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Claudine Perret (Mezzo-soprano)
Born: 1935 - Switzerland
Died: 1985
The Swiss contralto, Claudine Perret, received her training by Roger Boss at the Conservatory of Neufchâtel, then from 1959 to 1965 in Vienna at the Music Academy by Elizabeth Rado, Alexander Kolo, Robert Schollum and Erika Rokyta as well as by Lilly Verra.
As an opera singer Claudine Perret appeared at the State Theatre of Berne (Pompeio in Giulio Cesare by Händel, Annina in Rosenkavalier), at the Städtebundtheater in Biel-Solothurn, in Geneva and Lisbon. However the emphasis of her artistic activity was her working as a concert singer. Here she performed solo parts in oratorios (J.S. Bach, Händel, Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Frank Martin) and a multiplicity of Lieder. From 1968 to 1973 she was soloist in Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne. Concert tours brought led to Belgium, Austria, France, Italy and South Africa.
Since 1970 Claudine Perret worked as teacher in Lausanne.
Recordings: Erato (Mass in B minor (BWV 232), Magnificat (BWV 243) and Cantatas by J.S. Bach, Magnificat by Monteverdi, De Profundis by de Lalande, Psalms by Marcello), Mondiodisc (9th Symphony of Beethoven), VDE-Gallo (De Profundis by J. Perrin), Bärenreiter-Verlag (Miracles de l'Enfance by A. Moeschinger).
Source: Operissimo Website, English translation by Aryeh Oron (July 2001); Ruud Janssen (February 2006)
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