Claire Lefilliâtre

Passionate about singing and baroque expression, particularly the interpretation of French and Italian music of the seventeenth century, Claire Lefilliâtre received her vocal training from Alain Buet and Valérie Guillorit (singing), studied baroque gesture and declamation (Eugène Green and Benjamin Lazar), and Alexander technique (as applied to stage movement) with Agnès de Brunhoff.

Claire’s expertise in baroque repertoire has made her a favourite performer with several ensembles: le Poème Harmonique, Les Nouveaux Caractères, l’Ensemble La Fenice, Le Holland Baroque Society, La Tempête, etc. She performs regularly with them on many French and international stages (Opéra Comique in Paris, Opéra d’Avignon, Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival, Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Academia Santa Cecilia (Rome), Művészetek Palotája (Budapest), Bozar Festival (Brussels), and the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), as well as music halls in New York, Buenos Aires, Tokyo and Shanghai.

 

Her operatic roles include productions by le Poème Harmonique and Benjamin Lazar: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme by Molière, the title role in La Vita Humana by Marazzoli, Hermione in Cadmus et Hermione by Lully, Clori in Egisto by Cavalli and Marie-Madeleine in Il Terremoto by Draghi.

 

She was also Annio in La Clemenza di Tito with Jérémie Rhorer, Proserpine, La Musica and La Messagiera in Orfeo by Monteverdi, Pulcheria in Riccardo Primo by Handel with Franco Fagioli…

 

Her curiosity lead her to work on singular projects in different artistic worlds (Emily Loizeau, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and the Circa Contemporary Circus, Jeanne-Marie Golse, the Oxalys ensemble…).

 

Passionate about teaching, she has always give her early music’s love and knowledge in many masterclasses in France and abroad.