Marie Devellereau

Marie Devellereau, a 29 year old French soprano, is a graduate of the famous Juilliard School in New York; she finished her vocal studies in a programme for young artists in the Paris Opera. She is a laureate of several international vocal competitions (1st prize at the Viennese Belvedere Competition), in June 2001 she was awarded the prestigious French Critics Award. Her repertoire includes roles such as: Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Teresa (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), Cunegonde (Candide), Gemmy (Guillaume Tell), Lakmé and the Maid (La Clemenza di Tito), Lisa (La Sonnambula), First Niece (Peter Grimes), Eurydice (Orphée aux Enfers), Sophie (Der Rosenkavalier) and others. Marie Devellereau performed in many significant opera houses, for example in the San Francisco Opera, Opéra d’Avignon, Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux, Opéra de Wallonie, Opéra National de Lyon, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Salle Gaveau, Concertgebouw, Louvre Auditorium and Opéra National de Paris. She cooperated with conductors: Seiji Ozawa, Christoph von Dohnanyi, James Conlon, Michel Plasson, Yves Abel, Marc Minkowski, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Frans Brüggen and Louis Langré. For EMI she recorded a CD with a collection of Poulenc’s songs, for Decca/London she recorded together with Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson Massenet’s Thais.