ALBUMOffenbach: La Vie parisienne (Original Version)Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, Romain Dumas, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Véronique Gens, Artavazd Sargsyan, Sandrine Buendia, Marc Mauillon, Jérôme Boutillier & Pierre Derhet
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ALBUMOffenbach: La Vie parisienne (Original Version)Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Chœur de l’Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, Romain Dumas, Anne-Catherine Gillet, Véronique Gens, Artavazd Sargsyan, Sandrine Buendia, Marc Mauillon, Jérôme Boutillier & Pierre Derhet
ALBUMJules Massenet: WertherHungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, György Vashegyi, Tassis Christoyannis, Véronique Gens, Hélène Carpentier, Thomas Dolié, Matthieu Lécroart, Artavazd Sargsyan & Children's Choir of the Zoltán Kodály Hungarian Choir School
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ALBUMOffenbach: Maître PéronillaOrchestre National de France, Choeur de Radio France, Markus Poschner & Véronique Gens
ALBUMLes Indes GalantesChantal Santon-Jeffery, Katherine Watson, Véronique Gens, Reinoud Van Mechelen, Jean-Sébastien Bou, Thomas Dolié, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Orchestra & György Vashegyi
ALBUMChausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer & Symphonie, Op. 20Véronique Gens, Orchestre National de Lille & Alexandre Bloch
ALBUMGodard: DanteEdgaras Montvidas, Véronique Gens & Bavarian Radio Chorus
ALBUMVisionsVéronique Gens, Munich Radio Orchestra & Hervé Niquet
ALBUMNéèreVéronique Gens & Susan Manoff
ALBUMRameau: Les fêtes de PolymnieVéronique Gens, Emöke Baráth, Aurélia Legay, Mathias Vidal, Purcell Choir, Orfeo Zenekar & György Vashegyi
ALBUMVicente Martín y Soler: Il burbero di buon cuoreMadrid Symphony Orchestra, Maria Cecilia Diaz, Christophe Rousset, Juan Francisco Gatell, Josep Miquel Ramon, Saimir Pirgu, Luca Pisaroni, Carlos Chausson, Véronique Gens, Elena de la Merced & Atsushi Sakaï
ALBUMVeronique GensOrchestre National des Pays de la Loire, Véronique Gens & John Axelrod
ALBUMRameau: Hippolyte et AricieJean-Paul Fouchécourt, Véronique Gens, Bernarda Fink, Les Musiciens du Louvre & Marc Minkowski
ALBUMCanteloube: Chants d'Auvergne, Chant de France, TriptyqueOrchestre National de Lille, Serge Baudo & Véronique Gens
ALBUMMozart: Mass in C MinorDavid Comtet, Le Choeur d'Astrée, Le Concert d'Astrée, Louis Langrée, Natalie Dessay, Topi Lehtipuu, Véronique Gens & Yves Castagnet
ALBUMMozart: La clemenza di TitoVesselina Kasarova, Pinchas Steinberg, Véronique Gens, Alexia Voulgaridou, Michelle Breedt, Charles Castronovo & Munich Radio Orchestra
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ALBUMKyrie e Gloria (Kyrie and Gloria)Joao Domingos Bomtempo, Gulbenkian Choir, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Michel Corboz, Véronique Gens, Helena Rasker, John Bower, Luis Rodrigues & Michel Brodard
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ALBUMBoismortier: Motets avec SymphoniesVéronique Gens, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Marcos Loureiro de Sa, Peter Harvey, Kevin Mallon, Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet
ALBUMScarlatti : La Santissima TrinitaEuropa Galante, Paul Agnew, Roberta Invernizzi, Véronique Gens & Vivica Genaux
ALBUMCampra: Requiem - Benedictus DominusAnne Gotkovsky, Véronique Gens, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Joseph Cornwell, Peter Harvey, Hervé Niquet & Le Concert Spirituel
ALBUMGilles: Te Deum - Motet: Diligam te, DomineVéronique Gens, Miriam Ruggeri, Douglas Nasrawi, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Peter Harvey, Le Concert Spirituel & Hervé Niquet
ALBUMOffenbach: Orphée aux enfersChoeur de L'Opéra National de Lyon, Laurent Naouri, Natalie Dessay, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Orchestre De Chambre De Grenoble & Véronique Gens
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ALBUMRameau: Les grands motetsLe Concert Spirituel & Jean-Philippe Rameau
ALBUMMondonville: Les Fêtes de PaphosSandrine Piau, Véronique Gens, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Olivier Lallouette, Peter Harvey, Les Talens Lyriques & Christophe Rousset
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ALBUMJomelli - Le Lamentazioni Del Profeta Geremia Per Il Mercoledi SantoChristophe Rousset, Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & Véronique Gens
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Artist Biography
In the earlier part of her career, the French soprano Véronique Gens both benefited from and soon helped to spearhead the growing interest in the Baroque repertoire in her native country and elsewhere. She has since widened her repertoire to take in a variety of music, especially from the Classical and Romantic eras, developing a reputation both in the theatre and on disc as one of the great tragediennes of our time.
Gens hails from Orléans, where she was born in 1966. She studied at the Paris Conservatoire, where she won first prize. Her advocacy of Baroque music started with her 1986 debut with William Christie and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants, soon followed by regular dates with such specialist conductors as Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs, Christophe Rousset and Jean-Claude Malgoire.
Later, her specialisation widened into accounts of music by a greater range of figures: notably Mozart, but also Gluck, Tchaikovsky, Offenbach, Berlioz and even Verdi (Alice in Falstaff) and Wagner (Eva in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg). In parallel, her career as a leading recitalist has shown her focusing on her native genre of the mélodie (French art song) while performing song from various traditions at the world’s leading concert halls. Her developing artistry has been amply displayed in her substantial discography, which covers many rarities on the Palazzetto Bru Zane label and a series of recordings exemplifying opera’s tragic heroines.
Hometown
Orléans, France
Genre
Classical
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