Natalie Dessay
Birthday: 1965-04-19
Place of Birth: Lyon, Rhône, France
Biography: Natalie Dessay is of the most prominent operatic singers to have come out of France. While active in the opera field, her voice was especially gifted for belcanto singing, and more recently she has moved on to undertake a new career in theatre. Although she halted her appearances on opera stages around 2013 and has been focusing on acting since, she continues to perform on recitals.
Movies
Joyeux Noel
France, 1914, during World War I. On Christmas Eve, an extraordinary event takes place in the bloody...
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Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
The soundtracks of Michel Legrand, died in 2019, made cinema sublime. With Natalie Dessay and the Or...
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Becoming Traviata
How can emotion come to light on the opera set? Does it come from singing, acting or music? How can...
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La voix des steppes
A little boy Anatole lives in 1960s in the steppe in Kazakhstan with his parents-archaeologists. One...
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Le Rossignol
Getting into his grandfather's pottery workship at night, a little boy finds an unusually large vase...
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Bellini: La Sonnambula
Just as a young woman is about to marry her sweetheart, she is discovered—by the entire village, to ...
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Orphée aux enfers
Marc Minkowski conducts the Orchestra and Chorus of the Opera National de Lyon in this 1997 producti...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
Madcap physical comedy and impeccable coloratura come together for Natalie Dessay’s indelible portra...
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Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
Jacques Offenbach's opera Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffman) shown in the Teatro alla Scal...
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Jules César
Live performance 10 February 2011 at the Palais Garnier. Emmanuelle Haïm conducting Le Concert d'Ast...
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Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
In January 2007, superstar soprano Natalie Dessay, joined on stage by acclaimed tenor Juan Diego Flo...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare
David McVicar’s inventive hit production of Handel’s most popular opera sets the story of Caesar’s c...
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Arabella
Arabella, Op. 79, is a lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss to a German libretto b...
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La Traviata - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violetta in La traviata in a new production by...
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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
Geneviève lives with her mother who runs an umbrella shop in Cherbourg. She falls in love with Guy, ...
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
Willy Decker’s stunning production of Verdi’s unforgettable drama stars the riveting singing actress...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
The tragic tale of "the bride of Lammermoor" has always been a favorite of opera-goers and sopranos ...
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Hamlet
Hamlet suspects his uncle has murdered his father to claim the throne of Denmark and the hand of Ham...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
Elijah Moshinsky’s witty production deftly walks the line between the lighthearted humor and the pro...
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La Sonnambula
For the first time at the Paris Opera, Natalie Dessay sings one of the most beautiful roles of Itali...
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Lucie de Lammermoor
Gaetano Donizetti's tragic masterwork Lucie de Lammermoor (French version) is performed at the Lyon ...
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Dilili in Paris
With the help of her delivery-boy friend, Dilili, a young Kanak, investigates a spate of mysterious ...
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Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
Natalie Dessay and Rolando Villazón bring Jules Massenet's classic opera to the stage in this dazzli...
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Britten: Peter Grimes
Anthony Dean Griffey creates a haunting portrait of the outcast fisherman who struggles under the bu...
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The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
Gluck’s gripping adaptation of the ancient Greek myth is vividly brought to life by a stellar cast i...
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Michel Legrand, enchanted music
The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra and distinguished guests pay tribute to Michel Legrand....
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