
Adèle Charvet
Mezzo-soprano
In just a few years, Adèle Charvet has established herself as one of the most talented French mezzos of her generation.
She made her operatic debut as Mercedes in Bizet's Carmen at the Royal Opera House. From then on, her career took off: her voice is described as velvety, dense and vibrantly sensitive. She cultivates her singularity by eagerly embracing all repertoires, from early to contemporary music, and adapting to all forms: voice/piano recitals, chamber music, opera, orchestral concerts, with renowned ensembles and conductors such as Marc Minkowski, Raphaël Pichon, François-Xavier Roth, John Eliot Gardiner, Lahav Shani, Vincent Dumestre, Julien Chauvin.
Her young career already brought her to the greatest opera and concert stages: Nationale Opera in Amsterdam, Barbican Center, Royal Albert Hall, Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Berlin Philharmonie, Salzburger Festspiele, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Opéra national de Paris, Opéra royal de Versailles, Opéra Comique, Opéra national de Bordeaux, Opéra National de Lyon, Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Verbier…
Since 2015, she has formed a duo with pianist Florian Caroubi born of their shared passion for music and poetry, with whom she won the Melodie prize at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Competition, then the grand prize at the IVC Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch as well as four special prizes.
She has taken part in the Académie du Verbier Festival, where she won the Prix Yves Paternot, honoring the most promising musician of the Académie.
In 2019, she recorded her first album "Long Time Ago" with pianist Susan Manoff, a program of American music and English melodies for Alpha Classics, for whom she is recording exclusively. Since then, her eclecticism has been reflected in the richness of her repertoire, exploring all forms and periods, from chamber music to opera. Her latest recording, "Teatro Sant'Angelo", which includes world premiere recordings of arias by Vivaldi, Chelleri, Ristori, recorded with the French ensemble Le Consort, was awarded the Diamant d'Opéra Magazine, TTTT Télérama, ***** BBC Music Magazine.
Recent appearances include Les Troyens conducted by Dinis Sousa in Berlin, at BBC Prom's and Versailles, Wozzeck at the Verbier Festival conducted by Lahav Shani, Roméo et Juliette at Opéra Comique, Il Barbiere di Siviglia and La Cenerentola at Capitole de Toulouse, Pelléas et Mélisande at Opéra de Rouen.
Among her projects this season: Ariodante (title role) at the Opéra national du Rhin, Carmen (title role) at the Opéra royal de Versailles, Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino) at the Glyndebourne Festival and, in concert, Werther (Charlotte) with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra, Dido and Aeneas (Dido) with Le Poème Harmonique, Saint-Saëns’ Christmas Oratorio with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Bach concerts with the Cleveland Orchestra, but also numerous concerts with Le Consort in Ambronay, Amsterdam, Gdansk, Montpellier, and recitals with Florian Caroubi at the Palazzetto Bru-Zane in Venice, at the Philharmonie de Paris…
January 2025
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Events
Videos
La Clemenza di Tito – Mozart
« Parto, parto » (Sesto)
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Montpellier – Philippe Jaroussky
Victoires de la musique classique (2024)
« Astri aversi » – Chelleri
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Le Consort
Fondation Royaumont (2023)
Carmen – Bizet
« L’amour est un oiseau rebelle » (Carmen)
Adèle Charvet, mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de chambre de Paris – Pierre Bleuse
Fauteuils d’Orchestre, Opéra Comique (2021)