Melissa
Light lyric coloratura soprano
Curriculum vitae
Musical training
- Milano (Italy) — Conservatory, then the School of La Scala. with Ettore Campogagliani, Renata Carioso.
- 1978 First Prize in Singing and First Prize in Operatic Art
- Athína (Greece) — Conservatory, then advanced study with a pupil of Maestro Tullio Serafin. with Fleury, Elisabeth Sandri.
- New York (United States)
- First Prize in Singing and First Prize in Operatic Art
- 1980 First Prize in Singing, Concours musical de France, unanimously, with the jury's congratulations
- 1982 International Summer Academy of Nice, with Mady Mesplé
- 1983 First Prize in Singing, Ministry of Culture competition, Paris; residency at the Cité internationale des arts
- 1984 International Summer Academy of Nice, with Lorraine Nubar of the Juilliard School, New York
Teaching
Taught singing at the Conservatoire russe de Paris Serge Rachmaninoff (Paris, France).
- Voice placement, technique, interpretation; preparation for the stage and for national and international competitions.
- Vocal coaching for choirs, amateur and professional.
- Running singing workshops.
Languages
Spoken and written : French, Italian, Greek, Spanish, English.
Currently studying : German, Romanian, Polish, Hungarian.
Concerts, recitals and auditions
1978
Opéra de Marseille · Opera
- La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein (Offenbach) — as Demoiselle d'honneur
Opéra de Marseille · Recital with piano
Piano : Lilian Roux, pianist of the Opéra
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) — Una voce poco fa
- Mignon (Thomas) — Philine's aria
- Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) — Oscar's aria
- Don Pasquale (Donizetti) — Norina's aria
Opéra de Marseille · Concert
Conductor : Philippe Le Querrec
- Messe en ut (Mozart) — Soprano solo
1979
Abbaye Saint-Victor · Concert
Conductor : Marcel Gay
- Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms) — Soprano solo
Château de Borély, Marseille · Opera
- Mireille (Gounod) — as Clémence
Opéra de Nîmes · Recital with piano
- Dinorah (Meyerbeer) — Dinorah's aria
- Manon (Massenet) — Duo à Saint-Sulpice
- La sonnambula (Bellini) — Amina's final aria
- Estrellita (Ponce)
1981
Liège · Recital with piano
- Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) — Mad aria
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
- Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) — Una voce poco fa
- Don Pasquale (Donizetti) — Norina's aria
Paris · Recital with piano
with clarinet
- Lieder
- Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Schubert)
Paris, Cercle Suédois · Recital with piano
- Songs (Fauré)
- La sonnambula (Bellini) — Amina's final aria
- Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) — Konstanze's aria
1982
Paris, Salle Cortot · Recital with piano
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, pianist of the Opéra Bastille
- La bohème (Puccini) — Musetta's waltz
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 1
- Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) — Juliette's waltz
- Songs (Fauré)
- Songs (Duparc)
- Chère Nuit (Bachelet)
- Si tu le veux (Koechlin)
1983
Audition
Audition for Jean Darnel, director of the Insertion professionnelle des jeunes artistes, with Gérard Souzay, Jacques Bourgeois and Viorica Cortez. Letter of recommendation obtained for the Juilliard School, New York.
1984
Audition
Audition for Élie Bankhalter, and opera concert, Paris.
1987
Paris · Recital with piano
- La traviata (Verdi) — Violetta's aria, act 1
- La rondine (Puccini) — Doretta's aria
- Der Rosenkavalier (Strauss) — Sophie's duet
- Un ballo in maschera (Verdi) — Oscar's aria
- Oh ! quand je dors (Liszt)
1989
Paris, Maison de l'Opéra · Recital with piano
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, of the Opéra de Paris Bastille · For : Cercle Europe Art — Sigried von Kurzel
- La bohème (Puccini) — Musetta's waltz
- Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) — Mad scene
- La traviata (Verdi) — Violetta's aria, act 1
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
Paris, Palais de la Beauharnais · Recital with piano
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, of the Opéra de Paris Bastille
- Lieder (Schumann)
- Manon (Massenet) — Manon au Cours-la-Reine
- I puritani (Bellini) — O rendetemi la speme
1990
Paris, Maison de l'Opéra · Recital with piano
- Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) — Juliette's waltz
- Louise (Charpentier) — Louise's aria
- Rigoletto (Verdi) — Gilda's aria
- Lakmé (Delibes) — The Bell Song
1991
Paris, Centre Culturel Autrichien · Recital with piano
Piano : Tong Gia
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 1
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
Paris, Maison de l'Opéra · Recital with piano
Piano : Jérôme Madesclaire
- La bohème (Puccini) — Musetta's waltz
- La traviata (Verdi) — Violetta's aria, act 1
- Manon (Massenet) — Fabliau
- Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) — Mad scene
1992
Paris, Cercle militaire · Recital
Piano : Wally Karveno
- Wiener Walzer (Strauss) — Resi's waltz
- Manon (Massenet) — Fabliau
- Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) — Mad scene
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
- Notre Blues (Wally Karveno)
1993
Paris, Cercle Républicain · Recital
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, of the Opéra de Paris Bastille
- Hamlet (Ambroise Thomas) — Ophélie's mad scene
- Louise (Gustave Charpentier) — Louise's aria
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
- La rondine (Puccini) — Doretta's aria
1994
Paris, Théâtre de Dix Heures · Recital
Piano : Wally Karveno, composer-pianist
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
- Notre Blues (Wally Karveno)
- La Déesse du Soleil (Moïse Vivanco)
Opera
Audition and rehearsals for the Théâtre des Amandiers.
Conductor : Pierre Bouyer
- Carmen (Bizet) — as Frasquita
OPAL · Audition
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, of the Opéra de Paris Bastille
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
- Manon (Massenet) — Manon au Cours-la-Reine
Théâtre de Nesle · Recital
- Works (Wally Karveno)
Château de Neuville · Recital
Piano : Wally Karveno · Flute : Cristina
- Messiah (Haendel)
- Se tu m'ami (Pergolèse)
- O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck)
- Works (Wally Karveno)
Château de Guichainville · Recital
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, of the Opéra de Paris Bastille
- Ave Maria (Gounod)
- Du bist bei mir (Bach)
- O Divine Redeemer (Gounod)
- Works (Wally Karveno)
1995
Paris, Maison Opéra Garnier · Recital
Piano : Jérôme Madesclaire
- Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Sieczyński)
- La traviata (Verdi) — Violetta's aria
- O Divine Redeemer (Gounod)
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
- Die Fledermaus (Strauss) — Adèle's aria
Recording
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, of the Opéra de Paris Bastille
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) — Queen of the Night, aria 2
- Lakmé (Delibes) — The Bell Song
- La sonnambula (Bellini) — Amina's mad aria
Audition
Audition for Herbert Breslin.
1996
Paris, Résidence Maxim's · Recital
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, of the Opéra de Paris Bastille
- Seligkeit (Schubert)
- An die Musik (Schubert)
- Louise (Charpentier) — Depuis le jour
- Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Songs (Fauré)
- Oh ! quand je dors (Liszt)
- La rondine (Puccini) — Canzone di Doretta
- Wien, du Stadt meiner Träume (Sieczyński)
- Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) — Barcarolle
- Lakmé (Delibes) — The Bell Song
1997
Paris, Théâtre de la Pépinière · Opera
Piano : Sybil Bartrop, pianist of the Opéra Bastille · Conductor : Tota Burdekin · Staging : Bernard Pisani · For : Première Opéra
- Orphée aux Enfers (Offenbach) — Eurydice's duet, with Damon Igor
- Duetto buffo di due gatti (Rossini) — Duet, with Catherine Ghomdai
- La Poupée (Offenbach) — as Olympia
Nice · Audition
Audition for Maestro Olivier dos Santos.
Acclaimed in
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) · I puritani (Bellini) · Rigoletto (Verdi) · Hamlet (Thomas) · Les Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) · Lakmé (Delibes) · Manon (Massenet) · Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) · Don Pasquale (Donizetti) · I vespri siciliani (Verdi) · La sonnambula (Bellini) · Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Mozart) · Die Zauberflöte (Mozart) · Mignon (Thomas) · Der Rosenkavalier (Richard Strauss) · La traviata (Verdi) · Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms) · Requiem (Mozart) · Missa brevis (Mozart) · Messiah (Haendel) · Messe en ut (Mozart) · Gloria (Poulenc) · Stabat Mater (Pergolèse) · Matthäus-Passion (Bach)
Under the baton of
Adler · Hartemann · Rivoli · Veltri · Patané · Masson · Gay · Le Querrec · Cambreling · Suzan
Principal stage directors
Margharita Wallmann · Jorge Lavelli · Patrice Chéreau · Jean-Pierre Ponnelle
Other pursuits
violin, harp, swimming, horse riding, baseball, classical dance, writing novels, biographies and plays.