Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon is a coloratura soprano active both in opera and on the recital stage. She has received much acclaim for her work in Baroque repertory, especially in operatic roles of Handel (Damon in Acis and Galatea), Rameau (Priestess/Shepherdess in Hippolyte et Aricie), Stefano Landi (Alessio in Il Sant'Alessio), and many more. Yet, she is equally adept in a range of later works, from Mozart (Blonde in The Abduction from the Seraglio) and Offenbach (Cupidon in Orpheus in the Underworld) to Massenet (Sophie in Werther) and Poulenc (Soeur Constance in The Dialogues of the Carmelites). Petibon's voice has a pureness of sound and both a sweetness and creaminess in the upper ranges, where she wields all manner of nuance and virtuosity to stunningly beautiful effect, as can be heard in her recording of the Queen of the Night's revenge aria ("Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen") from Mozart's The Magic Flute. Petibon has recorded for a variety of major labels, including DG, Decca, EMI Classics, Erato, Teldec, Virgin Classics, Warner Classics, and ArtHaus Musik. Petibon was born in Mantargis, France, on February 27, 1970. She studied piano as a child and graduated with a degree in musicology from the Paris Conservatory. She continued her studies at the Conservatory in voice under Rachel Yakar. At her 1995 graduation she was awarded first prize in singing. Petibon soon began appearing in concert with American-born French conductor William Christie and his orchestra Les Arts Florissants. Her earliest recordings were made with Christie, as well: a pair of Charpentier discs issued by Erato in 1996. Also in that year Petibon debuted at the Paris Opera in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie. She would return there on numerous subsequent occasions in works by Mozart, Richard Strauss, Offenbach, and others. In 1998 the (Academie) Victoire de la Musique Classique named her Best Young Talent. In 2001 and 2003, the same source cited her as Best Opera Singer. In the new century Petibon has continued to enlarge her repertory: in 2006 she appeared at the Nancy Opera singing Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and in 2008 at the Grand Theatre in Geneva as Ginevra in Handel's Ariodante. Petibon signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 2008, and her first disc, Amoureuses, a collection of arias by Haydn, Mozart, and Gluck, was issued to great acclaim later that year.© TiVo Read more
Patricia Petibon is a coloratura soprano active both in opera and on the recital stage. She has received much acclaim for her work in Baroque repertory, especially in operatic roles of Handel (Damon in Acis and Galatea), Rameau (Priestess/Shepherdess in Hippolyte et Aricie), Stefano Landi (Alessio in Il Sant'Alessio), and many more. Yet, she is equally adept in a range of later works, from Mozart (Blonde in The Abduction from the Seraglio) and Offenbach (Cupidon in Orpheus in the Underworld) to Massenet (Sophie in Werther) and Poulenc (Soeur Constance in The Dialogues of the Carmelites). Petibon's voice has a pureness of sound and both a sweetness and creaminess in the upper ranges, where she wields all manner of nuance and virtuosity to stunningly beautiful effect, as can be heard in her recording of the Queen of the Night's revenge aria ("Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen") from Mozart's The Magic Flute. Petibon has recorded for a variety of major labels, including DG, Decca, EMI Classics, Erato, Teldec, Virgin Classics, Warner Classics, and ArtHaus Musik.
Petibon was born in Mantargis, France, on February 27, 1970. She studied piano as a child and graduated with a degree in musicology from the Paris Conservatory. She continued her studies at the Conservatory in voice under Rachel Yakar. At her 1995 graduation she was awarded first prize in singing.
Petibon soon began appearing in concert with American-born French conductor William Christie and his orchestra Les Arts Florissants. Her earliest recordings were made with Christie, as well: a pair of Charpentier discs issued by Erato in 1996. Also in that year Petibon debuted at the Paris Opera in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie. She would return there on numerous subsequent occasions in works by Mozart, Richard Strauss, Offenbach, and others. In 1998 the (Academie) Victoire de la Musique Classique named her Best Young Talent. In 2001 and 2003, the same source cited her as Best Opera Singer.
In the new century Petibon has continued to enlarge her repertory: in 2006 she appeared at the Nancy Opera singing Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and in 2008 at the Grand Theatre in Geneva as Ginevra in Handel's Ariodante. Petibon signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon in 2008, and her first disc, Amoureuses, a collection of arias by Haydn, Mozart, and Gluck, was issued to great acclaim later that year.
© TiVo
-
La traversée
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Mar 25, 2022
Both on the stage and in the studio, Patricia Petibon has shown the world that she’s audacious and extravagant: she’s thrown teddy bears at her audien ...
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Nouveau Monde - Baroque Arias And Songs
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2012
Hi-Res AudioGramophone Editor's ChoiceThe program for this release by French soprano Patricia Petibon is insanely ambitious, but she pulls it off brilliantly. The "nouveau monde" of the ti ...
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
L'Amour, la Mort, la Mer
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Sony Classical on Feb 14, 2020
Her constant simpering and extravagance could irritate or even dominate some of listeners. What’s for certain is Patricia Petibon will not leave anyon ...
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
La Belle Excentrique
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2014
Choc de ClassicaThe French soprano Patricia Petibon is known for recordings with ambitious, original programs, spaced several years apart. This is one of her most amb ...
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
rosso - italian baroque arias
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2010
Rosso, soprano Patricia Petitbon's collection of Italian Baroque opera arias, may well be one of the most fun Baroque vocal recitals a listener is lik ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Melancolía - Spanish Arias and Songs
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2011
Patricia Petibon's album Melancolía: Spanish Arias and Songs is a result of the soprano's lifelong fascination with the music and culture of Spain, wi ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Les Fantaisies de Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 6, 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Massenet: Werther
Patricia Petibon
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 1, 1999
Antonio Pappano leads a sensuous and dramatically taut reading of Werther on EMI's all-star release. Werther is one of the most intimate and interior ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nouveau Monde - Baroque Arias And Songs
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2012
The program for this release by French soprano Patricia Petibon is insanely ambitious, but she pulls it off brilliantly. The "nouveau monde" of the ti ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
"Amoureuses" Mozart / Haydn / Gluck
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Patricia Petibon - French Baroque Arias
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Nov 1, 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Patricia Petibon: French Touch
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on Jan 1, 2003
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Massenet: Werther
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on Oct 1, 1999
Antonio Pappano leads a sensuous and dramatically taut reading of Werther on EMI's all-star release. Werther is one of the most intimate and interior ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Gloria; Litanies à la Vierge noire
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Nov 5, 2013
Francis Poulenc was the best-known composer of the iconoclastic group Les Six, and his reputation for blending sophistication and flippant humor in hi ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Amour & Mascarade
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by naïve classique on Jun 12, 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
La Belle Excentrique
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG) on Jan 1, 2014
The French soprano Patricia Petibon is known for recordings with ambitious, original programs, spaced several years apart. This is one of her most amb ...
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Art of Patricia Petibon
Patricia Petibon
Classical - Released by UMG Recordings, Inc. on Oct 10, 2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo