Emmanuelle de Negri

When the noble and pompous Paris Opera decided to renew itself in the Age of Enlightenment, it adopted comedy. Comedy, that is to say intrigue, chivalry, the diversity of tone and the modernity of language: all that which made a work livelier for its contemporaries.

Dance, which had always been part of French operas, rose to prominence. Opéra-ballet emerged, magnificent and pleasing to the eye, and won audiences with its succession of entrées: autonomous and indefinitely combinable plots.

The dazzling and lasting success of Les Fêtes vénitiennes was instrumental in the advent of this new form of entertainment. André Campra, who prevailed over French music since Lully’s death, displayed all his art in these gallant and witty intrigues against a background of unbridled carnival. William Christie and Robert Carsen are reunited after their 2014 Platée so as to revive the splendor of opéra-ballet.

After l'Opéra Comique and The Théâtre de Caen, Emmanuelle de Negri will perform with great pleasure as La Raison, Lucile and Lucie in Théâtre de Capitole (Toulouse) on February 23rd, 25th, 26th and 28th 2016. 

During this season 2015/2016, soprano Emmanuelle de Negri continues her international tours with Les Arts Florissants, under the baton of William Christie : she will be part of Les Fêtes Vénitiennes in Toulouse as well as the european tour of Airs sérieux et à boire. We see her in Lille, Caen and at the Theater an der Wien, under the baton of Emmanuelle Haïm, as Amastre (Xerse by Cavalli). Furthermore, we had the opportunity to discover her as Susanna during a french tour of Le Nozze di Figaro with the Co(Opéra)tive Opera.