Marianne Crebassa Signs Exclusive Erato Recording Contract
Marianne Crebassa has signed an exclusive recording contract with Erato. Hailed "splendidly charismatic" by The New York Times, the young French mezzo-soprano is "an absolute revelation" (Forum Opéra), praised for her "luscious voice" (Financial Times).
Within a broad repertory encompassing Handel, Gluck, Berlioz, Debussy and Offenbach, Crebassa has nonetheless made a name for herself above all in Mozart. An alumnus of the Montpellier Conservatoire, she sang opposite Rolando Villazón in the acclaimed 2013 Lucio Silla at the Festwoche Salzburg,conducted by Marc Minkowski and reprised at the Salzburg Festival the same year. She made her La Scala debut in the same production in 2015; later that year, she portrayed Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the Staatsoper Berlin, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.
Crebassa's first collaboration with maestro Minkowski was in a Salzburg performance of Handel's Tamerlano in 2012, in which she sang alongside Plácido Domingo. The mezzo-soprano and conductor have continued to explore lesser-known Mozart repertoire together, most recently in a pioneering production based on his oratorio Davide penitente for the 2015 Salzburg Mozart Week, featuring equestrian choreography restoring the stage of the Salzburg Felsenreitschule (Horseriding School) to its original function.
Marc Minkowski and the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, then, were the ideal partners for Crebassa's debut aria recital recording.For this project, the mezzo-soprano takes as a starting point the Mozart 'trouser roles' that have already won her acclaim on stage – Lucio Silla's Cecilio (originally written for a soprano castrato) and Ramiro from La finta giardiniera and Cherubino. The theme continues with male characters from French grand operas by Chabrier, Gounod, Massenet and Offenbach.
Alain Lanceron, President of Warner Classics and Erato, said: "Since her first appearances in concert and on stage, Marianne Crebassa has captivated the international music scene, thanks to the exceptional quality of her vocal timbre and her innate musicality. We are delighted to welcome this jewel into the Erato family and look forward to a stellar future with her."
Crebassa added: "I couldn't have hoped for greater luck than to bring my first recording to fruition with Erato. This album is close to my heart – it feels like a natural continuation of the personal and artistic connections I've made since my debut at the Salzburg Festival. This great musical city and the Mozarteum have supported me unfailingly from the beginning, as well as Marc Minkowski, with whom I have shared the stage many times. Let the adventure begin!"
Recorded in January in Salzburg, Marianne Crebassa's debut album with the Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg and Marc Minkowski is slated for release in November 2016.
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