"Isabelle Druet passes from German to French, from English to Finnish with an ease that commands admiration, from the most exalted melodies to the most murmured songs, she tells us with passion and commitment the story of these Tragic heroines " (Emilie Munera FranceMusique.fr - 16/12/16 - Coup de coeur for the "Shakespeare Songs") .
The CD, which was published in December 2016 at NoMad Music (in co-production with RSB artists), will return on Thursday 16 March 2017 in the hall where it was recorded in 2016: the TAP de Poitiers.
A linguistic virtuoso, a master of human
emotions, an expert in Machiavellian stories of
intrigue and tyranny, and a bard of love and of
the moment - these are but a few of the many
facets of the Shakespearian message. We follow
him into the heart of humanity and its excesses,
from madness to the burlesque, from despair
to bonhomie, from hatred of one's fellow man to universal love. So is it really surprising that
so many composers in so many languages have
used such a rich tapestry of humanity, or that we
- the singers at the end of this great chain - have
decided to devote a recital to him?
Isabelle Druet, with her voice of honey, her gifts as an actress and her
uncommon diction, is accompanied to perfection by the pianist Anne Le
Bozec. The duo accomplice visits Schubert, Schumann, Rossini or Sibelius, a
gallery of sometimes tragic figures such as Ophélie and Desdémone, but
also lighter as Silvia or Cymbeline, ideal female silhouettes evoked
with ardor, astonishment, rapture.
Isabelle Druet's record-breaking news is rich: another CD, Muses, released in September 2016 at Klarthe, recently won a Choc Classica.
Isabelle
Druet is one of the most prominent mezzo-sopranos of her generation.
She switch happily from the Opera repertoire to recital and cross
centuries from Monteverdi to Britten with fascinating ease.
This is reflected in its rich and contrasting 2016/2017 season. At the opera
she sings the role of Baba the Turk for the co-production of The
Rake's Progress (Stravinsky) at the Théâtre de Caen, then in
Reims, Rouen, Limoges and the Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg; she is
Melanto and Fortuna in Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria
(Monteverdi) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Opéra de
Dijon, then returns to the Opéra de Paris for Tisbe in La
Cenerentola (Rossini) from 10 june to 13 july 2017.
