Sandrine Piau

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Sandrine Piau (b. 5 June 1965 in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France) is an opera soprano. Trained as a harpist, she studied voice at the Collège Lamartine and the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique du Paris.

She is best known for her roles in Baroque opera, having worked with William Christie at the Festival international d'Art Lyrique at Aix-en-Provence. She has since collaborated with many of the leading European conductors of the Baroque revival, including Marc Minkowski, Philippe Herreweghe, Paul McCreesh, Alan Curtis, Ton Koopman, Christophe Rousset, René Jacobs, and Fabio Biondi.

She was named a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in 2006 by the French government.

[edit] Recordings

• Les Indes galantes by Rameau conducted by William Christie (1992) Harmonia Mundi
• Castor & Pollux by Rameau conducted by William Christie (1993) Harmonia Mundi
• Messiah by Handel, conducted by William Christie (1994) Harmonia Mundi
• Les Fêtes de Paphos by Mondonville conducted by Christophe Rousset (1997) Polygram
• King Arthur by Purcell conducted by William Christie (1995) Erato
• Rodrigo by Handel, conducted by Alan Curtis (1999) EMI
• Motets by Couperin conducted by Christophe Rousset (1999) EMI
• Serse by Handel, conducted by William Christie (2004) Virgin Classics
• Aci, Galatea e Polifemo by Handel, conducted by Emmanuelle Haim (2004) Virgin Classics
• J. S. Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 15-22 by Bach, conducted by Ton Koopman (2005) Challenge Classics

Recitals:

• Mozart: Opera Arias by Mozart, conducted by Gottfried von der Goltz (2002) Astrée
• Sandrine Piau - Handel Opera Seria by Handel, conducted by Christophe Rousset (2005) Naïve
• Vivaldi Edition: Arie d'Opera by Vivaldi, conducted by Federico Sardelli (2005) Naïve

Other:

• Mitridate by Mozart, conducted by Christophe Rousset (1999) Decca
• Mélodies by Debussy (2003) Naïve
• La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein by Offenbach, conducted by Marc Minkowski (2005) Virgin Classics
• The Seven Last Words of Christ by Haydn, conducted by Laurence Equilbey (2006) Naïve

[edit] External links

• Radio France bio
• Barnes and Noble profile

[edit] See also

• Patricia Petibon
• Mireille Delunsch
• Gaëlle Méchaly
• Natalie Dessay
• Véronique Gens
• Isabelle Poulenard
• Guillemette Laurens
• Noémi Rime