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Véronique Gens
12+ albums
sopranobaroqueClassicaloperavocal
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Véronique Gens (born April 19, 1966, Orléans, France) is a French soprano. She has spent much of her career recording and performing Baroque music. Gens studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and won first prize of the school. Her debut in 1986 was with William Christie and his Les Arts Florissants. She has since worked with Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Herreweghe, and Jean-Claude Malgoire. While she started out as a Baroque specialist, she has become in demand for roles in Mozart operas, and an interpreter of songs by Berlioz, Debussy (see also Beau Soir), Fauré and others. Her numerous recordings include many works by Mozart and Purcell, as well as Joseph Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne and Berlioz' Nuits d'Ete. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
top songs
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Polyxène: Tremblement de terre
1952Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43: Quelle plainte en ces lieux m'appelle
1803La Belle Arsène: Aria. "Où suis-je ?…"
1434No. 1, Introduction
1295La Belle Hélène, Act II: Un rêve, mon dieu, c'est un rêve
1176No. 2, Allô, allô…
1077Etudes latines: Néère
968No. 3, Allô ! C'est toi ?
969Hercule mourant: Marche funèbre
9210Renaud, ou la suite d'Armide: Où s'égarent mes pas
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