French operatic coloratura soprano Sabine Devieilhe is known for her interpretation of works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Baroque music, and 19th-century operas. The word "coloratura" comes from the ...

On being rejected by Aloysia Weber – oldest sister of Constanze, whom he would later marry – Mozart is said to have sat at the Webers’ keyboard and played a song inviting her to kiss his arse. Spoiler ...

Sabine Devieilhe cements her reputation as one of the most exciting sopranos on the scene with this disc exploring how French composers of a century and more ago were fascinated by ideas of the exotic ...

Accompanied by Mathieu Pordoy, she offered the rapt audience at the Wigmore an artfully designed programme of Mozart and Strauss, weaving her way through surprising segues and contrasts with seamless ...

(3) Songs, Movements: No. 2, Notre amour (wds. Silvestre: c1879) Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano Alexandre Tharaud, Piano (3) Songs, Movements: No. 1, Au bord de l'eau (wds ...

How about this one, which occurred to me on my second listen: "silver fluidity with a hint of musk." Does that really describe a voice? Does it sound more like a wine? We could play this game all day.

Musicalisches Gesang-Buch G. C. Schemelli, Movements: Mein Jesu! was für Seelenweh, BWV487 Sabine Devieilhe, Soprano Pygmalion Raphaël Pichon, Conductor Cantata No. 146, 'Wir müssen durch viel Trübsa ...

Sabine Devieilhe is a French operatic coloratura soprano. After cello and musicology studies, Sabine Devieilhe followed the teachings of Jocelyne Chamonin, Martine Surais, Pierre Mervant, Malcolm ...