Adèle Charvet, (born 1983) is a French

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano or mezzo (; ; meaning "half soprano") is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C ...

Life

Born in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, Charvet lived in New-York for up to five years. She began studying music at the age of six and sang in the choir of then at the

Maîtrise de Radio France Maîtrise de Radio France (known as Maîtrise de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française prior to 1975) is the choir school of Radio France. The school and its choir were founded in 1946 by the composer Henry Barraud and the pedagogue Maurice D ...

where she took part at the age of 9, in the choirs, in her very first opera, the musical tale of , ''La Reine des glaces'', in March 2003 in the amphitheatre of the

opéra Bastille The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris N ...

In 2008, she joined the } where she obtained her with the congratulations of the jury in 2013, before joining the singing classes of Yves Sotin and at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

. There, with the soprano Mariamielle Lamagat, the tenor Mathys Lagier and the baritone Edwin Fardini, she founded the vocal quartet "L'Archipel", which is invited in residence at the She recorded for in February 2019, with Susan Manoff at the piano, a disc entitled ''Long time ago'', which mixes songs by American and British composers. On 1 October 2019, while attending a concert given by La Chapelle Harmonique under the direction of her friend Valentin Tournet at the , she is called at intermission to replace at the last minute the

countertenor A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist (a s ...

David DQ Lee, suffering, in Handel's ''

Messiah In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; , ; , ; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of ''mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach'' ...

'' The intermission is lengthened by twenty minutes to allow her to decipher the score and she received a

standing ovation A standing ovation is a form of applause where members of a seated audience stand up while applauding after extraordinary performances of particularly high acclaim. In Ancient Rome returning military commanders (such as Marcus Licinius Crassus a ...

at the end of the concert. She was nominated in 2020 at the

Victoires de la musique classique The Victoires de la musique classique (; en, "Victories of Classical Music") are an annual French classical music award event founded in 1986. The awards are the classical equivalent of the popular music awards Victoires de la Musique and the Victo ...

in the "Revelation, lyric artist" category. She composed a noted Mélisande for her role in the Rouen Opera House production broadcast on 26 January 2021 on the Norman TV Channel.

Family

Charvet is the daughter of the composer and the sportswoman Nadine Éwanjé-Épée. She considers the poet

Frédéric Jacques Temple Frédéric Jacques Temple (18 August 1921 – 5 August 2020) was a French poet and writer. His work includes poems (collected in 1989 in a "Personal Anthology"), novels, travel stories and essays. He also realised translations of English, Thomas ...

as her grandfather since the latter had a very long love and artistic relationship with Brigitte Portal, her paternal grandmother. Her maternal grandfather, Charles Éwanjé-Épée, is a musician and composer of Cameroonian origin.

Prizes

* 2015 : Prix de mélodie du with pianist Florian Caroubi. * 2016 : Prix Eugène Pannebakker Lied Duo, Dioraphte Composition Award, Prix de la presse, Prix du jury junior et MAX Young Talent Award, at the

International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch The International Vocal Competition 's-Hertogenbosch (IVC; ) is a music competition for classical singing founded in 1954. It is the only classical vocal competition in the Netherlands that also focuses, besides opera, oratorio and Lied. This bie ...

avec le pianiste Florian Caroubi * 2017 : Prix d'honneur au

Verbier Festival The Verbier Festival is an annual international music festival that takes place for two weeks in late July and early August in the mountain resort of Verbier, Switzerland. Founded by Swedish expatriate in 1994, it has attracted international so ...

* 2019 : Prix Jeune Soliste 2020 of the ..

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Charvet, Adele French operatic mezzo-sopranos Conservatoire de Paris alumni 1993 births Living people Musicians from Montpellier