Dazzling French Soprano SANDRINE PIAU Makes Toronto Debut Jan 31 – Feb 3 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Directed by Jeanne Lamon Sandrine Piau, Soprano
Dazzling French Soprano SANDRINE PIAU makes Toronto Debut Jan 31 – Feb 3 Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra Directed by Jeanne Lamon Sandrine Piau, soprano “Only a voice this pure, with intonation so flawless, could seem to linger long after it had sounded.” —San Francisco Classical Voice "Sandrine Piau is one of today’s most celebrated singers in the world of early music." —Music Web International “A magnificent singer with … pure timbre, even line, flawless musicality, and touching fragility.” —Classiqueinfo Toronto, Canada, January 11, 2013 … One of the most remarkable stars of the French opera scene, soprano Sandrine Piau joins Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra for her highly anticipated Toronto debut from January 31 to February 3, 2013. Piau is also renowned worldwide for her performances and recordings of baroque music, by Handel and Vivaldi in particular. She makes her Tafelmusik debut in a programme of virtuoso operatic arias and motets by these two composers, singing excerpts from Handel’s Giulio Cesare and Il trionfo del tempo, and Vivaldi’s thrilling and technically demanding In furore iustissimae irae. Known for her “clear and deeply expressive voice, nuanced phrasing and immaculate control,” (The New York Times) Piau regularly performs with celebrated conductors such as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Gustav Leonhardt, Ivor Bolton, Ton Koopman, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski and Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Highlights of Piau’s current season include a debut recital tour to Japan, her Boston Symphony Orchestra debut, performances with RAI Orchestra in Turin, Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande at La Monnaie, Brussels, and a Mozart recital and performance of Britten’s Les Illuminations at Wigmore Hall in London.
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