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 MoreMargaine sang with a deep, rich mezzo, her diction clear and perfect. She oozed sexiness and contempt. Hers is certainly a Carmen to watch ...
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.
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 MoreHer first performances of 2020 take Clémentine Margaine to Barcelona, where she makes her debut as Amneris from January 13 – February 1 in Thomas {...}
Read MoreClémentine Margaine’s last performance of the year is in Lyon on December 7 in Berlioz’s L’Enfant du Christ. Conductor Speranza Scappucci {...}
Read MoreClémentine Margaine sings Carmen’s Act II aria
Clémentine Margaine sings Carmen's Habanera from Act I at the Metropolitan Opera. Production Richard Eyre. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber. 2018–19 season.
From: Georges Bizet CARMEN, directed by Ole Anders Tandberg, conducted by Ivan Repusic with the Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin.
From: Hector Berlioz FAUSTS VERDAMMNIS (La damnation de Faust), directed by Christian Spuck, conducted by Donald Runnicles with the Orchestra of Deutsche Oper Berlin.
La Favorite, Donizetti.
Gran Teatre del Liceu
La Favorite, Donizetti.
Gran Teatre del Liceu
La Favorite, Donizetti.
Gran Teatre del Liceu. With tenor Michael Spyres
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.
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.
L' Heure espagnole de Maurice Ravel, du 19 mai au 17 juin 2018 à l'Opéra Bastille.
L' Heure espagnole de Maurice Ravel, du 19 mai au 17 juin 2018 à l'Opéra Bastille.
Clémentine Margaine über Carmen, Karriere und ... Drinks!
Premiere der Oper "Carmen" in der Deutschen Oper Berlin. Hier ein Auszug mit der berühmten Habanera-Arie „L'amour est un oiseau rebelle".
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
Publikumsstimmen und Premiereneindrücke der Neuinszenierung CARMEN von Georges Bizet in der Deutschen Oper Berlin!
Opéra Bastille
Opéra national de Paris
TV5MONDE
Opéra national de Paris
Opéra Bastille
Lyric Opera of Chicago
Opera Australia
Washington National Opera
"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
"Printemps qui commence"
Eglise Notre Dame du Liban
Orchestre symphonique Saint Étienne Loire
The Dallas Opera presents Clémentine Margaine as Carmen
"Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"
To my eyes and ears, Margaine is among the most idiomatic and balanced in terms of voice, musicality and theatricality.
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.
Margaine proved to be a fantastic Fidès, with rich range of emotions, clearly tilted toward sorrow, and her vocalism shone brightly at all times.
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.
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.
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.
French Mezzo Talks Experience With Famed Bizet Opera & Moving On From The Gypsy
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