Sylvie Brunet, known as Sylvie Brunet-Grupposo, is a contemporary French opera singer ( mezzo-soprano).

Biography

Born to a Sicilian father and a French mother, Brunet was hired to sing the

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of Verdi's ''

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'' in

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, one of her first professional engagements. She moved towards the "

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" mezzo-soprano repertoire, a type of voice that is not very frequent. She has performed on several international stages and takes part in recordings, notably at Sony, Dynamic, and EMI. Brunet performed Gluck's '' Iphigénie en Tauride'' at La Scala of Milan, under the baton of

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, ''

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'' at the Teatro Regio of Turin, the title-role of '' Carmen'' at the

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, the role of Suzuki in ''

Madame Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lut ...

'' at the Paris Opera directed by Bob Wilson, Madame de Croissy in ''

Dialogues des Carmélites ' (''Dialogues of the Carmelites''), FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956. The composer's second opera, Poulenc wrote the ...

'' at the Paris Opera and the Zürich Opera, Santuzza in ''

Cavalleria Rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; Italian for "rustic chivalry") is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 short story of the same name and subsequent play ...

'' at the Séville Opera, Marguerite in ''

La Damnation de Faust ''La damnation de Faust'' (English: ''The Damnation of Faust''), Op. 24 is a work for four solo voices, full seven-part chorus, large children's chorus and orchestra by the French composer Hector Berlioz. He called it a "''légende dramatique'' ...

'' in Zürich and eventually the title role in Meyerbeer's ''

l'Africaine ''L'Africaine'' (''The African Woman'') is an 1865 French ''grand opéra'' in five acts with music by Giacomo Meyerbeer and a libretto by Eugène Scribe. Meyerbeer and Scribe began working on the opera in 1837, using the title ''L'Africaine'', bu ...

'' at the

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. Noticed by Sergio Segalini,Sergio Segalini
on ForumOpera she is invited to sing Azucena in Verdi's ''

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'' at the

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Festival. On this occasion, an Italian critic wrote of her: "Verdi has finally found her Azucena, Sylvie Brunet is currently one of the rare Verdian singers, as much for her dramatic potential as for the breadth of her voice". Sylvie Brunet collaborates with the French conductor Marc Minkowski who invites her to sing the title role of ''Carmen'' in Paris and Grenoble as well as for productions of ''

l’Incoronazione di Poppea ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' ( SV 308, ''The Coronation of Poppaea'') is an Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi. It was Monteverdi's last opera, with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello, and was first performed at the Teatro Santi Giov ...

'' at the

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and Vienna directed by Klaus Michael Gruber, and ''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died i ...

'' at the

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. Sylvie Brunet has sung in concert, among others Verdi's '' Requiem'' at Monte-Carlo under the direction of

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, Beethoven's '' Symphony No. 9'' with the

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under the direction of

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as well as the cantata '' Faust et Hélène'' by

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with the

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and the

Berliner Philharmonie The Berliner Philharmonie () is a concert hall in Berlin, Germany, and home to the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. The Philharmonie lies on the south edge of the city's Tiergarten and just west of the former Berlin Wall. The Philharmonie is o ...

References

External links

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Sylvie Brunet
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Sylvie Brunet
on ForumOpera
Sylvie Brunet
on Opera-online
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