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Delphine Galou (born 1977) is a French contralto. Her vocal style allows her to perform the most virtuoso roles of the baroque repertoire.

Early life and education

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Galou was born in Paris in 1977.

She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne while also studying piano and voice.

She was the "Discovery of the Year" of the French Association for the Promotion of Young Artists in 2004.

Career

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Galou started her career in 2000 as a member of the ensemble of the "Jeunes Voix du Rhin", and performed at the Opéra national du Rhin in roles such as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, and Mercedes in Carmen, and she was subsequently a guest in Rennes, Dijon, Caen, Angers-Nantes, Toulon, Nancy, Luxemburg, Freiburg, Basel, St Gallen, at the Händel Festival in Karlsruhe, and at the Schwetzingen Festival.

Galou has established herself internationally as a George Frideric Händel specialist, with parts such as Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Alessandro, Andronico (Tamerlano), Zenobia (Radamisto), and Bradamante (Alcina). In 2011–2012, she made her sensational debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in the title role of Orlando furioso by Antonio Vivaldi. She also debuted at the Royal Opera House of London (Niobe by Steffani), and performed the title role in The Rape of Lucretia at the Angers-Nantes Opera. Her 2011–2012 season was highlighted by Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Berlin State Opera under the baton of Marc Minkowski, Alcina (Bradamante) at the Lausanne Opera under the baton of Ottavio Dantone, and Rinaldo (title role) in Reggio Emilia and Ferrara. Upcoming plans include Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Penelope) by Monteverdi at the Theater an der Wien under the baton of Christophe Rousset, and Tamerlano (Andronico) at the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.

Galou has collaborated with orchestras such as the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock), I Barocchisti (Diego Fasolis), Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks), Venice Baroque Orchestra (Andrea Marcon), Il Complesso Barocco (Alan Curtis), Les Siècles (François-Xavier Roth), Les Arts Florissants (Jonathan Cohen), Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall), Ensemble Matheus (Jean-Christophe Spinosi) and Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble (Marc Minkowski).

Regular guest soloist positions

As a concert soloist, Galou is, among others, a regular guest of the Beaune Baroque Festival, where she was acclaimed in Rinaldo and Alessandro by Händel, Semiramide by Nicola Porpora, and Juditha triumphans and Orlando furioso by Vivaldi.

Recordings

Galou has also taken part in the CD recording of Porpora's Vespro per la Festività dell'Assunta under the baton of Martin Gester (live recording - Ambronay Editions. Released in 2011), Vivaldi's Teuzzone under the baton of Jordi Savall (2012 - Naïve Records) and Vivaldi's Orlando furioso under the baton of Federico Maria Sardelli (2012 - Naïve Records). A YouTube video featuring Galou's performance of "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" from Bach's Matthäuspassion had, as of August 2024, received more than 7 million views.

Solo recitals

• Agitata, Accademia Bizantina, 2017, Ottavio Dantone, Alpha.

Roles

This is a partial list of roles based on information from the artist's website.

References

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4. "Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäuspassion) - Galou (Roth)". YouTube. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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12. "Les Talens Lyriques - "Judith triomphante"". YouTube. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
13. "Orfeo ed Euridice | Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier". Opera-orchestre-montpellier.fr. Retrieved 30 September 2019.
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15. "La Monnaie ¦ de Munt ¦ Opera ¦ Tamerlano". Archived from the original on 2015-06-13. Retrieved 2015-06-24.
16. "La verità in cimento - Performance - Operahouse Zurich". Archived from the original on 2015-06-24. Retrieved 2015-06-24.

Further reading

• Gramilano interview, 2019

External links

• Official website
• A gorgeously sung and strangely staged 'Il Trionfo' at the Berlin Staatsoper

• 21st-century French women opera singers
• Living people
• French contraltos
• French operatic contraltos
• 1977 births
• Singers from Paris