Hervé Niquet
Hervé Niquet (born on October 28, 1957) is a French conductor, harpsichordist, tenor, and the director of Le Concert Spirituel, specializing in French Baroque music.[1]
Biography
Born on October 28, 1957, Hervé Niquet was raised at Abbeville in the department of Somme, France. He studied harpsichord, composition, conducting, and opera singing. In 1980, he was appointed as the choir master of Opéra National de Paris. Between 1985 and 1986, Niquet became a member of Les Arts florissants as a tenor, the ensemble that William Christie founded. In 1987, he established his own ensemble named "Le Concert Spirituel" which focuses on French grand motets of the 17th and 18th centuries.[2][3]
Discography
- 2001: Henry Purcell's Dido and Æneas, with Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
- 2003: Georg Friedrich Haendel's Water Music & Fireworks with Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
- 2003: Henry Desmarest's Grands Motets, vol. 1, with Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
- 2004: Henry Purcell's King Arthur, with Véronique Gens, Hanna Bayodi, Béatrice Jarrige, Cyril Auvity, Joseph Cornwell, Peter Harvey, Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
- 2004: Joseph Bodin de Boismortier's Sonates pour basses, with Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
- 2005: Henry Desmarest's Grands Motets, vol. 2, with Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
- 2006: Marc-Antoine Charpentier's Messe et Te Deum à huit voix, with Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
- 2007: André-Cardinal Destouches's Callirhoé, with Cyril Auvity, Stephanie D'Oustrac, João Fernandes, Le Concert Spirituel, and Glossa.
- 2007: Marin Marais's Sémélé, with Shannon Mercer, Jaël Azzaretti, Bénédicte Tauran, Hjördis Thébault, Anders J. Dahlin, Thomas Dolié, Marc Labonnette, Lisandro Abadie, Le Concert Spirituel and Glossa.
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