Dominique Visse

Dominique Visse (born August 30, 1955) is a French countertenor and founder of the Ensemble Clément Janequin. Visse devotes himself to performing of secular and religious music of the Renaissance. He is principally known for his interpretations of the Parisian chansons.^[1]

He was a chorister in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and studied organ and flute at the Versailles Conservatory. He is married to soprano Agnès Mellon.

Selected discography

Opera

• Witch of Endor in Marc-Antoine Charpentier's David et Jonathas for William Christie.
• Handel: Ottone Robert King
• Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
• Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria Jacobs
• Handel: Giulio Cesare Jacobs
• Handel: Rinaldo
• Charpentier: Le Malade imaginaire
• Hasse: Cleofide
• Vivaldi: L'incoronazione di Dario
• Sartorio Giulio Cesare in Egitto Cremonesi
• Cavalli: La Calisto

Recitals

• Songs for Seven Centuries
• Campra - French Cantatas
• La Marquise in Poulenc's Gendarme incompris Decca
• The Three Countertenors - Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin
• with Agnès Mellon: Parole e Querele d'Amore: Madrigali a due voci Zigzag 2011
• Takemitsu: Songs
• Bach. Café Zimmermann. Alpha
• Dom Quichotte Cantatas & Comic Concertos, Celine Frisch, Café Zimmermann

References

1. ^ (2005) "Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse", pp. 18–19 [CD]. Album notes for Autant en emporte le vent (Chansons) by Claude Le Jeune. Arles: Harmonia Mundi (HMC 901863).

External links

• Official web site

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