Patricia Petibon

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Patricia Petibon (b. 27 February 1970 in Montargis, France) is a coloratura soprano who has been acclaimed for her interpretations of French Baroque music.

She studied at the Conservatoire de Paris after earning a bachelor's degree in musicology, and won the Conservatory's first prize in 1995.

Petibon has worked with William Christie; John Eliot Gardiner; Marc Minkowski; Nikolaus Harnoncourt and Concentus Musicus Wien; Robert Wilson and even the French Rap group Futuristiq.

She has recorded the works of Lully, Charpentier, Rameau, Landi, Couperin, Handel, Gluck, Mozart, Haydn, Caldara, Bernstein, Barber, Bruno, Dello Joio, Debussy, Mancini, Méhul, Jommelli, Offenbach, Delibes, Poulenc, and Nicolas Racot de Grandval.

Recently, she has been performing Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman, looking visibly pregnant.

Contents 1 Solo Discography 2 Opera/operetta/oratorio discography 3 Mass discography 4 Guest artist discography 5 Filmography 6 External links 7 See also

[edit] Solo Discography

• Airs Baroques Françaises, with Patrick Cohen-Akenine, Les Folies Français (2002)
• Les Fantasies de Patricia Petibon (2004) [compilation]
• French Touch, Yves Abel (2004)
• Purcell et l'Italie, Jean-François Novelli, Ensemble Amarillis (2004)

[edit] Opera/operetta/oratorio discography

• Étienne Méhul - Stratonice, William Christie, Capella Coloniensis, Corona Coloniensis, (1996), Stratonice
• Stefano Landi - Il Sant'Alessio, Christie, Les Arts Florissants (1996), Alessio
• Jean-Philippe Rameau - Hippolyte et Aricie, Christie, AF, (1997), Une Prêtresse/Une Bergère
• Léo Delibes - Lakmé, Michel Plasson, Choeur & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (1998), Ellen
• Antonio Caldara - La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro, Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante (1999), Maddalena
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Christie, AF, (1999), Blonde
• Georg Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea - Christie, AF, (1999), Damon
• Jules Massenet - Werther, Antonio Pappano, (1999), Sophie
• Joseph Haydn - Armida, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2000), Zelmira
• Jacques Offenbach - Orphée aux Enfers, Marc Minkowski (2002), Cupidon
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers, Christie, AF, (2005), Daphné/Énone
• Niccolo Jommelli - Armida abbandonata / Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques (2005), Ubaldo, a knight
• Joseph Haydn - Orlando Paladino, Harnoncourt (2006), Angelica

[edit] Mass discography

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Great Mass in C minor K. 427 Christie, AF, (1999)
• François Couperin - Leçons de ténèbres , Christie, AF, (2006)

[edit] Guest artist discography

• American Boychoir - Fast Cats and Mysterious Cows ~ Songs from America, James Litton, Malcolm Bruno, Christine King (1999)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Divertissements, Airs et Concerts, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, (1999)
• Futuristiq, Demain c'est maintenant (2001)
• Ophélie Gaillard - Cuvée 2000 (2001)
• George Frideric Handel - Arcadian Duets, Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée, (2002)
• Florent Pagny - Baryton (2004)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier - Les Plaisirs de Versailles, Christie, (2005)

[edit] Filmography

• Dialogues des Carmélites (1999), Soeur Constance
• Orphée et Eurydice (2000), Amour
• Die Entführung aus dem Serail (2003), Blonde
• Les Indes galantes (2004), Zima
• French Touch: Recital à La Salle Gaveau (2005)

[edit] External links

• Official site (in French)
• Patricia Petibon at the Internet Movie Database
• Yahoo Group devoted to Patricia Petibon
• Patricia Petibon picture gallery

[edit] See also

• Natalie Dessay
• Mireille Delunsch
• Gaëlle Méchaly
• Sandrine Piau
• Véronique Gens
• Isabelle Poulenard
• Guillemette Laurens
• Noémi Rime