Lea Desandre (born 1993) is a French-Italian

mezzo-soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical music, classical female singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A bel ...

Biography

Desandre trained in dance as a child, and she joined the children's choir of the

Opéra national de Paris The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

at the age of twelve. She later moved to

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to train under

Sara Mingardo Sara Mingardo (born 2 March 1961) is an Italian classical contralto who has had an active international career in concerts and operas since the 1980s. Her complete recording of Anna in Hector Berlioz's '' Les Troyens'' won a Gramophone Award and ...

. Desandre joined William Christie's in 2015.

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* * * 1993 births Living people 21st-century French women opera singers Chevaliers of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres French operatic mezzo-sopranos Italian operatic mezzo-sopranos Articles containing video clips {{Opera-singer-stub