Anne Sophie Duprels
Soprano
French soprano Anne Sophie Duprels began her training as a pianist at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, later graduating with first class honours in vocal performance.
Video & Audio
Anne Sophie Duprels | Risurrezione Act 3 excerpt | Alfano | Live from Wexford Festival Opera
Anne Sophie Duprels | Senza Mamma | Suor Angelica | Puccini
Anne Sophie Duprels & Stuart Stratford | Scottish Opera | Rusalka
Anne Sophie Duprels | Risurrezione Act 2 excerpt | Alfano | Live from Wexford Festival Opera
Described as a “formidable singing actress”, she has garnered high critical acclaim internationally for her portrayal of leading verismo heroines. She made her UK debut with Opera Holland Park, a company with whom she has built a long standing relationship, where her credits include the title role in Mascagni’s Isabeau, Iris and Zazá, Luisa Luisa Miller‚ Katya Kabanova‚ Jenufa, Suor Angelica, Giorgetta Il Tabarro, Magda La Rondine, and Mélisande Pelleas et Mélisande. Further appearances in the UK include the title role in Suor Angelica and Madama Butterfly‚ Salud La vida Breve, Malinka‚ Etherea and Kunka The Excursions of Mr Broucek, and Micaëla Carmen (Opera North); Lisa Pique Dame, and the title role in Thaïs and Rusalka (Grange Park Opera); the title role in Manon and Rusalka, Malinka‚ Etherea and Kunka The Excursions of Mr Broucek (Scottish Opera); Oksana Tcherevichki (Garsington Opera); and Elle La Voix Humaine, Julie The Jacobin and Léna in Saint-Saëns La Princesse Jaune (Buxton Festival).
Further afield, Anne Sophie has appeared as Katiusa in Alfano’s rarely performed Risurrezione (Wexford Festival Opera); Theresa Benvenuto Cellini (Opera National du Rhin); the title role Manon and Mélisande Pelléas et Mélisande (Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires); a staged version of Strauss’ Four Last Songs (Opera National de Paris); the title role Rita (Opéra Comique‚ Paris); the title role Jenufa & Madama Butterfly, and Marguerite Faust (Opera New Zealand); Carolina Il Matrimonio Segreto (Opera de Lyon); title role Madama Butterfly (Edmonton Opera); title role Thaïs (Teatro Nacional de São Carlos; Theater Lübeck); the title role Madama Butterfly, and Elle La Voix Humaine (Opéra de Tours); Hilda Sigurd (Grand-Théâtre de Genève); Amanda Le Grand Macabre (San Fransico Opera); and subsequent roles at La Scala, Milan; Opera de Massy; Opera de Dijon; Angers/Nantes Opéra, New York City Opera, and Glimmerglass Opera.
Future engagements include Katiusa Risurrezione in her house debut at Teatro Maggio Musicale Fiorentino; Blanche de la Force Dialogues des Carmélites for Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse; and Amelia Un Ballo in Maschera for Opera Holland Park.