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Fabienne Conrad

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It was her debut as Violetta in La Traviata at the Rouen opera House in 2012 that revealed the young soprano to the French public and attracted the attention of the music press.

Critics praises "an exceptional singer with a real gift for interpretation", "pianissimi reminiscent of Montserrat Caballe" and announces "a discovery. A promising talent for the great operatic heroines ”. “Fascinating. "

Much acclaimed for her "tremendous stage presence" and her "capacity to express emotions using shadows, colors, pianissimi and musical nuances", she rapidly went on to play roles like the Countess ( le Nozze di Figaro ), Juliet ( Romeo and Juliet ) , Mimi ( La Bohème ), Marguerite ( Faust ), Micaëla ( Carmen ), Donna Anna ( Don Giovanni ) or Verdi's Requiem that she has performed on numerous occasions.

Her acting skills, her musicality and her solid technique make Fabienne Conrad an artist capable of playing particularly demanding roles. Thus she opened the 2014-2015 season with the performance of the four soprano roles in The tales of Hoffmann  : Olympia, Giulietta, Antonia and Stella . A quadruple role that opened up the doors of the German theaters to her: "exceptional voice technique, musicanship and real acting skills create the alchemy characteristic of top artists".

The next season, she was then offered numerous new leading roles: Gounod's Mireille , Massenet's Manon , Puccini's Madama Butterfly , Eliza in My Fair Lady … and interpreted again both Violetta and Mimi .

At the Leipzig Opera House, she will be soon Princess Marie de Gonzague in Gounod's Cinq-Mars - the first restaging of this work, in partnership with the Palazetto Bru Zane.

She will be the guest of Alain Duault in a series of recitals with Béatrice Uria-Monzon, in partnership with Radio Classique. We can also expect to hear her again in Verdi's Requiem , as Violetta in La Traviata , as Mimi in La Bohème and the four sopranos in the Tales of Hoffmann .

 
She sings at the Madrid Royal Opera House (Teatro Real), at the Lithanian National Opera House, and the Opera Houses of Leipzig, Rouen, Massy Metz, Reims, Saint-Etienne, Lübeck, the Paris Salle Pleyel, for Festivals like Les Flâneries musicals from Reims ...

She has been very successful in Russia during big tours, (concerts with orchestra), where her command of the pianissimi has been highly acclaimed. She has been regularly invited there to sing great Italian and French arias from the romantic repertoire. She has sung under the conductors A Skulskyi, A Smirnov, with Theodor Currentzis's musical ensemble Musicaeterna, With R. Mariskin…

She was also selected to perform at the international commemoration ceremonies for the Great War, in the presence of Heads of States from all over the world, and in several Galas with the Orchestra of the "Garde Républicaine" (the French Presidence Official Orchestra).

Particularly appreciated for her performances of Verdi's Requiem , which she has interpreted a number of times in France and Germany, she commands and has already sung a vast oratorio repertoire, including Mozart, Pergolesi, Leo, Handel, Rossini, Brahms, Dvořák, Poulenc, Massenet, Fauré, Franck, contemporary works… ( see www.fabienneconrad.com) She has also sung concerts of french melodies (Fauré, Massenet, Duparc, Bachelet, Hahn, Poulenc…) with the “Camerata de Bourgogne”.

She has sung with conductors such as Myung Wyung Chung, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Eliahu Inbal, Luciano Acocella, Ryusuke Nyumajiri, Alexandr Skluskyi, Cyril Diederich, Jonas Alber, Yannis Pouspourikas, Didier Benetti, François Boulanger, with Theodor Currentzis' orchestra and… orchestra has worked with directors such as Robert Carsen, Frédéric Roels, Paul-Emile Fourny, Claire Servais, François de Carpentries, Florian Lutz, Vincent Boussard…

Initially a graduate of Paris' prestigious Sciences Po (Institute of Political Studies) and winner of the first prize in Music and Piano at the Conservatoire, Conrad first came to notice on the stage of Sciences Po, where she played Maria in West Side Story , with no previous singing experience. She then turned to opera singing, and after winning the Madrid competition for female opera singers, sang her very first role in Poulenc's Dialogue des Carmélites at the Madrid Royal Opera House (Teatro Real).

She has also shown her interest in the links between the opera and the cinema by creating a video clip of "Piangero" from Handel's Giulio Cesare (a Parfum de Films production).

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It was when she made her debut in 201 in the role of Violetta de La Traviata at the Opéra de Rouen that the young soprano was revealed to the French public and noticed by the musical press: "an exceptional singer coupled with a formidable performer", " pianissimi reminiscent of Montserrat Caballé ".

Highly appreciated for "her enormous stage presence, her graceful appearance and her radiant voice", she was quickly hired for leading roles such as the Countess ( Les Noces de Figaro ), Juliette ( Romeo and Juliet ), Mimi ( La Bohème ), Marguerite ( Faust ), Micaëla ( Carmen ), Donna Anna ( Don Giovanni ) and Verdi's Requiem which she performs on numerous occasions.

Her sense of the stage, her musicality and her technical solidity make Fabienne Conrad an artist who is entrusted with particularly demanding roles. She thus opens the 2014-2015 season with the performance of the four soprano roles in Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta and Stella , a quadruple role which opens the doors to the German stages.

The following year, in addition to the resumption of the roles of Violetta de La Traviata and Mimi in La Bohème , she was offered numerous roles: the title roles in Mireille de Gounod, Madama Butterfly, Manon de Massenet or even Eliza in My Fair Lady ...

She will soon be heard at the Leipzig Opera as Princess Marie de Gonzague of Gounod's Cinq Mars, the first scenic recreation of this work supported by the Palazzetto Bru Zane.

She will sing Verdi's Requiem again , Violetta in La Traviata , Mimi in La Bohème and the four sopranos of Contes d'Hoffmann , then will be the guest of Alain Duault to share a series of recitals alongside Béatrice Uria-Monzon , in partnership with Radio Classique.

Fabienne thus performs at the Lithuanian National Opera, at the Opera in Leipzig, at the Teatro Real, at the Opera of Massy, ​​Rouen, Saint-Etienne, Reims, Metz, Salle Pleyel in Paris, in the framework of various festivals such as the Flâneries musicales de Reims with the Orchester National de Lorraine, in recital of French melodies with the Ensemble de la Camerata de Bourgogne (Fauré, Massenet, Gounod, Hahn, Duparc, Bachelet, Poulenc) etc. ...

She was very successful in Russia (concert tours with orchestra), where she was regularly called upon to perform the great Italian and French arias of the romantic repertoire. Chosen in 2014 to sing in Belgium during the international ceremonies commemorating the 1914-1918 war in the presence of heads of state from all over the world, she is also invited to the Galas of the Orchester de la Garde Républicaine.

A graduate in Political Science and First Prize in Musical Training and Piano, Fabienne Conrad won the competition for young female performers in Madrid and sang her very first role at the Teatro Real under the direction of Jesus Lopez Cobos in Poulenc's Dialogue des Carmélites .

She has sung under the direction of conductors such as Myung Wyung Chung, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Eliahu Inbal, Jonas Alber, Ryusuke Nyumajiri, Luciano Acocella, Cyril Diederich, Alexandr Skluskyi, Didier Benetti, Yannis Pouspourikas, François Boulanger, with the Ensemble Musicaeterna by Theodor Currentzis etc… and has worked with directors such as Robert Carsen, Vincent Boussard, Frédéric Roels, Paul-Emile Fourny, Florian Lutz, Claire Servais, François de Carpentries…

Interested in the links between opera and cinema, she shot an opera clip "  Piangero  " to the eponymous aria by Handel (production Parfum de films ).

Finally, she has already performed a very large oratorio repertoire ( Requiem by Mozart, Brahms, Verdi, Dvorak, Stabat Mater by Rossini, Pergolèse, Salve Regina by Pergolèse and Leo, Messe en ut m by Mozart, airs sacred French by Massenet, Gounod, Franck… etc: see www.fabienneconrad.com).

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