Born in Marseille, the French mezzo soprano, Sophie Pondjiclis, studied singing and acting at the Conservatoire National Sup\u00e9rieur and Ecole d\u2019Art Lyrique de l\u2019Op\u00e9ra de Paris.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She made her debut in Nancy and Toulon with Ruggiero in H\u00e4ndel\u2019s Alcina, Nicklausse in Offenbach\u2019s Les contes d’Hoffmann and Rosine in Il Barbiere di Siviglia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her operatic repertoire includes La Haine in Gl\u00fcck\u2019s Armide (Riccardo Muti, conductor) and Javotte in Massenet\u2019s Manon (Gary Bertini, conductor) – both at Teatro alla Scala Milano, Olga in Eugene Onegin(Gen\u00e8ve), La chatte, L’\u00e9cureuil, La berg\u00e8re Louis XV, Le p\u00e2tre in l\u2019Enfant et les Sortil\u00e8ges (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es Paris, Orchestre National de France, Charles Dutoit; Teatro Comunale di Firenze, Chung, conductor; Orchestre Symphonique de Berlin, Serge Baudo, conductor), St\u00e9phano in Rom\u00e9o et Juliette and Mercedes in Carmen (Z\u00fcrich), Isaura in Rossini\u2019s Tancredi, La m\u00e8re in Georges B\u0153uf`s Verlaine Paul and La servante in Menotti\u2019s Maria Golovin (all in Marseille), Marcellina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es Paris with Ren\u00e9 Jacobs and Jean Louis Martinoty, Festival de Montreux, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Palau de la Musica de Valencia, London Barbican Center,Nice and Lausanne), 2e Dame in Die Zauberfl\u00f6te (Teatro de la Maestranza Seville), Dorabella in Cosi fan tutte, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, Bianca in Britten\u2019s The Rape of Lucretia (all at Opera de Tours), Agam\u00e8de in Mich\u00e8le Reverdy\u2019s M\u00e9d\u00e9e (Op\u00e9ra de Lyon, world premiere), Maddalena in Rigoletto (Rouen), Dulcin\u00e9e in Don Quichotte (Trieste), S\u00e9lysette in Dukas\u2019Ariane et Barbe-bleue (Torino and Nancy), Lucia in Rossini\u2019s La Gazza Ladra (Op\u00e9ra de Massy), the title role in Carmen (Nantes, Skopje, and on tour in Japan, Yutaka Sado, conductor), and Annina in Der Rosenkavalier (Marseille).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophie Pondjiclis also appeared in Manuel de Falla\u2019s Le Tricorne (Opera de Paris and Gen\u00e8ve) and L\u2019Amor Brujo (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es Paris), Debussy\u2019s Le Martyre de Saint-S\u00e9bastien (Napoli and Hamburg, Ingo Metzmacher, conductor), Stravinsky\u2019s Les Noces (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet Paris, David Robertson, Ensemble Intercontemporain; Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski; L’Accademia Italiana di Santa Cecilia de Rome), Mendelssohn`s Elijah (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es Paris with Kurt Masur and Orchestre National de France), Dvorak\u2019s Stabat Mater (Tours), Cleopatra in La Mort de Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre (Festival dei Due Mondi of Spoleto and Dublin), Havas in Germaine Tillon\u2019s Verf\u00fcgbar aux Enfers (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Ch\u00e2telet Paris), L’aubergiste in Philippe Hersant\u2019s Le Ch\u00e2teau des Carpathes (Salle Pleyel \u00e0 Paris).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Recent and upcoming engagements include the title role Carmen (Bastia\u2019s Festival), Marthe in Faust (Toulon), Th\u00e9odolinde in Henry Sauguet\u2019s La Chartreuse de Parme (Marseille), Marcelina in Le Nozze di Figaro (Bordeaux), Berta in Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Cl\u00e9one in Faur\u00e9\u2019s P\u00e9n\u00e9lope (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es Paris), Flora in La Traviata (Marseille, Rennes), Emilia in Otello (Chor\u00e9gies d\u2019Orange), Siegrune in Die Walk\u00fcre (Rennes), Thisb\u00e9 in La Cenerentola (Strasbourg),\u00ab Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es), M\u00e8re, Tasse chinoise et Libellule L’enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges (Stockholm),”L’occasione fa il ladro” (Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es), , Voix de la m\u00e8re “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” inToulon, Anna Kennedyi in Maria Stuarda, Dame d’Honneur dans Macbeth au Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs Elys\u00e9es, Madame de Croissy in Dilalogues des Carm\u00e9lites (Bruxelles), Princesse de Bouillon dans Adrienne Lecouvreur (Saint Etienne), Titel Role in Amadigi by Haendel (PAris, Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de l’Ath\u00e9n\u00e9e, Massy, Compi\u00e8gne), Filipievna dans Eugene Oneguine \u00e0 Toulon, Massy,Toulouse, Marie dans l\u2019Enfance du Christ , Ragonde dans Comte Ory (Zurich), Reine Gertrude dans Hamlet \u00e0 Hong Kong, Madame de Croissy dans Dialogues des carm\u00e9lites (Bruxelles, Hambourg), On purge B\u00e9b\u00e9 (Bruxelles,Lyon, Ch\u00e2telet), Marcellina dans les Nozze di Figaro (Lyon), Mescalina dans Le grand Macabre (Festival George Enescu, Bucarest)L\u2019Opinion Publique dans Orph\u00e9e aux enfers ( Lausanne)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sophie Pondjiclis est Chevalier dans l\u2019Ordre des Arts et Lettres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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