Anne-Catherine Gillet

Anne-Catherine Gillet (born 20 January 1975) is a Belgian operatic soprano.^[1]

Anne-Catherine Gillet

Life and career

Born in Libramont-Chevigny, Gillet studied singing at the Conservatoire royal de Liège with Nicolas Christou.^[2]

Career

• Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, 2008^[3]
• Constance in Dialogues of the Carmelites, 2009^[4]
• Perséphone in The Brussels Requiem by Howard Moddy,^[5] at La Monnaie, 2010
• Musetta in La Bohème, Puccini, 2010, at La Monnaie, 2010
• Sophie in Werther by Massenet, Opéra Bastille, 2010
• Despina in Così fan tutte by Mozart, Opéra Garnier, 2011^[6]
• Cendrillon by Massenet, at La Monnaie, 2011
• Aricie in Hippolyte et Aricie by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Opéra Garnier, 2012
• Micaëla in Carmen by Georges Bizet, Opéra de Marseille, 2012^[7]
• Madame Tell in Guillaume Tell by André Grétry, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, 2013
• Oscar in Un ballo in maschera by Verdi at the chorégies d'Orange in August 2013^[8]
• Manon Lescaut in Manon by Jules Massenet at the Opéra de Lausanne in October 2014^[9]
• Gilda in Rigoletto by Verdi at the Bolshoi Theatre in December 2014^[10]
• Pamina in The Magic Flute by Mozart at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, December 2015 – January 2016^[11]

Discography

• Patrick Ringal-Daxhelet, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Claude Flagel, Patrick Baton (dir.), André Souris – Œuvres symphoniques, Cypres 7607, 2006
• Maria Riccarda Wesseling, Maria Bayo, Deborah York, Núria Rial, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Max Emmanuel Cencic, Kobie Van Rensburg. Dir.: Eduardo López Banzo, Al Ayre Español, Rodrigo (Handel), Naïve Ambroisie, 2008
• Jonas Kaufmann, Sophie Koch, Ludovic Tezier, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Orchestre et Chœurs de l'Opéra de Paris, Michel Plasson, Massenet : Werther, Opéra national de Paris, DVD Decca NTSC 0440 074 3406 2 GH 2, 2010
• Anna Caterina Antonacci, Andrew Richards, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Nicolas Cavallier and John Eliot Gardiner, Carmen, FRA Musica 3770002003060, 2010
• Anne-Catherine Gillet, Orchestre Philharmonique royal de Liège, Paul Daniel (dir.), Barber: Knoxville, Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Britten: Les Illuminations, Aeon 760058 360132, 2011.
• Zanetta in a complete recording of La princesse de Trébizonde with Paul Daniel conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra released by Opera Rara in 2023.^[12]

References

1. Anne-Catherine Gillet on Bolshoï.ru
2. "Anne-Catherine Gillet, soprano". musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
3. Nicolas Blanmont (19 May 2008). "Encore des roses pour Anne-Catherine Gillet". www.lalibre.be. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
4. Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves (5 March 2009). "Une soprano très nature". www.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
5. "Howard Moody : Biography". howardmoody.net. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
6. Nicolas d'Estienne d'Orves (14 June 2011). "Anne-Catherine Gillet à pleine voix". www.lefigaro.fr. Retrieved 3 May 2019.
7. "Anne-Catherine Gillet". www.planet-opera.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2019-05-03.
8. Serge Mtin, « Le sacre de la soprano belge Anne-Catherine Gillet : La nouvelle reine du chant dans le Ballo in Maschera at Orange » in Le Soir, Tuesday 6 August 2013, p. 29
9. Skyes, Julien (2014-09-26). "Les charmes de Manon". Le Temps.
10. "Repertoire". bolshoi.ru. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
11. Serge Martin (2015). "L'instinct de la vérité théâtrale". Le Soir (in French). Retrieved 3 May 2019.
12. Webber, Christopher. Opera on CD - disc of the month: La Princesse de Trébizonde. Opera, December 2023, Vol.74 No.12, p.1533-34.

External links

• Anne-Catherine Gillet on Les Archives du spectacle
• Anne-Catherine Gillet discography at Discogs