Natalie Dessay
Birthday
1965/04/19 (59 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Lyon, Rhône, France
Also know as
Nathalie Dessaix
Biography
Natalie Dessay is of the most prominent operatic singers to have come out of France. While active in the opera field, her voice was especially gifted for belcanto singing, and more recently she has moved on to undertake a new career in theatre. Although she halted her appearances on opera stages around 2013 and has been focusing on acting since, she continues to perform on recitals.
Acting
(2005) Joyeux Noel
as Anna Sörensen (singing voice)
(2014) CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
as Self
(2022) Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
as Self
(2012) Becoming Traviata
as Herself / Violetta
(2014) La voix des steppes
as ---
(2005) Le Rossignol
as Le Rossignol
(2009) La Sonnambula
as Amina
(1997) Orphée aux enfers
as Eurydice
(2008) The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
as Marie
(1996) Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
as Olympia
(2011) Jules César
as Cleopatra
(2007) Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
as Marie
(1993) Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Olympia
(2013) The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare
as Cleopatra
(2016) Amours divins !
as Self - Chanteuse
(1994) Arabella
as The Fiakermilli
(2011) La Traviata - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
as Violetta Valéry
(2015) Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
as Mrs. Emery
(2012) The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
as Violetta
(2011) The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
as Lucia
(2004) Hamlet
as Ophélie
(2003) The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
as Zerbinetta
(2010) La Sonnambula
as ---
(2002) Lucie de Lammermoor
as ---
(2018) Dilili in Paris
as Emma Calvé (voice)
(2007) Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
as Manon
(2008) Britten: Peter Grimes
as Self - Host
(2011) The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
as Self - Host
(2012) Giulio Cesare in Egitto
as Cleopatra
(2024) Véronique Sanson : Hasta Luego !
as ---
(2017) Fauteuils d'orchestre (Renaud Capuçon)
as self
(2016) Amanda
as Self
(2012) La Parenthèse inattendue
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Guest
(2019) Les plus belles comptines d'Okoo
as ---
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self
(1998) Vivement dimanche
as Self
(2005) Eine große Nachtmusik
as Self