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Véronique Gens

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After shining over the baroque stage for over a decade, Véronique Gens has achieved a strong international reputation and is now considered one of the best Mozart singers. One of her most prominent roles, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni staged by Peter Brook and conducted by Claudio Abbado at the Aix-en-Provence Festival earned her worldwide recognition.

In 1999, she was chosen Lyrical Performer of the Year at the Victoires de la Musique Classique.

Her repertoire includes the greatest Mozart parts (Donna Elvira, Contessa Almaviva, Vitellia, Fiordiligi…), famous roles from lyrical tragedies (Iphigénie en Tauride, Iphigénie en Aulide, Alceste…) as well as later ones such as Alice Ford (Falstaff), Eva (Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Madame Lidoine (Dialogues des Carmélites), Hélène (La Belle Hélène), Missia Palmeri (Die Lustige Witwe).

In addition to her wide-ranging classical repertoire, Véronique Gens gives numerous concerts and French melodies recitals all over the world, notably in Paris, Amsterdam, Dresden, Berlin, Vienna, Prague, London, Tanglewood, Beijing, Stockholm, Moscow, Geneva or Edimburgh.

She has performed on the most prestigious stages in the world: Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Paris National Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, La Monnaie in Brussels, Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona, Teatro Real in Madrid, La Scala in Milan, the Dutch National Opera in Amsterdam as well as at the Festivals of Aix-en-Provence, Salzburg and Glyndebourne.

Véronique Gens thus had the opportunity to sing under the baton of conductors such as Claudio Abbado, Alain Altinoglu, Bertrand de Billy, Ivor Bolton, Jonathan Cohen, William Christie, Myung-Whun Chung, Charles Dutoit, Daniel Harding, Thomas Hengelbrock, Marek Janowski, Philippe Jordan, Louis Langrée, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Sir Neville Marriner, Marc Minkowski, Jérémie Rhorer, Christophe Rousset, Daniele Rustioni, Michel Plasson… and to collaborate with renowned stage directors like Pierre Audi, Calixto Bieito, Peter Brook, Willy Decker, Jurgen Flimm, Claus Guth, Michael Haneke, Christof Loy, Olivier Py, Graham Vick, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Dmitri Tcherniakov…

More recently, she sang in Alceste at the Wiener Staatsoper, La Belle Hélène at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Don Giovanni in Amsterdam, at the Wiener Staatsoper, at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich and at the Liceu in Barcelona, La Clemenza di Tito in Dresden and at the Wiener Staatsoper, Falstaff at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, Les Indes Galantes in Budapest, Alceste, Iphigénie en Tauride, Die lustige Witwe, Les Troyens and Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Giulietta) at the Paris National Opera, Dialogues des Carmélites in Paris, Caen and at La Monnaie in Brussels, Faust in an original concert version of 1859 revisited by Christophe Rousset, La Fille de Madame Angot and Maître Péronilla (Leona) by Offenbach at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, La Calisto at la Scala… In concert, she sang melodies by Henri Duparc with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Le Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer by Ernest Chausson with the Orchestre National de Lille and with the Mitteldeutscher Sinfonieorchester, the Orchestre national de Lyon and the Orchestre de Cannes. Les Nuits d’été with the Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra,the Orchestre national des Pays de Loire and the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, La Voix humaine by Francis Poulenc at the Atelier Lyrique in Tourcoing, Shéhérazade by Maurice Ravel under the baton of Daniele Rustioni in Lyon, at the Festival Estoril in Lisbon, in Oslo with Vassily Petrenko and Berlin with the Wiener Symphoniker, the Wesendonck Lieder with the Orchestre des Champs-Elysées under the baton of Philippe Herreweghe, La Nonne sanglante by Berlioz at the Festival de la Côte-Saint-André, La Mort de Cléopâtre with the NHK Symphony Orchestra in Tokyo and the Orchestre national de Metz, melodies by Berlioz with the Orchestre de Picardie, Armide in Brussels, Metz and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Mahler Rückert-Lieder in Nancy and Brussels, Shéhérazade at the Musikverein in Vienna, Saint-Saëns Requiem with the Orchestre National de France, Circé by Desmarets Ariane et Bacchus by Marin Marais with Concert Spirituel, Scylla et Glaucus (Circé) by Leclair in Budapest and Rivales with the Concert de la loge in Metz, Massy and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Zoroastre (Erinice) on tour with Les Ambassadeurs and Hulda by César Franck with the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.

Her noteworthy projects in the upcoming seasons Armide by Gluck at the Opéra Comique, Dialogues des Carmélites (Madame Lidoine) in Munich, La Fille de Madame Angot at the Opéra Comique and will return to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence… In concert, she will sing Iphigénie en Tauride (Clytemnestre) by Campra with the Concert Spirituel, Castor et Pollux (Phébée) and Werther (Charlotte) in Budapest, Les Nuits d’été with the Orquesta Sinfónica by Galicia, Faust et Hélène by Lili Boulanger at the Edinburgh Festival as well as La Mort de Cléopâtre at the Cologne Philharmonic with Les Siècles, La Voix humaine with the National Orchestra de Lille, the title role of Médée by Charpentier with the Spiritual Concert. We will also hear her in recital with piano and with the ensemble Les Surprises or with I Giardini in Paris, Bordeaux, Lyon, Reims, London…

Very involved in the work lead by the Palazzetto Bru Zane Foundation – French Romantic Music Center, Véronique Gens participated to a lot of recordings belonging to the collection “Opéra français” as Herculanum by David, Cinq-Mars by Gounod, La Jacquerie by Lalo and Coquard, Proserpine by Saint-Saëns, Dante by Godard, La Reine de Chypre by Halévy and Faust by Gounod, Passionnément by Messager, Ô mon bel inconnu by Hahn, Maître Péronilla by Offenbach, La Fille de Madame Angot by Charles Lecocq…

Her many recordings (over 80 CDs and DVDs) have received several international awards. Néère, her recording devoted to French melodies, has won a Gramophone Award in 2016. Visions received an International Classic Music Awards as well as an International Opera Awards in 2018.

Véronique Gens has been promoted to the rank of Chevalier in the French order of Légion d’Honneur as well as Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres and Officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite.

 

August 2022

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Discography

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Rameau – Zoroastre

J. Devos, V. Gens, R. Van Mechelen, T. Christoyannis, M. Vidal, D. Witczak
Les Ambassadeurs - La Grande Ecurie, dir. A. Kossenko
Alpha Classics / 2022

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Rivales

V. Gens, S. Piau
Le Concert de la Loge, Julien Chauvin
CD Alpha Classics, 2022

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César Franck – Intégrale des mélodies et duos

T. Christoyannis, V. Gens, J. Cohen
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2022

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Lecocq – La Fille de Madame Angot

A.C Gillet (Clairette), V. Gens (Mademoiselle Lange), M. Vidal (Ange Pitou), A. Sargsyan (Pomponnet), M. Lécroart (Larivaudière), A. Philippot (Louchard), I. Perruche (Amaranthe / Hersilie / Javotte / Babette), F. Obé (Trénitz / Guillaume / Buteux), D. Witczak (Un Incroyable / Un Officier / Cadet)
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris, Choeur du Concert Spirituel, S. Rouland
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2021

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Passion

Arias by Lully, Charpentier and Desmarets
V. Gens
Les Surprises, L.N Bestion de Camboulas
CD Alpha Classics, 2021

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Messager – Passionnément

V. Gens (Ketty Stevenson), E. Dupuis (Robert Perceval), N. Car (Julia), E. Huchet (William Stevenson), C. Santon-Jeffery (Hélène Le Barrois), A. Noguera (Harris)
Orchestre de la Radio de Munich, S. Blunier
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2021

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Reynaldo Hahn – Ô mon bel inconnu

V. Gens (Antoinette), O. Doray (Marie-Anne), E. Pancrazi (Félicie), T. Dolié (Prosper), Y. Dubruque (Claude), C. Ghazarossian (Jean-Paul/Hilarion Lallumette), J.C. Lanièce (M. Victor / Un garçon de magasin)
Orchestre national Avignon-Provence, S. Jean
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2021

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Lully – Armide 1778

V. Gens (Armide), R. Van Mechelen (Renaud), T. Christoyannis (Hidraot / La Haine), C. Santon-Jeffery (Phénice / Lucinde), K. Watson (Sidonie / Une Naïade / Un Plaisir), P.N Martin (Aronte / Artémidore / Ubalde), Z. Wilder (Le Chevalier Danois)
Le Concert Spirituel, H. Niquet
CD Alpha Classics, 2020

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Offenbach – Maître Péronilla

V. Gens (Léona), A. Dennefeld (Frimouskino), C. Santon-Jeffery (Alvarès), A. Constans (Manoëla), D. Axentii (Paquita), E. Huchet (Maître Péronilla), T. Christoyannis (Ripardos), F. Piolino (Don Guardona), P. Kabongo (Velasquez Major), L. Félix (Vélasquez Junior), Y. Dubruque (Le Marquis Don Henrique), M. Lécroart (Don Fabrice / 1er Juge), R. Brémard (Le Notaire/Pedrillo), J. Boutillier (Le Corrégidor / Brid'Oison), P.N Martin (Felipe/Antonio/2e Juge), A. Philippot (Le Majordome/L'Huissier/Un Valet)
Orchestre national de France, M. Poschner
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2020

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Nuits

Véronique Gens
I Giardini
Alpha Classics, 2020

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Chausson – Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer et Symphonie (Op. 20)

V. Gens
Orchestre national de Lille, A. Bloch
CD Alpha Classics, 2019

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Gounod – Faust (version from 1859)

B. Bernheim, V. Gens, A. Foster-Williams, J.-S. Bou, J. Mars, A. Séguin, I. Perruche
Les Talens Lyriques - Choeur de la Radio Flamande - C. Rousset
Palazetto Bru Zane - 2019

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Rameau – Les Indes galantes

C. Santon-Jeffery (Hébé/Zima)/K. Watson (Emilie)/V. Gens (Phani)/R. Van Mechelen (Dom Carlos, Valère, Damon)/J.-S. Bou (Osman, Adario)/T. Dolié (Bellone, Huascar, Dom Alvar)
Purcell Choir/Orfeo Orchestra/György Vashegyi
Glossa music, 2019

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Ernest Chausson – Le Poème de l’amour et de la mer

V. Gens, Orchestre national de Lille - A. Bloch
CD Alpha 2019

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Halévy – La Reine de Chypre

V. Gens, C. Dubois, E. Dupuis, E. Huchet, C. Stamboglis, A. Sargsyan, T. Lavoie
Flemish Radio Choir
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris / Hervé Niquet
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane / 2018

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Godard – Dante

E. Montvidas (Dante),‎ V. Gens (Béatrice),‎ J-F. Lapointe (Bardi),‎ R. Frenkel, (Gemma)‎ A. Foster-Williams (Un vieillard / L’Ombre de Virgile),‎ D. Axentii (L’écolier),‎ A. Lepri Meyer (Un héraut d’armes)
Münchner Rundfunkorchester / ‎ Ulf Schirmer
Ediciones Singulares / 2017

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Gluck – Iphigénie en Aulide & Iphigénie en Tauride

Iphigénie en Aulide: V. Gens (Iphigénie), S. Haller (Diane), N. Testé (Agamemnon), A-S von Otter (Clytemnestre)
Iphigénie en Tauride: M. Delunsch (Iphigénie), L. Alvaro (Thoas), J-F Lapointe (Oreste), Y. Beuron (Pylade), S. Haller (Diane)
Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble / M. Minkowski
DVD Opus Arte / 2013

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Visions

Musiques de Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Halevy, Bizet, Bruneau, Franck, Godard…
Münchner Rundfunkorchester - Hervé Niquet
CD Alpha Classics, 2017

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Saint-Saëns – Proserpine

V. Gens, F. Antoun, M.-A. Henry, A. Foster-Williams, J. Teitgen…
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2017

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Lalo – La Jacquerie

V. Gens, N. Gubisch, C. Castronovo, J.-S. Bou, B. Pinkhasovich, P. Bolleire…
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Patrick Davin
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2016

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Gounod – Cinq-Mars

M. Vidal, V. Gens, T. Christoyannis, A. Foster-Williams, A. Heyboer, N. Nahoun…
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2016

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David – Herculanum

V. Gens, K. Deshayes, E. Montvidas, N. Courjal, J. Véronèse
Brussels Philharmonic, Hervé Niquet
CD Palazzetto Bru Zane, 2015

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Néère

Mélodies de Hahn, Duparc & Chausson
V. Gens, soprano
S. Manoff, piano
CD Alpha Classics, 2015
Gramophone Awards Winner 2016

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Steffani – Niobe, Regina di Tebe

V. Gens, J. Laszczkowski, I. Davies, A. Miles, D. Galou, L. Odinius, A. Forsythe, B. Taddia, T. Mead
Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock
CD Opus Arte, 2015

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Rameau – Les Fêtes de Polymnie

V. Gens, E. Barath, A. Legay, M. Vidal, T. Dolié
Orfeo Orchestra – G. Vashegyi
CD Glossa 2015

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Poulenc – Dialogues des Carmélites

P. Petibon, V. Gens, S. Koch, S. Piau, R. Plowright, T. Lehtipuu, P. Rouillon, F. Piolino
Philharmonia Orchestra, Jérémie Rhorer
DVD Warner Erato 2014

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Mozart – Don Giovanni

M. Kwiecien, A. Esposito, A. Tsymbalyuk, V. Gens, A. Poli, M. Byström, E. Watts, D. Kimberg
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Nicola Luisotti
DVD Opus Arte, 2014

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Berlioz – L’enfance du Christ

Y. Beuron, A. Miles, S. Loges, V. Gens
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra / R. Ticciati
CD Linn Records / 2013

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Berlioz & Ravel

Herminie, Les Nuits d’été, Shéhérazade
V. Gens, soprano
Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, John Axelrod
CD Ondine 2012

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Dauvergne – Hercule Mourant

V. Gens, A. Foster-Williams, E. Gonzalez Toro, E. Crossley-Mercer, J. Fuchs, J. Azzaretti, A. Buet, J. Borghi, R. Champion
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
CD Aparté, 2012

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Tragédiennes 3

Airs de Mehul, Kreutzer, Salieri, Gluck, Gossec, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, Massenet, Verdi…
V. Gens, soprano
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
CD Erato, 2011

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Purcell – King Arthur

V. Gens, C. McFadden, S. Piau, S. Waters, J. Best, P. Saloman, F. Bazola, I. Paton, M. Padmore
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
CD Erato, 2010

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Tragédiennes 2

Airs de Gluck, Sacchini, Piccinni, Rameau, Cherubini, Berlioz…
V. Gens, soprano
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
CD Erato, 2009

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Martin y Soler – Il Burbero di buon cuore

E. de la Merced, C. Chausson, V. Gens, S. Pirgu, C. Diaz, J.F. Gatell, L. Pisaroni, J. Miquel Ramón
Orquesta Titular del Teatro Real, Christophe Rousset
DVD Dynamic, 2009

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Rameau – Castor et Pollux

A.M. Panzarella, V. Gens, J. van Wanroij, F. Bjarnason, H. Neven, N. Testé
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
DVD Opus Arte, 2008

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Charpentier – Te Deum, Litanies de la Vierge, Missa « Assumpta est Maria »

Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
CD Harmonia Mundi, 2008

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Lehár – La Veuve joyeuse

V. Gens, I. Ludlow, M. Léger, F. Le Roux, G. Gietz, D. Lefort…
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon, G. Korsten
DVD Virgin classics, 2007

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Canteloube – Chants d’Auvergne

Chants d’Auvergne (sélection), Triptyque, Chants de France (sélection)
V. Gens, soprano
Orchestre National de Lille, S. Baudo
CD Naxos 2007

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Mozart – Don Giovanni

W. Drabowicz, K. Youn, V. Gens, R. Schorg, M. Reijans, A. Kocherga,
Orchestra Academy of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bertrand de Billy
DVD Opus Arte, 2006

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Mozart – La Finta Giardiniera

J. Graham-Hall, A. Reinprecht, J.M. Ainsley, V. Gens, R. Donose, A. Kucerova, M. Werba
Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ivor Bolton
DVD Deutsche Grammophone, 2006

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Mozart – Mass in C

N. Dessay, V. Gens, T. Lehtipuu, L. Pisaroni
Le Concert d’Astrée, Louis Langrée
CD Erato, 2006

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Bach – H moll messe

J. Zomer, V. Gens, A. Scholl, C. Prégardien, P. Kooy, H. Müller-Brachmann
Collegium Vocale Gent - Philippe Herreweghe
CD Harmonia Mundi, 2006

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Tragédiennes 1

Airs de Lully, Campra, Rameau, Mondonville, Leclair, Royer
V. Gens, soprano
Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset
CD Erato, 2005

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Canteloube – Chants d’Auvergne

V. Gens, soprano
Orchestre National de Lille, JC Casadesus
CD Naxos, 2005

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Mozart – Le Nozze di Figaro

V. Gens, P. Ciofi, A. Kirchschlager, L. Regazzo, S. Keenlyside…
Concerto Köln, René Jacobs
CD Harmonia Mundi, 2004

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Händel – Agrippina

V. Gens, N. Smith, P. Jaroussky, I. Perruche, T. Grégoire
La Grande Ecure et la Chambre du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire
DVD Dynamic, 2004

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Rameau – Castor & Pollux

H. Crook, J. Corréas, A. Mellon, V. Gens, S. Piau, M. Padmore, C. Brua…
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
CD Harmonia Mundi 2003

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Berlioz

Les Nuits d’été, La mort de Cléopâtre, Zaïde, La captive, la belle voyageuse
V. Gens, soprano
Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Louis Langrée
CD Erato, 2001

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Mozart – Don Giovanni

P. Mattei, G. Cachemaille, C. Remigio, V. Gens, M. Padmore, L. Larssonn, T. Fechner, G. Oskarssonn
Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding
CD Virgin Classics, 2000

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Nuit d’étoiles – Mélodies Françaises Fauré, Debussy, Poulenc

V. Gens, soprano
R. Vignoles, piano
CD Erato, 2000

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Mozart – Così fan tutte

V. Gens, B. Fink, W. Güra, M. Boone, P. Spagnoli, G. Oddone
Concerto Köln, René Jacobs
CD Harmonia Mundi, 1999

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Händel – Cantates

La Lucrezia, Armida abbandonata, Agrippina condotta a morire
V. Gens, soprano
Les Basses réunies
CD Virgin Classics, 1999

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Mozart – Airs d’opéras et de concert

Extraits de Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro, La Clemenza di Tito, Così fan tutte…
V. Gens, soprano
M. Tan, pianoforte
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Ivor Bolton
CD Virgin Classics, 1998

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Berlioz – L’Enfance du Christ

V. Gens, P. Agnew, O. Lallouette, L. Naoury
Orchestre des Champs-Elysées, Philippe Herreweghe
CD Harmonia Mundi, 1997

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The Berlin Gala – A salute to Carmen

R. Alagna, AS von Otter, V. Gens, B. Terfel, M. Pletnev, G. Shaham
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado
Deutsche Grammophone, 1997

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Pergolesi – Stabat Mater

V. Gens, G. Lesne
Il Seminario musicale
CD Erato 1997

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Purcell – Dido and Aeneas

V. Gens, N. Berg, S. Marin-Degor, C. Brua…
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
CD Erato 1995

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Purcell – The Fairy Queen

Les Arts Florissants – William Christie
CD Harmonia Mundi, 1989