Élise Dabrowski
singer, musician
Élise Dabrowski began her career with the Maîtrise de Radio France, singing in Olivier Messiaen's Trois petites liturgies de la présence divine and Mahler's Third Symphony with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa. She has had the opportunity to participate in numerous creations by Thierry Pécou, Édith Lejet, Gérard Condé, and Claude Ballif. She was selected by the Centre d'Art Lyrique de la Méditerranée, where she perfected her voice. Engaged by the Junger Künstler Festival in Bayreuth to sing Mahler's Knaben Wunderhorn, she is particularly fond of the German repertoire. She devotes herself to contemporary works: Jonathan Pontier's La Rhizarection, Samuel Sighicelli's Chant d'hiver, La Métamorphose by Michaël Lévinas with the Balcon ensemble conducted by Maxime Pascal, Avenida de los Incas by Fernando Fiszbein at the Lille Opera with Le Balcon, Bureau 470 by Tomas Bordalejo, Crumbling Land co-production by the Lille Opera 2016-2017 (associate composer and performer), Voyage d'hiver by Jelinek and Sébastien Gaxie, Jacob Lenz by Wolfgang Rihm at the Théâtre de l'Athénée Louis Jouvet. She also pursues a career as an instrumentalist (double bass) and singer, combining the two disciplines in original projects. She composes and performs on stage in Quelque part au cœur de la forêt (directed by Claude Buchvald, Parcours Jeunesse Théâtre de la Ville)... She is also active on the jazz and improvised music scene alongside artists such as Louis Sclavis, Bruno Chevillon, and Joëlle Léandre. In 2018, she was artistic director of TREPAK, Comment s’en sortir sans sortir opéra poétique, performed at the Théâtre de Vanves, Théâtre l’Echangeur in Bagnolet, and Scène Nationale l’Hexagone in Meylan. The showPain Maudit premiered on December 13, 2019, at the Théâtre de Vanves.
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