- Véronique Gens
Véronique Gens (born
April 19 ,1966 ,Orléans ,France ) is a Frenchsoprano . She has spent much of her career recording and performingBaroque music.Gens studied at the
Conservatoire de Paris and won first prize of the school. [cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Gens-Veronique.htm |title=Véronique Gens (Soprano) |publisher=bach-cantata.com |author=Virgin Classics Website, contributed by Aryeh Oron |month= May | year= 2001] Her debut in 1986 was withWilliam Christie and hisLes Arts Florissants . She has since worked withMarc Minkowski ,René Jacobs ,Christophe Rousset ,Philippe Herreweghe , andJean-Claude Malgoire .While she started out as a Baroque specialist, she has become in demand for roles in
Mozart operas, and an interpreter of songs byBerlioz ,Debussy (see alsoBeau Soir ), Fauré and others. Her numerous recordings include many works by Mozart and Purcell, as well asJoseph Canteloube 's "Chants d'Auvergne" and Berlioz' "Nuits d'Ete".ee also
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Patricia Petibon
*Mireille Delunsch
*Gaëlle Méchaly
*Sandrine Piau
*Natalie Dessay
*Isabelle Poulenard
*Guillemette Laurens
*Noémi Rime References
External links
* [http://www.virelai.net/disco/gens/ Véronique Gens Discography]
* [http://www.musicalcriticism.com/interviews/gens-0908.shtml An interview with Véronique Gens on MusicalCriticism.com September 2008]
* [http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-musiques/biographies/fiche.php?numero=365 Radio France bio of Véronique Gens]
*imdb name|0312984
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