Natalie Dessay

Personal Info

Birthday

April 19, 1965

(60 years old)

Place of Birth

Lyon, Rhône, France

Also Known As

Nathalie Dessaix

Natalie Dessay

Biography

Natalie Dessay is of the most prominent operatic singers to have come out of France. While active in the opera field, her voice was especially gifted for belcanto singing, and more recently she has moved on to undertake a new career in theatre. Although she halted her appearances on opera stages around 2013 and has been focusing on acting since, she continues to perform on recitals.

Known For

Joyeux Noel

Dilili in Paris

The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata

Arabella

The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor

The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment

The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos

Le Rossignol

Filmography

2024
Immortel Nougaro
as interprete
2022
Michel Legrand, la musique enchantée
as Self
2018
Dilili in Paris
as Emma Calvé (voice)
2017
Fauteuils d'orchestre (Renaud Capuçon)
as self
2016
Amours divins !
as Self - Chanteuse
2015
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
as Mrs. Emery
2014
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
as Self
2013
The Metropolitan Opera: Giulio Cesare
as Cleopatra
2012
Becoming Traviata
as Herself / Violetta
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
as Cleopatra
The Metropolitan Opera: La Traviata
as Violetta
2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Lucia di Lammermoor
as Lucia
The Metropolitan Opera: Iphigénie en Tauride
as Self - Host
Jules César
as Cleopatra
La Traviata - Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
as Violetta Valéry
2009
Bellini: La Sonnambula
as Amina
2008
The Metropolitan Opera: La Fille du Régiment
as Marie
Britten: Peter Grimes
as Self - Host
2007
Natalie Dessay & Rolando Villazón - Massenet: Manon
as Manon
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
as Marie
2005
Joyeux Noel
as Anna Sörensen (singing voice)
Le Rossignol
as Le Rossignol
2004
Hamlet
as Ophélie
2003
The Metropolitan Opera: Ariadne auf Naxos
as Zerbinetta
1997
Orphée aux enfers
as Eurydice
1996
Les contes d'Hoffmann - Teatro alla Scalla
as Olympia
1994
Arabella
as The Fiakermilli
1993
Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Olympia