SOPRANO
Patricia Petibon
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
GALLERY
BIOGRAPHY
Coloratura soprano Patricia Petibon was discovered by William Christie after her training at the Paris Conservatoire under Rachel Yakar. She has since made a name for herself as one of the most versatile singers in her field, with a repertoire ranging from French baroque to Contemporary music. Key milestones in her career to date include Olympia at the Wiener Staatsoper, Blondchen at the Opernhaus Zürich, Giunia in Mozart's Lucio Silla in Barcelona and Madrid, Morgana in Handel's Alcina at La Scala in Milan, Aspasia in Mozart's Mitridate at the Theater an der Wien and in Munich, and Despina in Mozart's Così fan tutte at the Salzburg Festival.
The artist celebrated notable success as Giunia (Lucio Silla) at the Theater an der Wien under Nikolaus Harnoncourt, with whom she shared a strong musical affinity and with whom she collaborated on a regular basis. Her interpretation of Berg's Lulu received international acclaim in Geneva, at the Salzburg Festival and at the Liceu in Barcelona, while additional highlights have included Manon at the Wiener Staatsoper and the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the role of Mélisande at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Blanche (Dialogues des Carmélites), also at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris. Patricia Petibon has performed all three female roles in Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann at La Monnaie in Brussels and spring 2021 marked a magnificent role debut with Poulenc's La Voix Humaine and Thierry Escaich's Point d'Orgue directed by Olivier Py at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées.
Her most recent engagements include a new production of La Voix humaine at the Opéra national du Rhin, directed by Katie Mitchell, as well as Pelléas et Mélisande with the Budapest Festival Orchestra conducted by Iván Fischer, and Così fan tutte at the Théâtre du Châtelet and in a concert version with the Orchestre national de Lyon. In autumn 2024, she can be seen for the first time in the role of Mère Marie in Olivier Py's production of Dialogues des Carmélites at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. In addition to numerous recitals, Patricia Petibon can be heard in the 2024-2025 season with the two programmes "Destins de Reines" and "Flammes des Magiciennes" together with the French baroque ensemble Amarillis.
Patricia Petibon maintains close musical relationships with Alain Altinoglu, Giovanni Antonini and Il Giardino Armonico, Bertrand de Billy, Ivor Bolton, Frédéric Chaslin, Myung Whun Chung, Héloïse Gaillard and Amarillis, Emmanuelle Haïm and Le Concert d'Astrée, Daniel Harding, Bernard Haitink, Kristjan Järvi, Louis Langré, Andrea Marcon and La Cetra as well as Venice Baroque, Josep Pons, François-Xavier Roth and Les Siècles, Christophe Rousset, Jérémie Rohrer, Paavo Järvi and many more.
Patricia Petibon feels equally at home on the Lied stage, appearing regularly in Paris, Lyon, Lille, Strasbourg, Aix-en-Provence, at the Vienna Musikverein and Konzerthaus, at the Salzburg Festival, in Graz, Geneva, Dortmund, Hamburg, Berlin, London's Wigmore Hall, Edinburgh, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Madrid, Granada and Bilbao.
As a growing advocate for young singers, she founded the Academy “Les Chants d'Ulysse” at the Royal Abbey of Fontevraud and the Théâtre Le Dôme in Saumur, together with the flutist and oboist Héloïse Gaillard, artistic director of the Ensemble Amarillis. The academy is aimed at students, singers and musicians, future professionals and emerging artists.
From 2008 to 2016, Patricia Petibon was an exclusive Deutsche Grammophon artist. During this time, she released arias by Gluck, Mozart and Haydn with Concerto Köln and Daniel Harding, the recording “Rosso”, with Italian baroque arias with La Cetra and Andrea Marcon, “Melancolia” with Spanish repertoire, which she recorded together with the Orquesta Nacional de España under Josep Pons. In 2012, her solo record entitled “Nouveau Monde” was released with baroque arias and songs, which she recorded together with La Cetra and Andrea Marcon. This was followed in 2014 by “La Belle Excentrique”, a recording of mélodies françaises, which was awarded numerous prizes. Her albums entitled "L'amour, la mort, la mer" followed by "La Traversée" with La Cetra and Andrea Marcon were released by Sony Music.
2024 | 2025
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DISCOGRAPHY
La Traversée
Arias by Henry Purcell, Stefano Landi, Georg Friedrich Händel, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi and Jacques Offenbach
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel & Andrea Marcon
Label: Sony Music Entertainment France | 2022
L'amour, la mort, la mer
Works by Jean Cras, Nicolas Bacri, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Gabriel Fauré, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, Yann Tiersen, Ariel Ramirez, Joaquin Rodrigo, Enrique Granados, Thiery Escaich, Francisco Mignone, Reynaldo Hahn, Robert Baska and John Lennon
Susan Manoff, piano | David Venitucci, accordeon | Olivier Py, vocals
Ronan Bebars, bigpipes | Philippe Marchand, alias Yula S, percussion
Label: Sony Classical | 2020
La Belle Excentrique
Works by Erik Satie, Léo Ferré, Francis Poulenc, Manuel Rosenthal, Gabriel Fauré, Reynaldo Hahn, Francine Cockenpot
Piano: Susan Manoff
Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 2014
Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs
Henri de Bailly, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Georg Friedrich Händel, José de Nebra, Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau
La Cetra Barockorchester Basel
Conductor: Andrea Marcon
Label: Deutsche Grammophon | 2012
VIDEOS
CALENDAR
Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Jodie Devos, Soeur Constance de Saint Denis
Sophie Koch, Madame de Croissy
Sahy Ratia, Le Chevalier de La Force
Alexandre Duhamel, Le Marquis de La Force
Marie Gautrot, Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant Jésus
Ramaya Roy, Soeur Mathilde
Loïc Félix, Le Père confesseur du couvent
Blaise Rantoanina, Le premier commissaire
Yuri Kissin, Le second commissaire / Un officier
Matthieu Lécroart, Le geôlier / Monsieur Javelinot / Thierry
Les Siècles
Choeur Unikanti
Gaël Darchen, Chorus master
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Olivier Py, stage director
Pierre-André Weitz, set & costume design
Bertrand Killy, light
Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Jodie Devos, Soeur Constance de Saint Denis
Sophie Koch, Madame de Croissy
Sahy Ratia, Le Chevalier de La Force
Alexandre Duhamel, Le Marquis de La Force
Marie Gautrot, Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant Jésus
Ramaya Roy, Soeur Mathilde
Loïc Félix, Le Père confesseur du couvent
Blaise Rantoanina, Le premier commissaire
Yuri Kissin, Le second commissaire / Un officier
Matthieu Lécroart, Le geôlier / Monsieur Javelinot / Thierry
Les Siècles
Choeur Unikanti
Gaël Darchen, Chorus master
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Olivier Py, stage director
Pierre-André Weitz, set & costume design
Bertrand Killy, light
Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Jodie Devos, Soeur Constance de Saint Denis
Sophie Koch, Madame de Croissy
Sahy Ratia, Le Chevalier de La Force
Alexandre Duhamel, Le Marquis de La Force
Marie Gautrot, Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant Jésus
Ramaya Roy, Soeur Mathilde
Loïc Félix, Le Père confesseur du couvent
Blaise Rantoanina, Le premier commissaire
Yuri Kissin, Le second commissaire / Un officier
Matthieu Lécroart, Le geôlier / Monsieur Javelinot / Thierry
Les Siècles
Choeur Unikanti
Gaël Darchen, Chorus master
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Olivier Py, stage director
Pierre-André Weitz, set & costume design
Bertrand Killy, light
Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Jodie Devos, Soeur Constance de Saint Denis
Sophie Koch, Madame de Croissy
Sahy Ratia, Le Chevalier de La Force
Alexandre Duhamel, Le Marquis de La Force
Marie Gautrot, Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant Jésus
Ramaya Roy, Soeur Mathilde
Loïc Félix, Le Père confesseur du couvent
Blaise Rantoanina, Le premier commissaire
Yuri Kissin, Le second commissaire / Un officier
Matthieu Lécroart, Le geôlier / Monsieur Javelinot / Thierry
Les Siècles
Choeur Unikanti
Gaël Darchen, Chorus master
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Olivier Py, stage director
Pierre-André Weitz, set & costume design
Bertrand Killy, light
Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites
Patricia Petibon, Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
Vannina Santoni, Blanche de La Force
Véronique Gens, Madame Lidoine
Jodie Devos, Soeur Constance de Saint Denis
Sophie Koch, Madame de Croissy
Sahy Ratia, Le Chevalier de La Force
Alexandre Duhamel, Le Marquis de La Force
Marie Gautrot, Mère Jeanne de l'Enfant Jésus
Ramaya Roy, Soeur Mathilde
Loïc Félix, Le Père confesseur du couvent
Blaise Rantoanina, Le premier commissaire
Yuri Kissin, Le second commissaire / Un officier
Matthieu Lécroart, Le geôlier / Monsieur Javelinot / Thierry
Les Siècles
Choeur Unikanti
Gaël Darchen, Chorus master
Karina Canellakis, conductor
Olivier Py, stage director
Pierre-André Weitz, set & costume design
Bertrand Killy, light
CONTACT
Representation: World
- Helga Machreich-Unterzaucher
- +43 (0)5 06 80-012
- machreich@machreich-artists.com
