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 ...
Chappuis was born in Fribourg and grew up in the village of
La Brillaz
La Brillaz is a municipality in the district of Sarine in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It was created from the 2001 union of Lentigny, Lovens, and Onnens.. Her mother Thérèse was in fact one of the Abbot 's choristers. She began her singing studies at the Fribourg Conservatory. She continued her musical training at the Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, where she was awarded the prize for excellence in virtuosity.
At the end of her musical training, she briefly joined the Innsbruck Opera under the direction of Brigitte Fassbaender. Since 2003, she has performed on numerous international stages, notably in Europe and Asia.
Over the years, she has worked with renowned conductors such as
Roger Norrington
Sir Roger Arthur Carver Norrington (born 16 March 1934) is an English conductor. He is known for historically informed performances of Baroque, Classical and Romantic music.
In November 2021 Norrington announced his retirement.
Life
Norr ...
,
Riccardo Chailly
Riccardo Chailly (, ; born 20 February 1953) is an Italian conductor. He is currently music director of the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, since 2016, and music director of La Scala, since 2017. Prior to this, he held chief conducting positions ...
and
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Johann Nikolaus Harnoncourt or historically Johann Nikolaus Graf de la Fontaine und d'Harnoncourt-Unverzagt; () (6 December 1929 – 5 March 2016) was an Austrian conductor, particularly known for his historically informed performances of music ...
. Amongst others, she performed Idamante in the '' Idoménée'' production in Graz and Zurich, conducted and directed by Nikolaus Harnoncourt. She also played Dido in '' Dido and Aeneas'' by Henry Purcell. In 2017, she made her debut at La Scala and then joined the Theater an der Wien (Hedwige in ''William Tell'') in 2018.
A virtuoso in baroque singing, Chappuis founded the Lieder Festival in Fribourg in 2001.
In 2017, she released a record entitled "Sous l’empire d’Amour". and in 2018 a record of folksongs from Switzerland entitled "Au cœur des Alpes".
With René Jacobs she recorded '' La clemenza di Tito'' nominated to the
Grammy Awards
The Grammy Awards (stylized as GRAMMY), or simply known as the Grammys, are awards presented by the Recording Academy of the United States to recognize "outstanding" achievements in the music industry. They are regarded by many as the most pres ...
, ''
La Finta Giardiniera
' ("The Pretend Garden-Girl"), K. 196, is an Italian-language opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart wrote it in Munich in January 1775 when he was 18 years old and it received its first performance on 13 January at the in Munich. There is deb ...
'', ''Rappresentatione di Corpo ed Anima'' where she performs Anima, ''La Brockes-Passion'' by Telemann as well as ''
St Matthew Passion
The ''St Matthew Passion'' (german: Matthäus-Passion, links=-no), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets ...
A mezzo-soprano singer, she has a vast repertoire and performs solo roles in classical and romantic operas, Lieder and popular songs, sacred music, and French Baroque Opera.