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The French mezzo-soprano formerly soprano, Natalie Pérez, studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, under John Evans’ tutelage. In 2018 she took part in the Mozart Academy of Aix-en-Provence’s festival, and was awarded the French Melodie prize at the Vivonne Competition « Vienne en Voix »; she was also finalist of the prestigious Bordeaux Médoc Competition. She was a member of the « Jardin des Voix » (2017) of Les Arts Florissants (Directors: William Christie/Paul Agnew), as well as the opera studio of Opera Fuoco (Director: David Stern). After the transtion to mezzo-soprano, she was awarded the First Prize for women in Opera as well as two special prizes at the international Nuits Lyriques de Marmande Competition 2019. She has participated in master-classes with Anne Sofie von Otter, Angelika Kirchschlager, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Ann Murray; and at the Franz-Schubert Institut in Austria, where she worked with Elly Ameling, Helmut Deutsch, Julius Drake, Bernarda Fink, Tobias Truniger, Robert Holl, Rudolf Jansen, Andreas Schmidt and Roger Vignoles.
On the operatic platform, Natalie Pérez made her debut as Cisseo in Johann Christian Bach’s Zanaida with Opera Fuoco at the Bachfest Leipzig (2011). Her roles since include Dorabella in W.A. Mozart's Cosi Fan tutte (Lebanese national Orchestra, Toufic Maatouk); Oberto (in George Frideric Handel's Alcina (David Stern, Opera Fuoco, Shanghai Baroque Festival, 2015); Despina in Cosi fan Tutte (Théâtre de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, 2013), Sofia in Il Signor Bruschino (British Youth Opera), Bubikopf in Ullmann's Der Kaiser von Atlantis (Théâtre de l’Athénée, Opéra de Reims, de Nantes, de Massy), Silberklang in W.A. Mozart's Der Schauspieldirektor and Tonina in W.A. Mozart/Salieri's Prima la Musica ( David Stern and the Hong Kong Philharmonic); Mirtilla in Georg Philipp Telemann's Damon (Theater Magdeburg); Despina in Nicolas Bacri's Cosi Fanciulli (Théâtre-des-Champs-Elysées); Ouvrière in the Young Audience version of Elisir d'Amore at the Théâtre-des-Champs-Elysées.
Other notable engagements include Charpentier’s Messe de Minuit at the Paris Philharmonie with Paul Agnew and Les Arts Florissants; G.P. Telemann’s Ino Cantata with David Stern and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra (China); The cantatas Apollo e Dafne of G.F. Handel and Antonio e Cleopatra of Johann Adolf Hasse with Alexander Rudin and Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Moscow. Her collaboration with Les Arts Florissants has also brought her to venues such as the Paris Philharmonie, Nantes and Caen Opera Houses, Madrid’s Auditorio Nacional, Moscow’s Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, London Barbican Hall and more.
Passionate about song repertoire, Natalie Pérez made her debut at the Wigmore Hall in September 2019 as part of a young artist programme, led by Dame Felicity Lott and François Le Roux. She has formed a duo with pianist Daniel Heide and debuted with him at the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona in 2021.
Her discography includes: « Cozzolani Vespro », and Messaggiera in Monteverdi's Orfeo, both highly praised by reviews (I Gemelli, Naïve, 2019 and 2020); "Berenice, che fai?" (David Stern, Opera Fuoco, label Aparté, 2017); as part of the Debussy Boxset “Debussy 100”, cantata Eros et Diane (Warner Classics); she performs more than 80 pieces in the L.v. Beethoven Boxset, Lieder, Folksongs (Warner Classics); the role of Venus in the Zarzuela Vendado es Amor, no es ciego of Jose de Nebra (Los Elementos, Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, label Glossa).
Last season, W.A. Mozart's Requiem at the Seine Musicale, staged by Yoann Bourgeois, with Laurence Equilbey and Insula Orchestra, project around Rameau's Castor et Pollux at Festival Heidelberger Frühling, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with Orchestre Régional de Normandie, Floreska in Simon Mayr's Amor Conjugale with Opera Fuoco at Bonn's Beethovenfest, Bergamo (cancelled), Sesto in G.F. Handel's Giulio Cesare with the NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover (David Stern) (cancelled).
This current season (2021-2022) and the next (2022-2023); Messaggiera in Monteverdi’s Orfeo with I Gemelli (E.G. Toro); Chanteuse in Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (T. Noally - J. Deschamps) in Caen, Lyon, Amiens…), Anna I in K. Weill/ Brecht's The Seven Deadly Sins at Paris' Théâtre de l’Athénée and at the Théâtre de Caen, Frasquinella in La Périchole at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Marc Minkowski). |
