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Andréa Guiot (Soprano)

Born: July 11, 19291 or January 11, 19282 - Garons (Gard), France

The French soprano, Andréa Guiot, Born in Garons (Gard), Guiot won the First prizes in singing and opera of the Conservatoire de Paris as well as the prix Osiris in 1955.

Andréa Guiot then joined the Réunion des Théâtres Lyriques Nationaux (France) and was a member of the Opera Company from 1956 to 1973. From 1959 onwards, she played major roles at the Paris Opera: Marguerite in Charles Gounod's Faust (1959), and created that of Micaëla when Georges Bizet's Carmen was first given there. She put an end to her theatrical career in Strasbourg in 1975, as Elisabeth de Valois in Verdi's Don Carlos.

Since 1977, Andréa Guiot has been Professor at the Paris Conservatoire and subsequently gave highly sought-after individual lessons. Among her pupils: Hélène Obadia (Mezzo-soprano), Nicolas Rouault (Baritone). She is a Chevalier in the Ordre national du Mérite and Commandeur of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.


Sources:
1. English Wikipedia Website (October 2020)
2. French Wikipedia Website (November 2019)
Contributed by
Aryeh Oron (January 2021)

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Georges Prêtre

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[CR-116] (1969, Radio recording): BWV 116

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Andréa Guiot (Wikipedia) [English]
Andréa Guiiot (Wikipedia) [French]


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