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Patricia Petibon (born 27 February 1970) is a French coloratura soprano who has been acclaimed for her interpretations of French Baroque music.
Biography
Born in Montargis, Loiret, she initially studied plastic arts, then 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.
She made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Olympia in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffman, a role which she has performed several times in France, including an extravagant production by Jérôme Savary at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in 2004.
In January 2008 Petibon sang in Francis Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmélites at the Theater an der Wien replacing another singer who fell ill. In July of that year Petibon sang in the zarzuela Luisa Fernanda by Federico Moreno Torroba at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna (alongside Plácido Domingo). She also signed an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 2008
Petibon is married to French composer Eric Tanguy.
Solo discography
Airs baroques Français, Patrick Cohen-Akenine, Les Folies Françoises (2002) (Rameau/Lully/Charpentier/Grandaval)Les Fantasies de Patricia Petibon (2004) [compilation]French Touch, Yves Abel (2004)Purcell et l'Italie, Jean-François Novelli, Ensemble Amarillis (2004)Amoureuses (2008, debut album for Deutsche Grammophon), Daniel Harding, Concerto Köln (Mozart/Haydn/Gluck)Rosso: Italian Baroque Arias (2010), Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra (Santorio/Stradella/Handel/A. Scarlatti/Porpora/Vivaldi/Marcello)
Opera/operetta/oratorio discography
Étienne Méhul – Stratonice, William Christie, Capella Coloniensis, Corona Coloniensis, (1996), StratoniceStefano Landi – Il Sant'Alessio, Christie, Les Arts Florissants (1996), AlessioJean-Philippe Rameau – Hippolyte et Aricie, Christie, AF, (1997), Une Prêtresse/Une BergèreLéo Delibes – Lakmé, Michel Plasson, Choeur & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse (1998), EllenAntonio Caldara – La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro, Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante (1999), MaddalenaWolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Christie, AF, (1999), BlondeGeorg Frideric Handel – Acis and Galatea – Christie, AF, (1999), DamonJules Massenet – Werther, Antonio Pappano, (1999), SophieJoseph Haydn – Armida, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (2000), ZelmiraJacques Offenbach – Orphée aux Enfers, Marc Minkowski (2002), CupidonMarc-Antoine Charpentier – La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers, Christie, AF, (2005), Daphné/ÉnoneMarc-Antoine Charpentier – Les plaisirs de Versailles/Pastoralletta, Christie, AF, (2005), Choeur/FilliNiccolò Jommelli – Armida abbandonata / Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques (2005), Ubaldo, a knightJoseph Haydn – Orlando Paladino, Harnoncourt (2006), AngelicaCarl Orff – Carmina Burana, Daniel Harding (2010)Alban Berg - Lulu (2010)
Mass discography
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Great Mass in C minor K. 427 Christie, AF, (1999)François Couperin – Leçons de ténèbres, Christie, AF, (2006)
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) (Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Caballé cover)
Filmography
Dialogues des Carmélites (1999), Soeur ConstanceOrphée et Eurydice (2000), AmourDie Entführung aus dem Serail (2003), BlondeLes Indes galantes (2004), ZimaFrench Touch: Recital à La Salle Gaveau (2005)
Sources
Deutsche Grammophon, Patricia Petibon official biography, March 2009Sinkovicz, Willem, Petibon: "Instinkt hinter den Klostermauern", Die Presse, 16 January 2008Sinkovicz, Willem, Patricia Petibon: "Ich höre mir selbst zu", Die Presse, 8 January 2009Stearns, David Patrick, "The Original Version of Pelléas et Mélisande Gets Its U.S. Premiere", Andante, February 2005Stevens, David, "An expansive 'Hoffmann'", New York Times, 19 May 2004Thuilleux, Jacqueline, "De bonne composition", Le Figaro, 14 October 2007
