Amel Brahim-Djelloul
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Amel Brahim-Djelloul is a soprano
opera singer and concert recitalist. She is Algeria
n and French.
Amel Brahim-Djelloul began very early to tackle the key roles in her repertoire. In 2002 she sang Dido
in Purcell's opera under Stephen Stubb, and went on to make her debut in the role of Pamina
with the Orchestre Nationale d'Ile de France with Alain Altinoglu conducting. René Jacobs noticed her and invited her to take part in a new production of Sartorio's Giulio Cesare at the Innsbruck Ancient Music Festival, conducted by Attilio Cremonesi. He then gave her the roles of Valletto and Amore in a new production of The Coronation of Poppea which he conducted at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, then at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and at the Opéra de la Monnaie in Brussels
in a production by David McVicar
.
Amel Brahim-Djelloul later took part in William Christie's Jardin des Voix with whom she appeared on the most renown stages in the world including the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Barbican in London, the Grand Théâtre of Geneva, the Grand Auditorium in Madrid, and the Lincoln Center in New York. Having attracted attention during this tour, she was then invited to sing in Handel's Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington. She made her debut at the Festival International d'Art Lyrique at Aix-en-Provence
in July 2005 in the role of Servilia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito
.
Her career has since been involved with such roles as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at the opera of Angers-Nantes and then Lausanne, Despina in Così fan tutte at Nice, Adina in L'elisir d'amore
at Avignon and the title role in Messager's Véronique at the Paris Châtelet. She has also been heard in The Coronation of Poppea at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva and in the new production of Pelléas et Mélisande
, conducted by Bernard Haitink
at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.
Particularly admired for the quality of her voice and its opulent, sunlit timbre, Amel Brahim-Djelloul appears regularly in recitals with Claude Lavoix, Anne le Bozec and Anne-Céline Barrère, for instance in April 2006 at Lille Opera and in June 2006 at the Saint-Denis Festival. Proud of her cultural origins and adamant in upholding them, she is particularly fond of the theme of the Arabian Nights.
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
opera singer and concert recitalist. She is Algeria
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
n and French.
Biography
Considered one of the most promising singers of her generation, Amel Brahim-Djelloul started her musical studies with the violin. She began studying singing in 1995 in Algiers under the tuition of Abdelhamid Belferouni. It was Noëlle Barker who advised her to go to Paris to finish her training, and she studied at the Ecole Nationale de Musique at Montreuil with Frantz Petri and then at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris with Peggy Bouveret and Malcolm Walker, with whom she has since been working. She graduated from the Conservatoire in June 2003.Amel Brahim-Djelloul began very early to tackle the key roles in her repertoire. In 2002 she sang Dido
Dido
Dido was, according to ancient Greek and Roman sources, the founder and first Queen of Carthage . She is best known from the account given by the Roman poet Virgil in his Aeneid...
in Purcell's opera under Stephen Stubb, and went on to make her debut in the role of Pamina
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute is an opera in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue....
with the Orchestre Nationale d'Ile de France with Alain Altinoglu conducting. René Jacobs noticed her and invited her to take part in a new production of Sartorio's Giulio Cesare at the Innsbruck Ancient Music Festival, conducted by Attilio Cremonesi. He then gave her the roles of Valletto and Amore in a new production of The Coronation of Poppea which he conducted at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, then at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin, and at the Opéra de la Monnaie in Brussels
Brussels
Brussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
in a production by David McVicar
David McVicar
David McVicar is a Scottish opera and theatre director. He attended Netherlee Primary School and then Williamwood High School. He studied as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, graduating in 1989...
.
Amel Brahim-Djelloul later took part in William Christie's Jardin des Voix with whom she appeared on the most renown stages in the world including the Cité de la Musique in Paris, the Barbican in London, the Grand Théâtre of Geneva, the Grand Auditorium in Madrid, and the Lincoln Center in New York. Having attracted attention during this tour, she was then invited to sing in Handel's Messiah with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington. She made her debut at the Festival International d'Art Lyrique at Aix-en-Provence
Aix-en-Provence
Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...
in July 2005 in the role of Servilia in a new production of La clemenza di Tito
La clemenza di Tito
La clemenza di Tito , K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Metastasio...
.
Her career has since been involved with such roles as Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at the opera of Angers-Nantes and then Lausanne, Despina in Così fan tutte at Nice, Adina in L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore
L'elisir d'amore is an opera by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. It is a melodramma giocoso in two acts...
at Avignon and the title role in Messager's Véronique at the Paris Châtelet. She has also been heard in The Coronation of Poppea at the Grand Théâtre of Geneva and in the new production of Pelléas et Mélisande
Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)
Pelléas et Mélisande is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's Symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande...
, conducted by Bernard Haitink
Bernard Haitink
Bernard Johan Herman Haitink, CH, KBE is a Dutch conductor and violinist.- Early life :Haitink was born in Amsterdam, the son of Willem Haitink and Anna Haitink. He studied music at the conservatoire in Amsterdam...
at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.
Particularly admired for the quality of her voice and its opulent, sunlit timbre, Amel Brahim-Djelloul appears regularly in recitals with Claude Lavoix, Anne le Bozec and Anne-Céline Barrère, for instance in April 2006 at Lille Opera and in June 2006 at the Saint-Denis Festival. Proud of her cultural origins and adamant in upholding them, she is particularly fond of the theme of the Arabian Nights.
Opera
- Adina (L'elisir d'amoreL'elisir d'amoreL'elisir d'amore is an opera by the Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. It is a melodramma giocoso in two acts...
- Donizetti) - Mélisande, Yniold (Pelléas et MélisandePelléas et Mélisande (opera)Pelléas et Mélisande is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's Symbolist play Pelléas et Mélisande...
- Debussy) - Antigone (Oedipe - EnescoEnescoEnesco is an American company specializing in the sales and distribution of giftware. The company was known as an industry leader during the 1970s, '80s, and '90s, as it carried the Precious Moments porcelain figurine line of products.-History:...
) - Véronique (VéroniqueVéronique (operetta)Véronique is an opéra comique or operetta in three acts composed by André Messager. The French libretto was by Georges Duval and Albert Vanloo...
- MessagerAndré MessagerAndré Charles Prosper Messager , was a French composer, organist, pianist, conductor and administrator. His stage compositions included ballets and 30 opéra comiques and operettas, among which Véronique, had lasting success, with Les p'tites Michu and Monsieur Beaucaire also enjoying international...
) - Valletto/Amore (L'incoronazione di PoppeaL'incoronazione di PoppeaL'incoronazione di Poppea is an Italian baroque opera comprising a prologue and three acts, first performed in Venice during the 1642–43 carnival season. The music, attributed to Claudio Monteverdi, is a setting of a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello...
- Monteverdi) - Despina (Così fan tutteCosì fan tutteCosì fan tutte, ossia La scuola degli amanti K. 588, is an opera buffa by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart first performed in 1790. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte....
- Mozart) - Pamina (Die Zauberflöte - Mozart)
- Servilia (La clemenza di TitoLa clemenza di TitoLa clemenza di Tito , K. 621, is an opera seria in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Caterino Mazzolà, after Metastasio...
- Mozart) - Susanna / Barbarina (Le nozze di Figaro - Mozart)
- Dido (Dido and AeneasDido and AeneasDido and Aeneas is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London no later than the summer of 1688. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid...
- PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
) - Divers (The Fairy Queen - PurcellHenry PurcellHenry Purcell – 21 November 1695), was an English organist and Baroque composer of secular and sacred music. Although Purcell incorporated Italian and French stylistic elements into his compositions, his legacy was a uniquely English form of Baroque music...
) - Sesto (Giulio Cesare in Egitto - Sartorio)
- Nanetta (FalstaffFalstaff (opera)Falstaff is an operatic commedia lirica in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, adapted by Arrigo Boito from Shakespeare's plays The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry IV. It was Verdi's last opera, written in the composer's ninth decade, and only the second of his 26 operas to be a comedy...
- Verdi)
Records
- 2008
- Amel chante la méditerranée - Souvenirs d'Al-Andalous (Ame Son)- Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano) / Rachid Brahim-Djelloul (Violin, Singing and direction) / Ensemble Amedyez : Rachid Brahim-Djelloul (Violon, Chant et direction), Noureddine Aliane (Ud), Dahmane Khalfa (Derbouka and Percussions), Sofia Djemai (Mandoline) et Mohammed Maakni (Guitar).
- 2007
- Les milles et une nuits (Ame Son) - Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano) / Anne-Le Bozec (piano) - Rewards : 4f TéléramaTéléramaTélérama is a weekly French magazine owned by Le Monde S.A. Its primary contents are television and radio listings, though the magazine also prints film, theatre, music and book reviews, as well as cover stories and feature articles of cultural interest. The name is a contraction of its earlier...
- 4 stars Le Monde de la Musique - 5 DiapasonDiapasonDiapason may refer to:* Diapason , a just interval in Pythagorean tuning* Diapason , a tonal grouping of the flue pipes of a pipe organ* Diapason , a French classical music magazine...
s - 5 clés de sol d'Opéra Magazine - songs by Francesco SantoliquidoFrancesco SantoliquidoFrancesco Santoliquido was an Italian composer. He studied at the Liceo di Santa Cecilia in Rome, graduating in 1908. His best known work are his Tre Poesie Persiane, for voice & piano recorded by Amel Brahim-Djelloul and Anne Le Bozec in 2008....
and others.- 2006
- Le Jardin des Voix (Virgin Classics) - Les Arts Florissants / William Christie
- 2006
- Giulio Cesare in Egitto (ORF Alte Musik) - 4 acte Opera of Antonio SartorioAntonio SartorioAntonio Sartorio was an Italian composer active mainly in Italy and in Hamburg, Germany. He was a leading composer of operas in his native Venice in the 1660s and 1670s and was also known for composing in other genres of vocal music...
(1630–1680) - Amel Brahim-Djelloul (Sesto)- 2005
- Les Grands Motets de Charpentier (K617) - Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli / Amel Brahim-Djelloul, Robert Getchell, Jean-François Lombard, Jean-François Novelli, Stephan van Dick, Maarten Koningsberger, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Ens. voc. Les Pages et Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Ens. Musica Florea.
- 2004
- Les Grands Motets de Lully (K617) - Conductor: Olivier Schneebeli / Amel Brahim-Djelloul (soprano), Damien Guillon (alto), Howard Crook (ténor), Hervé Lamy (ténor), Arnaud Marzorati (basse), Ens. voc. Les Pages et Chantres du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles, Ens. inst. Musica Florea.