Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978) is a French

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 ( ...

. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the

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conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing. Unusually for a countertenor, Jaroussky performs entirely in falsetto register. He has said that his natural singing voice is in the baritone range.

Early career

Jaroussky was born in

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. His great-grandfather was a

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who fled from the

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. Jaroussky was inspired to sing by the Martinique-born countertenor Fabrice di Falco. He received his diploma from the Early Music Faculty of the

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. Since 1996, he has studied singing with Nicole Fallien. He cofounded the ensemble Artaserse in 2002, and has also often performed with the Ensemble Matheus under

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and with

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under

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. On 29 July 2016 he performed

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's "

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" in the David Bowie Prom, a tribute to the late singer as part of

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at the

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, London. In September 2017, as a part of the opening of

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, Jaroussky launched his education program
Académie musicale Philippe Jaroussky

Reception and awards

According to ', "this young singer with the tone of an angel and the virtuosity of the devil has come into the limelight in only a few years as the great new French vocal talent." He received the Révélation Artiste lyrique in the 2004

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and was Artiste lyrique de l'année in the 2007 and 2010 edition. Jaroussky was awarded "The Best Singer of the Year" at the

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Awards, 2008 and 2016. He also received an Echo Klassik Award in 2012 for the Album ''Duetti'', which he recorded together with

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. In 2020, he was awarded Victoire d'honneur in the Victoires de la musique classique. Jaroussky was named Chevalier of the

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in 2009 and was promoted to the rank of Officier in 2019. The asteroid 332183 Jaroussky was named after him. On 13 November 2019, which marked the twentieth anniversary since his debut, a wax figure of him sculpted by Éric Saint-Chaffray was inaugurated at the

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with his concert, where he also received the medal of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

In culture

Songs performed by Jaroussky were used in the film ''Turkish Seat'' ( rus, Турецкое седло, Turetskoye sedlo) by Uzbek-Russian film director Yusup Razykov, 2017.Elena Stishova
"Диагноз. 'Турецкое седло'" (Diagnosis. ''Turkish Seat'')
– a critical review of the film with Russian titles of two pieces sung by Jaroussky, ''Iskusstvo Kino'' magazine, May–June 2017, no 5/6, accessed 03 March 2018.

Personal life

In a 2011 interview, Jaroussky stated: "I don’t like to discuss my personal life. I feel in classical music, you don’t have to speak about that. I have many reasons." He is openly gay and has been in a relationship with a "very supportive" non-musician since 2007. His boyfriend sometimes travels with him.

Discography

Charts

Operas and concert works

* Alessandro Scarlatti: ''Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme''. Lesne, Pochon, Harvey, Padmore. Il Seminario Musicale,

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. Virgin Veritas (rec. November 1999, École Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles, France) *

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: ''

L'incoronazione di Poppea ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' (Stattkus-Verzeichnis, SV 308, ''The Coronation of Poppaea'') is an Italian List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi, opera by Claudio Monteverdi. It was Monteverdi's last opera, with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Buse ...

''. Laurens, Oliver, Schofrin, Oro. Ensemble Elyma,

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. K617 (rec. July/August 2000, Chiesa San Martino, Erice, Italy) *

Pierre Menault Pierre-Richard Menault (1642–1694) was a French Baroque composer. Menault was born at Beaune. While a provincial chapel master and priest at Dijon, he printed vespers dedicated to Père François de la Chaise, confessor of Louis XIV. He di ...

: ''Vêpres pour le Pére la Chaize''. Greuillet, Janssens, Lombard, van Dyck. Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry. K617 (rec. April 2001, chiesa Saint-Lazare, Avallon, France) *

Giovanni Battista Bassani Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650 – 1 October 1716) was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist. Biography Bassani was born in Padua. It is thought that he studied in Venice under Daniele Castrovillari and in Ferrara under Giovanni Le ...

: ''La morte delusa''. Galli, del Monaco, Piolino, Sarragosse. Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry. Opus 111 (rec. August 2001, Delft, Nederland) *

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread ...

: ''Catone in Utica''. Edwards, Laszczkowski, Cangemi, Faraon. La Grande Écurie,

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. Dynamic (rec. November 2001, Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing, France) *

: ''La Verità in cimento''. Rolfe-Johnson, Stutzmann, Laurens, Mingardo. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi.

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– Opus 111 (rec. September 2002, Église de Daoulas, Bretagne, France) * George Frideric Handel: ''

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''. Gens, Perruche, Smith, Grégoire, di Falco. La Grande Écurie, Jean-Claude Malgoire. Dynamic (rec. March 2003, Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing, France) *

: ''Selva morale e spirituale''. Spiritualità e liturgia / I salmi vespertini / Vespro dei Martiri / L'eloquenza divina. Ensemble Elyma,

. Ambronay Edition (rec. 2003/2004, Festival d'Ambronay, France) *

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''. Larmore, Lemieux, Cangemi. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Naïve – Opus 111 (rec. June 2004, Église de Daoulas, Bretagne, France) *

: ''

L'Orfeo ''L'Orfeo'' ( SV 318) (), sometimes called ''La favola d'Orfeo'' , is a late Renaissance/early Baroque ''favola in musica'', or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, ...

''. van Rensburg, Gerstenhaber, Thébault, Gerstenhaber, Gillot, Kaïque.

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. Dynamic (rec. October 2004, Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing, France) *

: ''

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''. Lemieux, Cangemi, Kermes, Ferrari, Davies. Ensemble Matheus,

– Opus 111 (rec. November 2005, Salle Surcouf, Foyer du Marin, Brest, France) * J. S. Bach: ''Magnificat'' – G. F. Handel: ''Dixit Dominus''. Dessay, Deshayes, Spence, Naouri. Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm. Virgin Classics, 2007 *

: ''Nisi Dominus'' and ''

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''. Jaroussky, Lemieux. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Naïve (rec. July 2007, Salle Surcouf, Brest (France)) * Handel: ''

Faramondo ''Faramondo'', HWV 39, is an opera in three acts by George Frideric Handel to an Italian libretto adapted from Apostolo Zeno's '' Faramondo''. The story is loosely based upon the legend of Pharamond, a mythological King of the Franks, circa 42 ...

'', in role of Adofo. Il Barocchisti under direction of

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. Virgin Classics, 2009 (rec. October 2008, Lugano.) * ''Via Crucis'' –

, Benedetto Ferrari,

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Tarquinio Merula Tarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school. He was one of the most ...

. Jaroussky,

Núria Rial Núria Rial (born 1975 in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johann Seb ...

, Enzo Gragnaniello, Barbara Furtuna. Jean-Philippe Guissani, Giovanni Antonio, Pandolfi Mealli, Roccu Mambrini, Toni Casalonga, Nando Acquaviva, Lorenzo Allegri.

. Virgin Classics, 2010 * Vivaldi: ''

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''. Damrau, Genaux, Romina Basso, Ciofi, DiDonato, Villazón, Philippe Jaroussky,

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. Virgin Classics, 2011 *

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: ''

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''. Jaroussky, Matthias Goerne. Chœur et

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. Virgin Classics, 2011 *

Leonardo Vinci Leonardo Vinci (1690 – 27 May 1730) was an Italian composer known chiefly for his 40 or so operas; comparatively little of his work in other genres survives. A central proponent of the Neapolitan School of opera, his influence on subsequ ...

: ''

Artaserse ' is the name of a number of Italian operas, all based on a text by Metastasio. ' is the Italian form of the name of the king Artaxerxes I of Persia. There are over 90 known settings of Metastasio's text. The libretto was originally written for, ...

''. Jaroussky,

, Franco Fagioli, Valer Barna-Sabadus, Yuriy Mynenko, Daniel Behle.

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. Virgin Classics, 2012 * Handel: ''

Partenope ''Partenope'' ("Parthenope", HWV 27) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, first performed at the King's Theatre in London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kin ...

'', in role of Arsace. Il Pomo d'Oro,

Riccardo Minasi Riccardo Minasi (born 1978) is an Italian violinist and conductor in the field of historically informed performance. Life Born in Rome, Minasi received his first music lessons from his mother, studying modern violin with Paolo Centurioni and Al ...

. Erato, 2015 (rec. February 2015,

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, Italy) * Monteverdi–Sartorio–Rossi: ''La Storia di Orfeo''. Emőke Baráth. I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis. Warner Classics/Parlophone, 2017.

Solo recitals

* Benedetto Ferrari: ''Musiche varie''. Ensemble Artaserse. Ambroisie (rec. October/December 2002, Chapelle Jésus-Enfant – Paroisse Ste. Clothilde, Paris) * ''Beata Vergine'', Motets à la Vierge entre Rome et Venise, Grandi, Legrenzi, Cavalli, Antonio Rigatti, Giovanni Paolo Caprioli,

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, Sances, Ensemble Artaserse. Virgin Classics (rec. December 2005, Église Notre-Dame du Liban, Parigi, France) * ''Un concert pour Mazarin''. Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry. Virgin Classics, 2004 (rec. June 2003, Abbaye de Saint-Michel, Thiérache, France) *

: ''Virtuoso cantatas''. Ensemble Artaserse. Virgin Veritas (rec. October 2004, Chapelle des sœurs auxiliaires, Versailles, France) * ''Vivaldi Heroes''. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Virgin Classics (rec. October 2006, Auditorium de l'Ecole Nationale de Musique, Brest, France) * ''

Carestini Giovanni Carestini (13 December 1700 in Filottrano, near Ancona – 1760 in Filottrano) was an Italian castrato of the 18th century, who sang in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel. He is also remembered as having sung for Johan ...

, the story of a castrato''. Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm. Virgin Classics, 2007 * ''Opium – Mélodies françaises''. Philippe Jaroussky, Jerôme Ducros. Virgin Classics, 2009 – songs by

Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most infl ...

, Hahn, Fauré,

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was p ...

Massenet Jules Émile Frédéric Massenet (; 12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty. The two most frequently staged are ''Manon'' (1884) and ''Werther'' ...

Ernest Chausson Amédée-Ernest Chausson (; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish. Life Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of a ...

André Caplet André Caplet (23 November 1878 – 22 April 1925) was a French composer and conductor of classical music. He was a friend of Claude Debussy and completed the orchestration of several of Debussy's compositions as well as arrangements of severa ...

, Saint-Saëns,

Paul Dukas Paul Abraham Dukas ( or ; 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His b ...

Guillaume Lekeu Jean Joseph Nicolas Guillaume Lekeu (20 January 1870 – 21 January 1894) was a Belgian composer. Life Lekeu was born in Heusy, a village near Verviers, Belgium. He originally studied piano and music theory under Alphonse Voss, the director of ...

Cécile Chaminade Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (8 August 1857 – 13 April 1944) was a French composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. Ambroise Thomas said, "This is not a woman who composes, but a ...

Gabriel Dupont Gabriel Édouard Xavier Dupont (1 March 1878 – 1 August 1914) was a French composer, known for his operas and chamber music. Biography Dupont was born in Caen. Following after his father who was a teacher at the Malherbe secondary school and t ...

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the P ...

* ''Johann Christian Bach''. ''La dolce fiamma. Forgotten castrato arias''. Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, dir. Jérémie Rhorer, Virgin Classics 2009. – awarded the

Diapason d'Or The Diapason d'Or (French for "Golden Tuning Fork") is a recommendation of outstanding (mostly) classical music recordings given by reviewers of '' Diapason'' magazine in France, broadly equivalent to "Editor's Choice", "Disc of the Month" in the ...

de l'Année 2010 in France * '' Caldara in Vienna'' (Forgotten Castrato Arias). Philippe Jaroussky /

Emmanuelle Haïm Emmanuelle Haïm (; born 11 May 1962) is a French harpsichordist and conductor with a particular interest in early music and Baroque music. Early life, student and assistant years Haïm was born and grew up in Paris, and was raised Catholic altho ...

, Virgin Classics, 2010. * ''La voix des rêves'' (CD), Capitol Music/EMI Music France, 2012

References

External links

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Philippe Jaroussky
(Erato)

Performance of aria "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Vivaldi, "Il Giustino")
on YouTube
Philippe Jaroussky recordings
on Virgin Classics

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