Raphaëlle Farman

Raphaëlle Farman (born Paris) is a French operatic soprano.

Farman completed a master's degree in law, and later studied singing at the Conservatoire de Musique in Paris and at the Lyric School of the Opéra Bastille. He graduaded in 1992. Since then, she has undertaken various roles on stage or in the concert hall, developing her vocal and artistic personality in such roles as: Michaëla ("Carmen"), Esclarmonde ("Esclarmonde"), Violetta ("La traviata"), Mimi ("La bohème"), and also in Mozart operas (as Donna Anna, Fiordiligi, and the Countess). She has also sung Viennese Operetta (Rosalinde, The Merry Widow) and performed in many orchestral concerts and given recitals.

More recently she is a co-creator of a comedy show ("Fantasie lyrique") titled: "La diva et le Torreador" (first presented in Saint-Étienne Esplanade opera house in December 2006).

Films

She has appeared in such movies as "La Traviata de Paris" (2000) (as Flora Bervoix) and "Comedy of Power" (2006) (as a professional singer).

References

* [http://www.raphaelle-farman.com/Presse/presentation_E.htm Raphaëlle Farman Professional Web-page]
* [http://www.operaenfete.com/raphaelle-farman.htm Opéra en Fête on Raphaëlle Farman]
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/aix-operettes/aix-operettes/html/raphaelle_farman.html Raphaëlle Farman at Pagesperso]
* [http://raphaelle-farman.blogspot.com/ Raphaelle Farman - soprano]