the CV

Hélène WALTER
- lyric soprano -
Website: helenewalter.com Address: 102 rue Emile Beaufils 93100, Montreuil FRANCE Email: [email protected] Phone number: +33 6 99 62 98 93 +41 78 624 57 93 Date of birth : 26 February 1989 Nationality : French Spoken languages : French, English Sung languages: Russian, German, Italian, Greek, French, Spanish, Czech, Portuguese, Catalan, Latin Opera experience : February 2017 : Opéra de Lausanne, Hamlet from Ambroise Thomas ; 2016 : Lausanne Opera house, La Fille du Régiment from G. Donizetti and La belle de Cadix from F. Lopez, Cecillia role ; February 2016 : Recital Tribunes Jeunes Musiciens, RTS Espace 2 (Massenet, Berg, Mahler). November, December 2015, January 2016 : Les Nozze di Figaro from W.A. Mozart conducted by Alexis Kossenko (Les Ambassadeurs), CoOpérative production stage direction from Galin Stoev, role of Barberine ; February 2015 : Laureate of the international singing competition in Clermont-­‐Ferrand ; November 2014 : Laureate for the international singing competition in Mâcon, Young lyric talent prize and public prize ; October 2014 : Role of Mélisande, Pelléas et Mélisande from C. Debussy, St.-­‐Léon theatre (Paris), Dominique Sourisse (conductor), Emilie Rault (stage direction), OpEra12 ; 2012-­‐2014 : Season 2012, 2013 and 2014 of Lausanne opera house, including L’Aiglon from A. Honneger and J. Ibert, (role, Masque vénitien, Marquise, Isabelle), April 2013 ; Les Mousquetaires au couvent from L. Varney (role, Marchande de gâteau and Agathe), December 2013 and the Lyric Road, Phi-­‐Phi from H. Christiné (role : Model), June-­‐July 2014 ; Janvier 2014 : Concerts with the Hémiole vocal Ensemble, John Duxbury (conductor), St-­‐Prex (Switzerland), Purcell, Blow and Haendel opera scenes, solo soprano ; 2011-­‐2012 : role of Antigone, world premiere of Antigone recrucifiée from Alexandros Markéas, Jean-­‐Christophe Boclé (stage direction), Massy opera house Auditorium, Théâtre de Cachan and 20e theatre of Paris August 2011 et march 2012 : La vie Parisienne of Jacques Offenbach, Compagnie lyrique de Genève, Paul Hess (conductor), Elfriede John (stage direction), Echandens’s castell (Switzerland) and théâtre de l’Esperance in Geneva, role of Pauline ; December 2010 : Dido & Aeneas of H. Purcell, concert version conducted by Henri Farge at St-­‐Laurent church (Lausanne, Switzerland), choir and baroque orchestra of Lausanne music school, role of Belinda ; February-­‐may 2010 : Les Nozze di Figaro de W.A. Mozart directed by Jean-­‐Claude Malgoire, R. Devos theatre (Tourcoing, France) and Champs-­‐Élysées theatre (Paris), role of Barberina ; Recitals and concerts : March 2017 : Concert with the Orchestre d’Auvergne, pieces from Maurice Ravel ; Concert with the Hémiole vocal Ensemble, John Duxbury (conductor), Lausanne (Switzerland) Cantates de Buxtehude et Bruhns ; 2016-­‐2017 : Concerts with Lemanic Modern Ensemble, pieces from Szymanowski, Jarrel, Webern, Debussy ; July-­‐August-­‐September 2016 : Concerts with the Britten Choir, conducted by Nicole Corti ; Valloire Baroque Festival, Bach en Dôme des Collines Festival, Baroque en Tarentaise Festival, Ombres et Lumières Festival ; January 2016 : Concert with Spirito (Britten choir) Lyon Auditorium Maurice-­‐Ravel, Nicole Corti (conductor) ; November 2015 : Musique démesurée Festival, Clermont-­‐Ferrand with the Orchestre d’Auvergne, O. Bianchi ; 2014-­‐2015 : Concerts with the Ensemble Pygmalion (Notre-­‐Dame de Paris, Saint-­‐Denis festival, Saintes festival…) ; July 2014 : Concerts in Vitoria (Brazil) with the Thymos Quartet, Lieder from Schubert ; April 2014 : St. Matthew Passion from J. S. Bach, Gli Angeli Ensemble, Stephan MacLeod (conductor), ripienist in Geneva (Victoria Hall), Monthey and Arnstadt (Bachkirche) ; March-­‐April 2014 : St. Matthew and St. John Passion, J. S. Bach, Pascal Mayer (conductor), Payerne, solo soprano ; March 2014 : concert season 2014 of the Cantatio Ensemble, John Duxbury (conductor), Saint-­‐Gervais temple, Geneva, solo sopano ; February 2014 : Concert of Auliden ensemble, broadcasted live on the les Master sur les ondes by Espace 2 (Radio Suisse Romande) with Jean-­‐Pierre Amann (speaker) ; Decembrer 2013 : Concerts de l'Avent of Villars-­‐sur-­‐Glâne, Pascal Mayer (conductor), chamber choir of Fribourg university and Collegium Musicum orchester of Lucerne, solo soprano ; November 2013 : Novembre musical de Bonne, St Nicolas church with François Salque (cello) and his cello octuor ; 2013 : Concerts with Lemanic Modern Ensemble, concerts in Amadeus Festival (Geneva), for the Royaumont Fondation, for her academy Voix Nouvelles, and in its concerts season (Bern) ; February 2013 : Recital dedicated to Russian melodies on the Alexandre Blok poems, broadcasted live on the swiss radio Espace 2 ; concerts in Montreux (September 2013) and Lausanne (November 2013) ; Formation : Août 2015, Septembre 2016 : Austria ; Sankt gerold Masterclasse, with members of the Bach Consort ensemble ; Carinthische Musikacademie, with Heidi Brunner and Bernarda Fink ; October 2014 : Music academy Fauré-­‐Séverac, Toulouse (France), with, François Le Roux and Anne Le Bozec ; September 2012 : International Academy of music Ravel, Saint-­‐Jean-­‐de-­‐Luz (France), with Udo Reinemann ; 2008-­‐2013 : •
Studies in the music school of Lausanne (Switzerland), Frédéric Gindraux class, Bachelor of Arts HES-­‐SO (2011), Master of Arts HES-­‐SO in music performance, major in concert performance -­‐ jury’s congratulations and two prizes for the excellency of results and studies (2013) Masterclasses of Teresa Berganza, Helmut Deutsch, John Fiore and Luisa Castellani, Grant holder by Max D. Jost and Colette Mosetti foundations ; September 2016