Claire Lefilliâtre, in ''le Festin romain'', concert in the Spanish Hall of the Prague Castle, 6 August 2013 Claire Lefilliâtre is a contemporary French

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical 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 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

specialising in

Baroque music Baroque music ( or ) refers to the period or dominant style of Classical music, Western classical music composed from about 1600 to 1750. The Baroque style followed the Renaissance music, Renaissance period, and was followed in turn by the Class ...

repertoire. Lefilliâtre collaborates mainly with the ensemble

Le Poème Harmonique Le Poème Harmonique is a musical ensemble founded in 1998 by Vincent Dumestre to recreate and promote early music, in particular that of the 17th century. Using rare instruments such as the theorbo, the lirone, the tiorbino and the arpa tripla, ...

Vincent Dumestre Vincent Dumestre (born 5 May 1968) is a French lutenist. In 1997 he founded the ensemble Le Poème Harmonique. Career He studied the classical guitar at the École Normale de Musique de Paris and art history at the École du Louvre. Afterwa ...

Discography (selection)

Recordings with Le Poème Harmonique

* 1999 ''L'Humaine Comédie'' by Etienne Moulinié with Sophie Watillon and Friederike Heumann (

Alpha Alpha (uppercase , lowercase ) is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of one. Alpha is derived from the Phoenician letter ''aleph'' , whose name comes from the West Semitic word for ' ...

) * 2001 ''Aux Marches du Palais'' (Alpha) * 2001 ''Lamentations'' by Emilio de Cavalieri (Alpha) * 2002 ''Le Consert des Consorts'' by

Pierre Guédron Pierre Guédron (c. 1570 in Châteaudun – c. 1620 in Paris), was a French singer and composer. Guédron's ''Est-ce Mars'' (1613) was especially popular and is known in versions by Sweelinck (keyboard), Scheidt (5 part strings) and Vallet (4 l ...

with Sophie Watillon and Friederike Heumann (Alpha) * 2002 ''Il Fasolo ?'' (Alpha) * 2002 ''Tenebrae'' by Michel-Richard de Lalande (Alpha) * 2003 ''Nova Metamorfosi'' (Alpha) * 2003 ''Je meurs sans mourir'' by

Antoine Boesset Antoine is a French given name (from the Latin ''Antonius'' meaning 'highly praise-worthy') that is a variant of Danton, Titouan, D'Anton and Antonin. The name is most common in France, Switzerland, Belgium, Canada, West Greenland, Haiti, Frenc ...

(Alpha) * 2004 ''Plaisir d'amour'' with Bruce Duisit and

Isabelle Druet Isabelle Druet (born 19 September 1979) is a French operatic coloratura mezzo-soprano who has performed internationally. She began her career as an actress and co-founded a theatre company, La Carotte. She has performed in concert and recorded wit ...

* 2005 '' Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' at the

Royal Opera of Versailles The Royal Opera of Versailles () is the main theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, it is also known as the Théâtre Gabriel. The interior decoration by Augustin Pajou is constructed almost entirel ...

with Benjamin Lazar (DVD) (Alpha), le grand prix du disque and DVD of the

Académie Charles-Cros An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of tertiary education. The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded approximately 386 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the go ...

, baroque music category * 2007 ''Carnets de voyages'' by

Charles Tessier Charles Tessier (ca. 1550 – after 1604) was a French composer and lutenist.Lute Society journal: Volume 20 Lute Society (Great Britain) - 1978 THE LUTE AIRS OF CHARLES TESSIER. FRANK DOBBINS. Although no corroboration has been found for Fetis ...

(Alpha) * 2008 ''Cadmus & Hermione'' by

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( – 22 March 1687) was a French composer, dancer and instrumentalist of Italian birth, who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas, he spent most of his life working in the court o ...

and

Philippe Quinault Philippe Quinault (; 3 June 1635 – 26 November 1688) was a French dramatist and librettist. Biography Quinault was born in Paris. He was educated by the liberality of François Tristan l'Hermite, the author of ''Marianne''. Quinault's fi ...

(DVD) (Alpha) * 2010 ''Combattimenti'' Monteverdi-Marazzoli (including the Lamento della Ninfa) (Alpha)

Other recordings

* ''Motets à une et deux voix'' by

André Campra André Campra (; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several '' trag ...

with Raphaële KennedyRaphaële Kennedy
on Discogs and the ensemble Da Pacem (

Arion Arion (; ) was a kitharode in ancient Greece, a Dionysiac poet credited with inventing the dithyramb. The islanders of Lesbos claimed him as their native son, but Arion found a patron in Periander, tyrant of Corinth. Although notable for his mu ...

) * ''Madrigali e Altre Musiche Concertate'' by

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 pr ...

with the ensemble Suonare e Cantare ( Pierre Verany) * ''Muse honorons l'illustre & grand Henry'' by Claude Lejeune with Les Pages & les Chantres of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, dir. Olivier Schneebeli (Alpha) * ''Histoire de la nativité'' by

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...

with Hans-Jörg Mammel and the

Chœur de chambre de Namur The Choeur de Chambre de Namur (founded 1987) is a choir based in Namur, which is sponsored by the Communauté française de Belgique. Since 2010 the artistic director has been Leonardo García Alarcón and conductor of the instrumental ensemble i ...

and the ensemble

La Fenice Teatro La Fenice (; "The Phoenix Theatre") is a historic opera house in Venice, Italy. It is one of "the most famous and renowned landmarks in the history of Italian theatre" and in the history of opera as a whole. Especially in the 19th cen ...

, dir.

Jean Tubéry Jean Tubéry (1964 born in Toulouse) is a French player of the cornett (''cornetto'') and conductor. He is noted for being, along with his own teacher Bruce Dickey and his colleague Jean-Pierre Canihac, one of the main cornett players to resurrect ...

(K617) * ''Te Deum'' H.146 by

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'' ''H.146, Marche en rondeau''. This theme is st ...

with the

and the ensemble

, conducted by.

(

Ricercar A ricercar ( , ) or ricercare ( , ) is a type of late Renaissance and mostly early Baroque instrumental composition. The term ''ricercar'' derives from the Italian verb , which means "to search out; to seek"; many ricercars serve a preludial func ...

) 2004. * ''Italian Music in the Low Countries'' with the ensemble Currende, conducted by

Erik Van Nevel Erik Van Nevel (1956) is a Belgian singer and conductor. He is the nephew of Paul Van Nevel. He pursued instrumental and vocal studies at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, the Koninklijk Conservatorium (Brussels) and the Koninklijk Conservatori ...

. Klara, 2010. * ''Christ lag in Todesbanden'' by

Johann Pachelbel Johann Pachelbel (also Bachelbel; baptised – buried 9 March 1706) was a German composer, organist, and teacher who brought the south German organ schools to their peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secularity, secular music, and ...

with the

and the ensemble

Les Agrémens LES or Les may refer to: People * Les (given name) * Les (surname) * L.E.S. (producer), hip hop producer Space flight * Launch Entry Suit, worn by Space Shuttle crews * Launch escape system, for spacecraft emergencies * Lincoln Experimental S ...

, dir. Jean Tubéry (Ricercar)

Filmography

* Lefilliâtre lent her voice to

Natacha Régnier Nathalie "Natacha" Régnier (born 11 April 1974) is a Belgian actress. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award, a European Film Award, and a César Award for her role in the 1998 film '' The Dreamlife of Angels''. Régnier is the first Bel ...

for the interpretation of Monteverdi's ''Lamento della ninfa'' in the film ' directed by

Eugène Green Eugène Green (born 28 June 1947) is an American-born French filmmaker and dramatist. He is notable as an educator, training a generation of young actors in the revival of French baroque theatre technique and declamation. Films * 2001 : ''Tou ...

in 2004. All the music in this film is interpreted by ''

'' conducted by

. * 2016: '' Le Fils de Joseph'', by Eugène Green

References

External links

Biography of Claire Lefilliâtre

Claire Lefilliâtre
on

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