Jean-François Novelli (born in 1970) is a contemporary French
tenor
A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...
born in
Fontainebleau
Fontainebleau (; ) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the ''arrondissement ...
.
Career
Novelli holds a master's degree in
musicology
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
in the
Sorbonne
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* Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities.
*the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970)
*one of its components or linked institution, ...
, winner of the
Concours général
In France, the Concours Général is the most prestigious academic competition held every year between students of ''Première'' (11th grade) and ''Terminale'' (12th and final grade) in almost all subjects taught in both general, technological and ...
and first prize for
recorder
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* ''The Recorder'' (Port Pirie), a news ...
, and turns to singing. He graduated from 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 ...
after receiving the teachings of A-M Bondi,
Rachel Yakar
Rachel Yakar (born 3 March 1938) is a French soprano.
Yakar was born in Lyon, France. She studied under Germaine Lubin at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1963, she made her debut at Strasbourg. For the next twenty years, she was associated with the D ...
, Christiane Patard and was immediately admitted to postgraduate studies.
Noticed, he is one of the young talents selected for the
midem
Midem is the acronym for Marché International du Disque et de l'Édition Musicale, which is organised annually in and around the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France. The trade show, organized by Reed MIDEM, a subsidiary of Re ...
of Cannes. Fascinated by
baroque music
Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Classical period after a short transiti ...
, he won the
First Prize of the Sinfonia competition in 1997 with
Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon (born 27 February 1970) is a French soprano.
Life
Born in Montargis, Petibon's parents were both teachers. She initially studied the visual arts, including painting and subsequently changed her academic focus and earned a ba ...
and the ensemble (jury présided by
Gustav Leonhardt
Gustav Maria Leonhardt (30 May 1928 – 16 January 2012) was a Dutch keyboardist, conductor, musicologist, teacher and editor. He was a leading figure in the historically informed performance movement to perform music on period instruments.
Leo ...
).
He perfected his skills with the tenor
Howard Crook
Howard Crook (born June 15, 1947) is an American lyric tenor who has lived and worked in the Netherlands and France since the early 1980s.
He was born in Rutherford, New Jersey, and educated at Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio and then Unive ...
and collaborated with the principal French formations specialized in the repertoires of the 17th and 18th centuries:
Il Seminario Musicale
Il Seminario Musicale is a baroque music ensemble founded in 1985 by the French countertenor Gérard Lesne, who is also its artistic director. Since 1990, the group has been resident of the Fondation de l' abbaye de Royaumont, thirty kilometres ...
,
Les Arts Florissants,
les Talens Lyriques
The French musical ensemble Les Talens Lyriques was created in 1991 in Paris, France, by the harpsichordist and orchestral conductor Christophe Rousset. This instrumental and vocal formation derives its name from the subtitle of ''Les fêtes d'Hé ...
,
Le Concert Spirituel
Le Concert Spirituel is a French ensemble specialising in works of baroque music, played on period instruments. Founded by Hervé Niquet in 1987, it is named after the 18th-century concert series Concert Spirituel. The group performs internationa ...
,
Le Poème Harmonique
Le Poème Harmonique is a musical ensemble founded in 1998 by Vincent Dumestre to recreate and promote early music, in particular that of the 17th century. Using rare instruments such as the theorbo, the lirone, the tiorbino and the arpa tripla, ...
, the Éléments, the
Ensemble Jacques Moderne The Ensemble Jacques Moderne, directed by Joël Suhubiette, is a choir performing mainly the Renaissance and Baroque repertoire. It is located in Tours. The Ensemble was founded by Jean-Pierre Ouvrard in Tours in 1974, and has been directed by Joà ...
,
Les Paladins
''Les Paladins'' is an opera by Jean-Philippe Rameau first performed on 12 February 1760 at the Paris Opera. The author of the libretto is not known for sure but was probably one of the Duplat de Monticourt brothers. Rameau called ''Les Paladins'' ...
etc.
Discography
* ''Armida abbandonata'' by
Jommelli
* ''Motets de Danielis et Motets de Leo'' under the direction of
Christophe Rousset
Christophe Rousset (; born 12 April 1961) is a French harpsichordist and conductor, who specializes in the performance of Baroque music on period instruments. He is also a musicologist, particularly of opera and European music of the 17th and 18 ...
* ''Motets'' by
Scarlatti and ''Oratorios'' by
Charpentier
Charpentier () is the French language, French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter (surname), Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann (disambigua ...
with
Gérard Lesne
Gérard Lesne (; born 15 July 1956) is a French countertenor. He is also the founder and artistic director of the baroque music ensemble, Il Seminario Musicale.
Life and career
Gérard Lesne was born in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise. He was originall ...
* ''Les quatre saisons'' by Boismortier with the festes Vénitiennes
* ''Amour et Mascarade'' around
Purcell
Henry Purcell (, rare: September 1659 – 21 November 1695) was an English composer.
Purcell's style of Baroque music was uniquely English, although it incorporated Italian and French elements. Generally considered among the greatest En ...
, with
Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon (born 27 February 1970) is a French soprano.
Life
Born in Montargis, Petibon's parents were both teachers. She initially studied the visual arts, including painting and subsequently changed her academic focus and earned a ba ...
and the ensemble
Amarillis.
*Marc-Antoine Charpentier'', Trois Histoires sacrées,'' ''Mors Saülis et Jonathae'' H.403, ''Sacrificium Abrahae'' H.402, ''Dialogus inter angelum et pastores'' H.406, Il Seminario Musicale, dir. Gérard Lesne. CD Astrée Naïve 2000/2001. "choc" du Monde de la Musique, ffff de Télérama)
*
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'', ''Marche en rondeau''. This theme is still us ...
(1673-1704) –
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin (, ; 15 January 1622 (baptised) – 17 February 1673), known by his stage name Molière (, , ), was a French playwright, actor, and poet, widely regarded as one of the greatest writers in the French language and world ...
: ''Hommage pastoral au Roi Soleil et autres grivoiseries'' with Cassandre Berthon and Valérie Gabail (sopranos), Robert Getchell (French-style haute-contre), Jean-Baptiste Dumora (basse taille) and the
Amarillis ensemble. CD Ambroisie 2004
* ''Grands motets'' of Dumont with the Ricercar Consort of Philippe Pierlot
* Works by
Berlioz with
Jérôme Correas
Jérôme Correas (born 3 August 1966) is a French conductor, harpsichordist and bass baritone.
Life
Born in Les Lilas, at the age of five Correas began studying the piano. In 1982, he met the great harpsichordist and musicologist Antoine Ge ...
and Arthur Schoonderwoerd
* ''Nova Metamorphosis'': a program centered around
Monteverdi
Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is considered ...
and another one
Boesset with ''
Le Poème Harmonique
Le Poème Harmonique is a musical ensemble founded in 1998 by Vincent Dumestre to recreate and promote early music, in particular that of the 17th century. Using rare instruments such as the theorbo, the lirone, the tiorbino and the arpa tripla, ...
''
* ''
Jephté ''Jephté'' (''Jephtha'') is an opera by the French composer Michel Pignolet de Montéclair. It takes the form of a ''tragédie en musique'' in a prologue and five acts (because of its subject matter it was also styled a ''tragédie biblique''). The ...
'' by Carissimi under the direction of
Joël Suhubiette
Joël Suhubiette (born in 1962) is a contemporary French choral conductor. In particular, he conducts the chamber choir Les Éléments which he founded in Toulouse and with which he received a Victoire de la musique classique in 2006 and the Ens ...
with the ensemble Les Éléments
* Un programme Carrissimi with "Les Paladins" of
Jérôme Correas
Jérôme Correas (born 3 August 1966) is a French conductor, harpsichordist and bass baritone.
Life
Born in Les Lilas, at the age of five Correas began studying the piano. In 1982, he met the great harpsichordist and musicologist Antoine Ge ...
* ''Un programme Charpentier with the mastership of Versailles and Olivier Schneebelli''
* ''Tirannique Empire...'', cantatas by
Jean-Baptiste Stuck Jean-Baptiste Stuck (also known by the single moniker "Baptistin," "Batistin" or "Battistin") (6 May 16808 December 1755) was an Italian-French composer and cellist of the Baroque era.
Little is known of Stuck's early years. He was born at Livorno ...
with the ensemble Les Lunaisiens.
France 1789 Les Lunaisiens
on AllMusic.com
* ''FRANCE 1789, Révolte en musique d'un sans-culotte et d'un royaliste'' with the ensemble Les Lunaisiens
References
External links
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on RSB artists
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on Opera Musica
on Abbaye de Fontmontrigny
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People from Fontainebleau
1970 births
Living people
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
French operatic tenors
21st-century French singers
21st-century French male singers