Chœur de Radio France & Christophe Grapperon
Biography Chœur de Radio France & Christophe Grapperon
Judith van Wanroij
The Dutch soprano Judith van Wanroij studied with Margreet Honig at the Amsterdam Conservatory and at the Nederlandse Opera Academie. She made her debut at the Opéra de Lyon as Virtù and Drusilla in Monteverdi's ‹L'incoronazione di Poppea› and has since sung at renowned opera houses such as the Teatro Real Madrid, the Dutch National Opera, La Monnaie, the Lincoln Centre New York, the Gran Teatre del Liceu and the Théâtre des Champs Elysées. In 2003 she was first prize winner of the Erna Spoorenberg Vocalists Presentation and in 2005 she took part in the vocal programme Le Jardin des Voix of Les Arts Florissants. Her repertoire includes in particular French and Italian baroque music, French romantic repertoire and Mozart's vocal works. Her most important roles include the Contessa in ‹Le nozze di Figaro›, Donna Elvira in ‹Don Giovanni›, Ilia in ‹Idomeneo› and the title roles in Rossi's ‹Orfeo› and Lemoyne's ‹Phèdre›. Recent performances include concerts and recordings of César Franck's ‹Hulda› with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, Télaïre in ‹Castor et Pollux› with the Orfeo Orchestra, Handel's ‹Messias› at the Concertgebouw and Bach's ‹Matthäuspassion› with the Philharmonie Zuidnederland. She sang the title role in ‹Ariane et Bacchus› with Le Concert Spirituel and the role of Créuse in Charpentier's ‹Médée›. In the 25/26 season, she can be seen in ‹Don Giovanni› at the Cologne Opera and in ‹Die Zauberflöte› at the Theater Basel.
Isabelle Druet
who received a ‘Victoire’ in the French Classical Music Awards 2010 as the year’s most promising young opera singer, appears in many operatic performances in 2011-2012 such as the title-role of Carmen (Düsseldorf and Duisburg), Isabella in Italiana in Algeri (Opéra de Metz), Orlovsky in Fledermaus (Opéra du Rhin), Climene in Cavalli's Egisto (Paris Opéra Comique, Opéra de Rouen) or Astrée and Théone in Lully's Phaëton (Beaune and Lausanne). She also makes her debut on the stage of the Opéra National de Paris in Salome (role of the Page). She performs concerts and recitals with many prestigious ensembles and orchestras : Le Poème Harmonique, for a spanish recital (Briceno, recorded and recently released by Alpha), Les Folies Françoises (Acis et Galatée and Alcione), Les Siècles (Glück / Mozart concerts), the Orchestre Lyrique d'Avignon Provence for Bizet's Le Docteur Miracle. At the Chorégies d'Orange, she sings in Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle.
The path Isabelle Druet has followed is an unusual one : she began to explore the art of singing through various traditional and modern types of music. She also trained as an actor and is co-founder in Besançon of the company ‘La Carotte’, with which she has given many shows combining theatre, circus arts and music. She graduated from the Paris Conservatoire summa cum laude in 2007. That same year she also received the Adami award as Young classical singer of the year, and in 2008 she won Second Prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition.
Among numerous operatic successes, let's mention Zaïde in Campra's L'Europe Galante ; Wisdom, Sidonie and Mélisse in Lully's Armide at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées under William Christie's baton ; Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Arcabonne in Lully's Amadis and the 3rd Dame (Festival of Aix en Provence, salle Pleyel in Paris, Berlin Philharmony, conducted by René Jacobs) or the 2nd Dame (Opéra d'Avgignon) in Zauberflöte. She also sang the tile-role in Offenbach's Périchole.
Although she is particularly fond of giving recitals (often accompanied by Johanne Ralambondrainy), Isabelle Druet also likes to move off the beaten track, performing traditional music, giving equestrian recitals, and taking part in street operas and other original activities. One of her priorities is to share her vocal art with as many people as possible. Thus she has taken part with Jean-François Zygel in his Leçons de musique at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, and in his Cabaret classique on France Musique.
Her discography includes among others her first recital recording, Jardin Nocturne accompanied by Johanne Ralambondrainy. With Le Poème Harmonique, she recorded for Alpha Plaisir d'amour and Firenze 1616 (2007), Combatimenti (2011) and Briceno (2012). In 2008 the DVD Cadmus et Hermione (also with Le Poème Harmonique, for Alpha) received a Diapason d'Or, ffff Télérama, 4 stars from Le Monde de la Musique, R10 Classica, and was a BBC Music Choice.
Cyrille Dubois
irst sang in Caen’s Choir, obtained a degree in Science and studied at the Paris Conservatoire, before joining the Paris Opera’s opera workshop, the Atelier Lyrique in 2010. In 2015, Cyrille Dubois was nominated Best New Opera Artist at the Victoires de la Musique and Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres in 2022.
His wide repertoire ranges from Baroque (Hippolyte, in Hippolyte et Aricie) to contemporary music (L’Autre in Point d'orgue), Italian Bel Canto (Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Don Ramiro in La Cenerentola), Mozart (Ferrando in Così fan tutte, Tamino in The Magic Flute) and French Opera-comique.
He can be heard in many leading European staged, such as Teatro alla Scala, Milan (Nathanael in The Hoffmann Tales), La Monnaie in Brussels (Azor in La Dispute), Staatsoper Wien (Ernesto in Don Pasquale), Zurich Opera (Fenton in Falstaff), Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Opéra Comique (title role in Fortunio).
He has won many international competitions with Tristan Raës, and together they perform in St-Petersburg, Venice, London, Moscow, and have recorded works by Liszt, the sisters Boulangers, and the complete songs of Fauré.
Cyrille Dubois is also a concert singer and teaches masterclasses regularly. In the 2023/24 season, he sings Tamino at Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Idamante (Idomeneo) at Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and Renaud (Armide) at Opéra Comique.
His discography includes about forty recordings, including the title role in Pygmalion, Iopas in The Trojans, Acanthe in Acante et Cephise, Britten’s Canticles and Gervais’s Grands Motets.
At the Paris Opera: The Tales of Hoffmann (Nathanaël), 2012; Alcina (Oronte), 2014; Ariadne auf Naxos (Brighella), 2015; King Arthur (a worker), 2015; Così fan tutte (Ferrando), 2017; Trompe-la-mort (Lucien de Rubempré), 2017; Les Huguenots (Tavannes, a monk), 2018; Les Troyens (Iopas), 2019; The Magic Flute (Tamino), 2021
Christophe Grapperon
After studying the accordion and pursuing a degree in musicology, Christophe Grapperon joined Daniel Delarue's singing class and perfected his skills in choral and orchestral conducting with Catherine Simonpietri and Nicolas Brochot.
In April 2010, Laurence Equilbey invited him to collaborate with Accentus, where he became Associate Conductor in 2013. Accentus released the Diapason d'Or award-winning album "Saint-Saëns/Hahn: À la Lumière" (Saint-Saëns/Hahn: In the Light) on Alpha Classics in September 2022, the first under Christophe Grapperon's direction.
From 2007 to 2018, Christophe Grapperon was the musical director of the company Les Brigands alongside Loïc Boissier.
As a conductor, he has conducted in numerous opera houses. Marc Minkowski entrusted him with the direction of the Musiciens du Louvre-Grenoble choir from 2002 to 2007. He directed the major Opéraoké event presented by the Opéra Comique in June 2016, with which he collaborates regularly. He succeeded Rachid Safir in September 2016 as director of the Solistes XXI ensemble.
His work has led him to premiere works by Régis Campo, Marc-Olivier Dupin, Thierry Escaich, François Narboni, Romain Didier, and others. From 1995 to 2002, he was the pedagogical director at the Académie de Musique des Grandes Écoles et Universités de Paris, directed by Jean-Philippe Sarcos. He leads numerous workshops and masterclasses in choral, orchestral, and chamber music. In 2023-24, he served as interim director of the choral conducting class at the CNSMD in Lyon.
