introït
179Qu'entendons-nous ? - De l'univers (Chœur, Un ange)
1610Tristes Apprêts, Pâles Flambeaux
15albums
Marie Antoinette (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
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J.S. Bach: Magnificat, Bwv 243
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Rameau: Castor Pollux
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Boccherini: Stabat Mater, Symphonies
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Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48 (version 1893)
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Les Arts Florissants: Music Theater
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Charpentier: Pastorale de Noël
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Boccherini: Stabat Mater & Symphonies
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Gilles: Requiem
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Clérambault, Courbois Colin de Blamont: Médée, Ariane, Circé, Héro... les déesses outragées
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Clérambault, Courbois & Colin de Blamont: Médée, Ariane, Circé, Héro... les déesses outragées
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Rameau: Castor Pollux (Choruses Dances)