This album celebrates Maria Malibran and Pauline Viardot, two emblematic 19th-century figures, by exploring the operatic world that shaped their careers and era.
Performer Biography
Débora Waldman, the Music Director of the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence, became the first woman to head a permanent French national orchestra in September 2020.
Composer Biography
Pauline Viardot, Maria Malibran's younger sister, was also a distinguished mezzo-soprano, an accomplished composer, and an influential teacher who promoted the music of contemporaries like Berlioz and Brahms.
Performer Biography
Karine Deshayes, one of the finest mezzo-sopranos of her generation, has been crowned Lyric Artist of the Year three times at the Victoires de la Musique awards.
Recording & Production
Delphine Haidan's discography includes her latest recording, 'Deux Mezzos sinon rien' with Karine Deshayes, which was awarded a CHOC Classica.
Composer Biography
Maria Malibran, a Franco-Spanish mezzo-soprano known as 'La Malibran', had a dazzling but brief career, dying prematurely at age 28.
Performer Biography
Débora Waldman rediscovered the forgotten score of French composer Charlotte Sohy's 1917 Grande Guerre symphony and conducted its world premiere in 2019.
