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Sharon Coste (born in Montreal, 13 June 1963) is a French
soprano A soprano () is a type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261  Hz to "high A" (A5) = 880&n ...
of Canadian origin.


Career

The recipient of several prizes and awards, among which at the Geneva, Paris, Toulouse and Bilbao international competitions, the Voix d’Or Prize (France), and the Mozart Prize of the
Canadian Opera Company The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest opera company in Canada and one of the largest producers of opera in North America. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Cent ...
, Sharon Coste has sung on numerous European and North American opera stages including the Opéra National de Paris-Bastille, the Opéra National du Rhin,
Florida Grand Opera Florida Grand Opera (FGO) is an American opera company based in Miami, Florida. It is the oldest performing arts organization in Florida and the seventh oldest opera company in the United States. FGO was created in 1994 from the consolidation of ...
, the Opéra de Nantes, the
Canadian Opera Company The Canadian Opera Company (COC) is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest opera company in Canada and one of the largest producers of opera in North America. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Cent ...
, Karlsruhe Opern, Lübeck Opern, L’Esplanade de Saint-Étienne, the
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, the Opéra-Théâtre de Metz, and the Opéra de Chambre de Genève. Recognised for her
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heroines – Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, Pamina, Contessa, Constanze, Vitellia – Sharon Coste also sings several leading French, Italian and Russian roles: ''Dialogue des Carmélites'', ''Faust'', ''Manon'', ''Les Contes d’Hoffmann'', ''Eugene Oneguin'', ''Il Barbiere di Siviglia'', ''La Fille du Régiment'', ''La Bohème'', ''La Traviata'', ''Norma'', and ''Aida''. Sharon Coste has performed under the baton of conductors such as
Philippe Herreweghe Philippe Maria François Herreweghe, Knight Herreweghe (born 2 May 1947) is a Belgian conductor and choirmaster. Herreweghe founded La Chapelle Royale and Collegium Vocale Gent and is renowned as a conductor, with a repertoire ranging from Rena ...
, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Emmanuel Krivine, Serge Baudo and Alain Lombard, notably appearing with the Orchestre National de Paris, the Orchestre National de Lyon, the
Toronto Symphony Orchestra The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1906, the TSO gave regular concerts at Massey Hall until 1982, and since then has performed at Roy Thomson Hall. The TSO also manages the Toronto ...
, and the Orchestre de la Sorbonne, in a vast repertoire that includes the ''Requiem''s of Mozart, Verdi, Fauré, Lloyd Webber and McCartney, the ''Nuits d’été'' by Berlioz, the ''Stabat Mater''s of Pergolesi and Poulenc, ''Elias'' and ''Psalm 42'' by Mendelssohn, ''Die Jahreszeiten'' by Haydn, the ''14th Symphony'' by Shostakovitch, and ''Myrrah'' by Caplet. A graduate of the
University of Alberta The University of Alberta, also known as U of A or UAlberta, is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford,"A Gentleman of Strathcona – Alexander Cameron Rutherfor ...
, Sharon Coste was a member of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble, and studied at the Salzburg
Mozarteum Mozarteum University Salzburg (German: ''Universität Mozarteum Salzburg'') is one of three affiliated but separate (it is actually a state university) entities under the “Mozarteum” moniker in Salzburg municipality; the International Moz ...
Summer Academy and the Académie de Royaumont. She has recorded for Harmonia Mundi (Diapason d’or),
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, Musica Numeris and Koch International.


Recordings

* ''French Music around 1900'' – Ensemble Musique Oblique. Label: Harmonia Mundi * Gounod: '' Sapho'' – Nouvel orchestre de Saint-Etienne, Patrick Fournillier (conductor). Label: Koch Schwann * Caplet/Debussy/Ravel: ''
Prix de Rome The Prix de Rome () or Grand Prix de Rome was a French scholarship for arts students, initially for painters and sculptors, that was established in 1663 during the reign of Louis XIV of France. Winners were awarded a bursary that allowed them t ...
Cantatas''. Label: Marco Polo


Sources

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Biography: Sharon Coste, soprano
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