ABOUT

Margaine sang with a deep, rich mezzo, her diction clear and perfect. She oozed sexiness and contempt. Hers is certainly a Carmen to watch ...

Christie Franke, Bachtrack

Considered one of the leading mezzos of her generation, French mezzo-soprano Clémentine Margaine has gained international acclaim in recent seasons at theaters such as The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro Colón, Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro di San Carlo, Opera Australia, and the Canadian Opera Company.

Clémentine Margaine begins the 2019/20 season with two sold-out concerts at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg, a programme of operatic repertoire at the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall in Moscow, the premiere of a new staged interpretation of Verdi’s Requiem at The Shed in New York City and the Philharmonie Berlin, and Berlioz’ L’Enfance du Christ in Lyon.

In January, she sings Amneris in Aida at Barcelona’s Gran Teatre del Liceu, followed by performances as Fidès in Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, after which she returns to the role of Amneris, this time with the Canadian Opera Company. She then sings Chausson’s Poème de l’amour et de la mer at the Radio France Auditorium in Paris and joins Jonas Kaufmann for a European concert tour that takes them to Brussels, Paris, and Bordeaux. Her last performances of the season include performances of Carmen at the Liceu and for her return to the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples. She made her respective debuts at The Metropolitan Opera and the Opéra national de Paris during the 2016/17 season in this signature role.

Highlights from the 2018/19 season included the title role in Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera and Dulcinée in Don Quichotte at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. Of her Dulcinée, Festspiele Forum raved: “Clémentine Margaine was also outstanding with her rich, dark mezzo voice, which was present in all registers. She mastered the leaps and bounds of the part with dreamlike certainty.”

In the 2017/18 season, Margaine made several significant debuts: as Fidès in Meyerbeer’s Le Prophète at the Deutsche Oper Berlin and Amneris in Aida with Opera Australia; her house debut at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona as Léonor in Donizetti’s La Favorite; and her debut at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse as the title role in Carmen. In 2018, Clémentine made her Carnegie Hall debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra led by Riccardo Muti, part of a five-city, eight-concert East Coast tour with the ensemble.

Margaine began the 2015/16 season with her debut at the Washington National Opera as Carmen, subsequently performing the same role for her debuts at the Canadian Opera Company and Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma. She also made her debut at the Musikverein in Vienna in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Orchestre national de France. In June of 2016, Margaine made her Opera Australia debut as Carmen. In July of 2016, she debuted with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette, under Stéphane Denève. In August of the same year, Margaine gave a triumphant performance as Rebecca in Il Templario for her debut at the Salzburg Festival. She also made her critically acclaimed debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Dulcinée in autumn 2016.

Shortly after graduating from the Paris Conservatory, Margaine was named the “révélation classique” and awarded the Special Jury Prize at the Concours International de Marmande. She subsequently joined the ensemble of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, where she sang her first performances of Carmen, a role for which she has now become internationally known for and has since portrayed in New York City, Munich, Rome, Naples, Washington, Dallas, and Toronto. Margaine also starred at the Deutsche Oper Berlin as Marguerite in the new production of Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust and as Dalila in Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila. In 2015, she made her debut at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in her first performances of Charlotte in Werther.

Also active as a concert soloist, Clémentine Margaine has sung Elijah in Berlin, the Mozart Requiem in Lisbon, and the Verdi Requiem in Budapest.

Calendar

View Full ScheduleView Less

News

Le Prophète in Berlin

Meyerbeer’s grand opéra depicting the real-life Anabaptist ‘king’ Jean de Leyde is at once meticulously thought-through theatre of ideas and a {...}

Read More

Role debut as Amneris in Barcelona

Her first performances of 2020 take Clémentine Margaine to Barcelona, where she makes her debut as Amneris from January 13 – February 1 in Thomas {...}

Read More

L’Enfant du Christ in Lyon

Clémentine Margaine’s last performance of the year is in Lyon on December 7 in Berlioz’s L’Enfant du Christ. Conductor Speranza Scappucci {...}

Read More

Photos

Margaine's rich, dusky mezzo was touched with sensuous melancholy as Dulcinee lamented the fleeting nature of love. She brought enough flashing temperament to the character to give her dramatic dimension, along with a couple of nicely executed Spanish dance steps.

John von Rhein, Chicago Tribune

Videos

Christopher Maltman & Clémentine Margaine in Enescu's Œdipe, directed by Wajdi Mouawad

Play Video

'Aida' - ensayos (2019/20)

Play Video

Carmen: “Les tringles de sistres tintaient”

Clémentine Margaine sings Carmen’s Act II aria

Play Video

Carmen: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle"

Clémentine Margaine sings Carmen's Habanera from Act I at the Metropolitan Opera. Production Richard Eyre. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber. 2018–19 season.

Play Video

„La Habanera“ sung by Clémentine Margaine, Deutsche Oper Berlin 2018 (Highlights)

From: Georges Bizet CARMEN, directed by Ole Anders Tandberg, conducted by Ivan Repusic with the Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Play Video

„Autrefois un roi de Thulé!“ sung by Clémentine Margaine, Deutsche Oper Berlin 2014 (Highlights)

From: Hector Berlioz FAUSTS VERDAMMNIS (La damnation de Faust), directed by Christian Spuck, conducted by Donald Runnicles with the Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Play Video

'Venez cruels! Qui vous arrête?'

La Favorite, Donizetti.
Gran Teatre del Liceu

Play Video

'O mon Fernand'

La Favorite, Donizetti.
Gran Teatre del Liceu

Play Video

'Dans ce palais'

La Favorite, Donizetti.
Gran Teatre del Liceu. With tenor Michael Spyres

Play Video

'La favorite' (2017/18) - Reportaje

Reportaje al entorno de la ópera 'La favorite' con entrevistas a la mezzosoprano Clémentine Margaine, al tenor Michael Spyres, al barítono Markus Werba, al director musical Patrick Summers y a la directora del Coro del Liceu, Conxita Garcia. Hasta el 28 de julio 2018 en el Gran Teatre del Liceu.

Play Video

'La favorite' (2017/18) - "Oh! Mon Fernand"

Clémentine Margaine interpreta l'ària "Oh! Mon Fernand" a l'estrena de 'La favorite' de Donizetti al Gran Teatre del Liceu el 8 de juliol de 2018.

Play Video

L' Heure espagnole - Concepcion et Gonzalve (Clémentine Margaine et Stanislas de Barbeyrac)

L' Heure espagnole de Maurice Ravel, du 19 mai au 17 juin 2018 à l'Opéra Bastille.

Play Video

L' Heure espagnole - Concepcion et Gonzalve (Clémentine Margaine et Stanislas de Barbeyrac)

L' Heure espagnole de Maurice Ravel, du 19 mai au 17 juin 2018 à l'Opéra Bastille.

Play Video

100 Sekunden mit: Clémentine Margaine [Feature]

Clémentine Margaine über Carmen, Karriere und ... Drinks!

Play Video

Carmen - Habanera Arie - Deutsche Oper

Premiere der Oper "Carmen" in der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Hier ein Auszug mit der berühmten Habanera-Arie „L'amour est un oiseau rebelle".

Play Video

Georges Bizet: CARMEN [Trailer]

Mit Clémentine Margaine, Nicole Haslett, Jana Kurucová, Heidi Stober, Charles Castronovo, Tobias Kehrer, Markus Brück, Ya-Chung Huang, Dean Murphy; Kinderchor, Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Play Video

CARMEN: Die Premiere

Publikumsstimmen und Premiereneindrücke der Neuinszenierung CARMEN von Georges Bizet in der Deutschen Oper Berlin!

Play Video

Carmen - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

Opéra Bastille

Play Video

Entretien avec Roberto Alagna & Clémentine Margaine

Opéra national de Paris

Play Video

Opéra: "Carmen", prends garde à elle!

TV5MONDE

Play Video

Entrée libre - Carmen

Opéra national de Paris

Play Video

TF1 20H - Carmen

Opéra Bastille

Play Video

Don Quichotte

Lyric Opera of Chicago

Play Video

Carmen

Opera Australia

Play Video

Carmen

Washington National Opera

Play Video

Samson et Dalila

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Play Video

Samson et Dalila

"Printemps qui commence"

Play Video

Interview de Clémentine Margaine

Eglise Notre Dame du Liban

Play Video

Shéhérazade

Orchestre symphonique Saint Étienne Loire

Play Video

Carmen

The Dallas Opera presents Clémentine Margaine as Carmen

Play Video

Samson et Dalila

"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

Play Video

Audio

To my eyes and ears, Margaine is among the most idiomatic and balanced in terms of voice, musicality and theatricality.

Joseph So, Musical Toronto

Press

Clémentine Margaine incarne une Adalgisa très claire de chant, avec des notes rondes qu’elle a l’air et l'art d’émettre sans aucun effort.

Ôlyrix

Margaine proved to be a fantastic Fidès, with rich range of emotions, clearly tilted toward sorrow, and her vocalism shone brightly at all times.

Operawire

Admirable desde todos los puntos de vista la bienvenida Amneris de la temperamental mezzo francesa –de la vecina Narbona- Clémentine Margaine, artista de los pies a la cabeza que no descuidó los perfiles mutantes del poliédrico personaje, que trazó con pericia escénica y vocalidad de alta escuela. Bordó el tremendo dúo con Aida de la primera escena del segundo acto y fue pilar capital en el soberbio cuarto acto, que, junto con el tercero,quedará en los anales como uno de los momentos operísticos más acabados de la reciente historia del Liceu.

Beckmesser

She has developed into a striking performer whose intensely dramatic and prayerful interpretation of the mezzo part anchored this special Requiem. The heavenly blend of Margaine in the “Recordare” with soprano Zarina Abaeva stopped time.

Parterre

Die einzige weibliche Rolle der Dulcinée gibt Clémentine Margaine mit ihrem Mezzosopran mit allen Schattierungen einer natürlichen Weiblichkeit. Sie meidet es, als Star des Restaurants in das Soubrettenfach zu gleiten, und ist doch die das Geschehen beherrschende Kurtisane mit wehmütigen Gedanken an die eigene Zukunft. Als sie Don Quichotte zurückweist, ist ihr Gesang von tiefer Empathie geprägt.

Kunstdunst

French Mezzo Talks Experience With Famed Bizet Opera & Moving On From The Gypsy

Operawire

Contact

General Management

Ariosi Management

Contact
Alessandro Ariosi
+41 916495331
[email protected]

Address
Via al Lido 9
6817 Maroggia
Switzerland

Website

Lenny's Studio

Contact
Catherine Pisaroni
+43 699 19047486
[email protected]

Address
Buchberg 2
8222 St. Johann b.H.
Austria