Emma Shapplin (born Crystêle Madeleine Joliton Interview video with Emma Shapplin for the Russian TV channel TVC. on 19 May 1974, in the

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

suburb of

Savigny-le-Temple Savigny-le-Temple () is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne Department of France in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the south-eastern suburbs of Paris, from the center of Paris. It is the largest commune in the " new tow ...

) is a French soprano.

Discography

Albums

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Carmine Meo ''Carmine Meo'' is the debut album by French soprano Emma Shapplin, released in 7 December 1997. The album brought Shapplin worldwide attention, selling over two million copies and being certified multi-platinum. Track listing Bonus track ...

'' (1997,

Pendragon Records Pendragon Records was a short-lived American industrial and electronic music record label that was founded in 1997 by Irish expatriate Colm O'Connor. The label was based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pendragon released a total of 25 albu ...

EMI EMI Group Limited (originally an initialism for Electric and Musical Industries, also referred to as EMI Records Ltd. or simply EMI) was a British Transnational corporation, transnational Conglomerate (company), conglomerate founded in March 1 ...

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Etterna ''Etterna'' is the second album from French soprano Emma Shapplin. The album was produced by film composer Graeme Revell and includes collaborations with the London Symphony Orchestra. It received a gold certification in Greece Greece,, o ...

'' (2002,

Ark 21 Records Ark 21 Records was a record label established by Miles & Stewart Copeland in 1997, based in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California, United States. Artists *Kathem Al-Saher * Ragheb Alamah *Aswad *The Badlees *The Beautiful South * John Berry *Be ...

Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch– American multinational music corporation under Dutch law. UMG's corporate headquarters are located in Hilversum, Netherlands and its ...

) *''

Macadam Flower ''Macadam Flower'' is the third album from French people, French soprano Emma Shapplin. It is more pop-oriented than her previous work and is mainly performed in English. Track listing Charts Release history Macadam Flower Tour The Macadam ...

'' (2009, Nimue Music/

Sony Music Sony Music Entertainment (SME), also known as simply Sony Music, is an American multinational music company. Being owned by the parent conglomerate Sony Group Corporation, it is part of the Sony Music Group, which is owned by Sony Entertainme ...

) *'' Dust of a Dandy'' (2014) *'' Venere'' (2019)

Other releases

*'' Discovering Yourself'' ( EP, 1999, Coeur de lion) *''

Spente le Stelle (Opera Trance) – The Remixes – Part One ''Spente le Stelle: Opera Trance & Emma Shapplin The Remixes Part One'' is a mini remix album by Opera Trance of the Emma Shapplin songs, ''Spente le Stelle'' and ''Cuor Senza Sangue''. Both songs are from Shapplin's debut album, Carmine Meo ...

'' (

remix album A remix album is an album consisting of remixes or rerecorded versions of an artist's earlier released material. The first act who employed the format was American singer-songwriter Harry Nilsson ('' Aerial Pandemonium Ballet'', 1971). As of 200 ...

, 2000,

Radikal Records Radikal Records is a Teaneck, New Jersey based independent record label launched in 1990 by Jurgen Korduletsch for the purpose of introducing European dance, techno, rave and trance music to the United States. Radikal has released a "who's who" of ...

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The Concert in Caesarea ''Le Concert de Caesarea'' is the first live album and DVD by singer Emma Shapplin. It is a recording of Shapplin's first concert in Israel, a concert held in the ancient city of Caesarea Caesarea () ( he, קֵיסָרְיָה, ), ''Keysariy ...

'' (live DVD/CD, 2003,

) *'' The Macadam Flower Tour – live concert in Athens DVD'' (June 2011)

Career

When she was 18, singer

Jean-Patrick Capdevielle Jean-Patrick Capdevielle (born December 19, 1945) is a French songwriter, composer, singer, musician and painter who influenced the French rock scene in the 1980s. With a mixture of American and British influences, Capdevielle's work is chara ...

convinced her to return to taking classical lessons so as to improve her singing technique. She discovered that although rock had given her more artistic freedom and hedonistic lifestyle than classical music, it was still not enough for her, so she decided to create her own style. English-language interview video with Emma Shapplin on the ''

'' CD. This became a combination of early opera, modern

trance Trance is a state of semi-consciousness in which a person is not self-aware and is either altogether unresponsive to external stimuli (but nevertheless capable of pursuing and realizing an aim) or is selectively responsive in following the dir ...

and pop music. Shapplin and Capdevielle subsequently worked together on her first release, ''

'', written by Capdevielle.

Discography

Albums

Other releases

Career

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