Dominique Visse

Dominique Visse (born 30 August 1955) is a French countertenor and founder of the Ensemble Clément Janequin.

Life and career

Dominique Visse was a chorister at the Notre-Dame de Paris and studied organ and flute at the Versailles Conservatory. As a musician, he developed an interest in Medieval and Renaissance repertories. After studying with Alfred Deller and René Jacobs from 1976 to 1978, he made his opera debut at Tourcoing in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea in 1982.^[1]

Visse devotes himself to performing of secular and religious music of the Renaissance. He is also known for his interpretations of the Parisian chansons.^[2]

Visse is married to soprano Agnès Mellon.

Selected discography

Opera

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas
Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Handel: Giulio Cesare
Handel: Ottone
Handel: Rinaldo
Charpentier Actéon H.481
Charpentier: David et Jonathas H.490
Charpentier: Le Malade imaginaire H.495
Hasse: Cleofide
Vivaldi: L'incoronazione di Dario
Vivaldi: Montezuma
Sartorio: Giulio Cesare
Cavalli: La Calisto
Poulenc: Le Gendarme incompris
Zamponi: Ulisse all'isola di Circe

Recitals

Charpentier: "Motets à double Choeur" H.403, H.404, H.135, H.136, H.137, H.392, H.410, H.167, conducted by Ton Koopman (2 CD Erato 1992)
Charpentier: "Vêpres Solennelles" H.540, H.190, H.50, H.149, H.52, H.150, H.51, H.161, H.191, H.65, H.77, conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire (2 CD CBS Sony 1987)
Songs for Seven Centuries – Machaut to Ferrero, with Éric Bellocq (lute) and Kazuoki Fujii (piano)
Campra – French Cantatas. Jill Feldman, Dominique Visse, Jean-François Gardeil
The Three Countertenors – Andreas Scholl, Pascal Bertin
with Agnès Mellon; "Parole e Querele d'Amore", Madrigali a due voci, Zigzag, 2011
Takemitsu – Songs
Bach. Café Zimmermann. Alpha
Dom Quichotte Cantatas & Comic Concertos, Céline Frisch, Café Zimmermann
Vinum et Musica – Capella de la Torre.

References

^ "Dominique Visse". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2011.
^ "Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse". Autant en emporte le vent (Chansons) (CD). Claude Le Jeune. Arles: Harmonia Mundi. 2005. pp. 18–19. HMC 901863.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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[1] "Dominique Visse". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 December 2011.

[2] "Ensemble Clément Janequin, Dominique Visse". Autant en emporte le vent (Chansons) (CD). Claude Le Jeune. Arles: Harmonia Mundi. 2005. pp. 18–19. HMC 901863.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)

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