Sarah Defrise is a Belgian soprano born in Brussels, Belgium.

Sarah Defrise
Born
Brussels, Belgium
Occupations
Years active2014–present
Websitesarah-defrise.com

Biography

edit

Youth and education

edit

Sarah Defrise is the daughter of two scientists and grew up in Watermael-Boitsfort in Brussels.[1] She studied French literature at the Université libre de Bruxelles before joining the Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Dutch section) where she earned a Master of Music. She then went to study with Daniel Ottevaere at the École normale de musique de Paris where she earned a concertist diploma.[2] In 2020, she earned a PhD in defending a these on melodies by Joseph Jongen at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.[3] She is a member of the Collegium of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium.[4]

Career

edit

Defrise made her debut in the role of Clorinda in La Cenerentola by Gioachino Rossini at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège in 2014. In 2017, she was designated young revelation at the Festival van Vlaanderen in Ghent and sang in duo with José Van Dam and the Symfonieorkest Vlaanderen under the direction of Jan Latham-Koenig.[5] Her career developed in the direction of contemporary music and the premier roles in stage works by Peter Eötvös, Jean-Luc Fafchamps and Denis Bosse. In 2021, she sang Aventures et Nouvelles Aventures by György Ligeti for György Kurtág 95th birthday at the Budapest Music Center.[6] She has sung on stages such as the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, Nouvel opéra Fribourg, Opéra national de Lorraine, Théâtre de l'Athénée Louis-Jouvet, Müpa Budapest and Teatro Real in Madrid.[7]

Competitions and Prizes

edit
  • 2022 : 2021 Young Musician of the Year, Prix Caecilia[8]
  • 2018 : Best performer Prize at International opera competition Armel in Budapest[9]
  • 2016 : Grand Prix musique contemporaine at Concours international Enesco in Paris[10]
  • 2013 : Bourse Nany Philippart[11]
  • 2012 : Prix jeune espoir féminin at Concours international de chant lyrique de Vivonne[12]

Principal roles

edit

Discography

edit

Videos

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Sarah Defrise, soprano : La découverte de Joseph Jongen m’a fait changer la façon dont j’envisage la musique, Musiq'3, 4 October 2021, Musiq'3
  2. ^ "Biography". Sarah-defrise.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ^ Joseph Jongen's forgotten songs, an interpretation diary, PhD, Brussels Arts Platform
  4. ^ Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium
  5. ^ Programme of Ghent Festival 2017, Festival van Vlaanderen
  6. ^ György Kurtág's 95th birthday programme, Kurtág 95
  7. ^ "Sarah Defrise, Soprano". Operabase.com. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  8. ^ "RTBF Musiq'3 Archive". www.rtbf.be. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Armel Opera Competition Archive". Armelfestival.org. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  10. ^ "Éditions précédentes (2014 – 2020)". Enesco-paris.com. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  11. ^ "Les inscriptions pour le Concours Fondation Nany Philippart 2021 sont ouvertes". Rtbf.be. 17 May 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  12. ^ "concours international de chant lyrique de vivonne – vienne en voix". Art-lyrique.org. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Cassandra". La Monnaie / De Munt. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  14. ^ Teatro Real programme, Arabella
  15. ^ Opéra Royal de Wallonie programme, Don Giovanni
  16. ^ "Is this the End? #2". La Monnaie / De Munt. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  17. ^ Grand Théâtre de Genève programme, Der Goldene Drache
  18. ^ Staatsoper Unter den Linden programme, Sleepless
  19. ^ NOF programme, Pelléas et Mélisande
  20. ^ La Monnaie programme, Is This The End
  21. ^ Opéra Royal de Wallonie programme, Cenerentola
  22. ^ Opéra Royal de Wallonie programme, Candide
  23. ^ Label's website, Discographie
  24. ^ For Cathy, A Capella Album on Bandcamp, Bandcamp
  25. ^ "Sarah Defrise - Alba session #7". Retrieved 16 January 2022 – via YouTube.
  26. ^ "Sarah Defrise et Stephane Ginsburgh, dérision et folie réjouissante dans "Coding Zero" de Ligeti". Rtbf.be. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2022.
edit