Portrait Elsa benoit

Elsa Benoit

Soprano
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Elsa Benoit is a French singer acclaimed worldwide for her versatile repertoire, ranging from Baroque to contemporary music. She completed her studies at the Amsterdam Conservatory with a Bachelor of Music and refined her training from 2011 to 2013 at the Dutch National Opera Academy, where she graduated with distinction with a Master's degree in Opera. In November 2012, she was awarded three prizes at the international singing competition »Symphonies d'Automne«, and in March 2013, she won the Brane-Cantenac Prize at the international singing competition MACM. 
 
From 2015 to 2016, Benoit was a member of the ensemble at the Stadttheater in Klagenfurt, where she enjoyed great success in roles such as Tytania in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Giulietta in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Micaëla in Carmen (for which she received the Austrian Music Theatre Award), and Despina in Così fan tutte. She then joined the permanent ensemble of the Bavarian State Opera, where she performed a variety of roles, including the Shepherd in Tannhäuser, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera, Frasquita in Carmen, Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos, Adina in L'Elisir d'Amore, Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel, Musetta in La Bohème, Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Emilie in Rameau's Les Indes galantes, and Poppea in Handel's Agrippina. She recorded the latter role in 2019 for Warner Classics, and the recording was nominated for a Grammy for »Best Opera Recording«.
 
Since 2021, Benoit has been working as a freelance artist. Her recent performances include roles in Philippe Hersant's Les Eclairs at the Opéra Comique in Paris, Handel's Alcina (Morgana) at the Palais Garnier in Paris, Carmen (Micaëla) in Toulouse, The Rake's Progress (Anne Trulove) in Rennes and Nantes, Handel's Agrippina (Poppea) in Munich, Handel's Semele (Semele) in Lille and Berlin (Komische Oper), and Poulenc's Les Mamelles de Tirésias (Thérèse) at the Glyndebourne Festival. In the past season, she appeared in Massenet's Werther (Sophie) in a new production by Robert Carsen under Thomas Hengelbrock and in the title role of Poppea in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea in a new production by American director Ted Huffman under the baton of George Petrou at the Cologne Opera.
 
In the 2024/25 season, the soprano will make her debut in three significant roles: Susanna in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Semperoper Dresden, Sophie in Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier in Tokyo under Jonathan Nott, and Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the opera houses in Rennes, Nantes, and Angers.
 
Elsa Benoit is also highly sought after in the concert field. Highlights of recent seasons include performances with the Berlin Philharmonic in Mahler's Symphony No. 4 under Robin Ticciati and in Honegger's dramatic oratorio Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher under Alan Gilbert in Berlin, as well as Handel's Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno (Bellezza) under Emmanuelle Haïm. Additionally, she performed in Mendelssohn's Lobgesang under Andris Nelsons with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig and at the Salzburg Festival under Herbert Blomstedt with the Vienna Philharmonic. Other performances included Fauré's Requiem under Andrew Manze with the Munich Philharmonic, Haydn's The Seasons under Hans-Christoph Rademann in Stuttgart, and Brahms's Requiem under Manfred Honeck.
 
In the 2024/25 season, significant concerts are scheduled, including Bruckner's Mass in F minor with the Orchestra La Scintilla in Zurich, Brahms's Requiem with the RSB Berlin under Vladimir Jurowski, Poulenc's Gloria with the Orchestre de Paris under Klaus Mäkelä, and Handel's Il Trionfo with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Emmanuelle Haïm.
 
For more information, please visit www.elsabenoit.com.

 




5. November 2024 - 18:30

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14. November 2024 - 20:00

Theatre de Lorient

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45

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16. November 2024 - 18:00

Rennes Cedex, Opera de Rennes

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem op. 45

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  • „La douce et courageuse jeune fille, ici peut-être un peu dérangée, est superbement interprétée par Elsa Benoit, soprano tout en fraîcheur et velours. Elle assure avec panache son grand air, arrachant ses premiers applaudissements à un public qui tarde un peu à trouver ses marques.“
    Diapason
    Julia Le Brun, The Rake’s Progress de Stravinsky à Rennes: la folie douce de Tom Rakewell, in: Diapason, 07.03.2022
  • „Elsa Benoit verwandelt diese Figur (…) in eine erschütternde Figur einer zerbrechlichen und entschlossenen Frau, die letztlich mehrdeutiger ist, als sie auf den ersten Blick scheint. Mit ihrem goldbraunen, duktilen Timbre und einer bemerkenswerten Registereinheit verdient sie auch großes Lob für ihre szenische, tonale und rhythmische Korrektheit, trotz der anspruchsvollen Partitur.“
    Forum Opéra
    Tania Bracq, The rake's progress, la carrière du libertin – Rennes, in: Forum Opera, 07.03.2022
  • „Der Sonnenschein des Abends ist Elsa Benoit. (…) Ihre Interpretation der Anne Trulove ist voller Sanftheit, Eleganz und Idealismus. Das Timbre ist rein, leicht verschleiert; die Künstlerin wird nie in ihrer Musikalität beeinträchtigt, und ihr letzter Einsatz ist völlig überwältigend.“
    Opéra Magazine
    Patrick Scemama, in: Opéra Magazine, 03.03.2022
  • „Aber die Heldin des Abends bleibt sicherlich Elsa Benoit's Ann Trulove. (…) Elsa Benoit ist eine der großen französischen Sängerinnen, die man im Auge behalten sollte!“
    Opera Online
    Laurent Vilarem, Un très plaisant Rake’s Progress à l’Opéra de Rennes, in: Opera Online, 03.03.2022
  • "At first, Elsa Benoit’s smooth, collected soprano gave a warmer edge to Bellezza’s coquettish temper; but as her character began to hesitate and mature, her clear singing took on a more melancholic, pensive tone."
    bachtrack
    Elena Luporini: "Emmanuelle Haïm and Handel triumph in Berlin", in: bachtrack, 11.03.2023
  • „Aus einer Besetzung von ausgezeichnetem Niveau sticht besonders die Ann Trulove von Elsa Benoit hervor, eine duktile Stimme mit leuchtenden Höhen, einer farbigen Mittellage und einem absolut klaren Englisch, die ihrer Figur eine ungewohnte Tiefe verleiht (…)“
    Avant Scène Opéra
    Alfred Caron, The Rake's Progress, in: Avant Scène Opéra, 22.03.2022
  • "Mit verführerischer Wärme und Fülle ohne jede Grellheiten agiert Elsa Benoit als „Bellezza“.
    Berliner Morgenpost
    Mario-Felix Vogt: "Händels Oratorium mit geballter Faust", in: Berliner Morgenpost, 11.03.2023



Elisabeth Ehlers

Elisabeth Ehlers

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Felicitas Wittekindt

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Associate Artist Manager
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