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The Belgian mezzo-soprano, Aveline Monnoyer, had studied studying Visual Arts at ERG : École de recherche graphique à Bruxelles (1998-2000), before she studied singing at at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Maastricht 2004-2007); and at the Conservatoire Royal de Musique de Bruxelles (2007-2008). She furthered her studies in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and Germany with numerous teachers. She was a finalist in the Yamaha Music Foundation and Music Award Maastricht competitions in the Netherlands. In Brussels, the Wernaers Foundation awarded her the Young Talents grant.
Aveline Monnoyer has been lyric singer with/at Works at Works at Theater aan het Vrijthof in Maastricht, the Netherlands (since September 2006), Opera Zuid in Maastricht (since 2007), Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland in Weikersheim (since 2007), Chapelle Musicale de Tournai (since 2013), La Chapelle des Minimes (since 2014), Ars Musica in Brussles (since 2016), La Monnaie / De Munt in Brussels (since January 2017), Opéra 0rchestre National Montpellier Occitanie (since May 2017), Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège (since January 2018), Teatro Clitunno in Trevi, Italy (since July 2019).
Aveline Monnoyer's repertoire extends to opera, sacred music, art song (melodies), Lieder, and contemporary music. Moving and sensitive, she has performed Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, Orfeo in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice, Pierrot in Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire, and the Child in Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, as well as Verdi's magnificent Requiem (at Bozar). Active in contemporary musical creation, she created the main role, "B", in the opera Le Désert by Baudoin de Jaer and Stéphane Arcas at the Concert Hall in Namur, the role of the Rose in Il Piccolo Principe by Alberto Caruso at the Teatro di Trevi, as well as the original work La fille du Fondeur by Stéphane Collin.
Aveline Monnoyer is a regular guest at various festivals and collaborates with numerous ensembles. She performs in most of J.S. Bach's cantatas, primarily in the Baroque and Romantic repertoire. She appeared at the Avignon Festival in France in the summer of 2022, embodying "Opera" in the show Molière, l'Opéra et… les Femmes by and with Carmela Giusto. She also performed in Portugal at a commemorative celebration attended by His Excellency Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, and at the Festival des Musiques Vivantes in Vichy, France, with the ensemble La Camerata Sferica, alongside countertenor Dominique Corbiau, with whom she regularly sings.
Aveline Monnoyer has recorded a collection of songs by Stéphane Collin, entitled "Les Sœurs du Peintre Schlobach" (The Sisters of the Painter Schlobach), as well as a collection of songs by the Belgian composer Philippe Verkaeren with the Scaldis Quartet. She also participated in the recording of the opera Le Désert (The Desert) by Baudouin de Jaer and Stéphane Arcas, which will be released soon on the Sub Rosa label. Aveline is currently preparing a recording of Baroque works with her Baroque/electro ensemble Le Jardin, which includes violinist Céline Bodson (Alfama Quartet), electronic and sound artist Thomas Turine, and tenor Jean Fürst. The ensemble has been selected for Jeunesses Musicales 2023-2024 and will perform throughout Belgium this year.
Aveline Monnoyer will soon be performing Mozart's Coronation Mass in Belgium with the instrumental ensemble Le Florilège Musical and the Chorale Royal La Chantanne, conducted by Benoît Leman, as well as in Morocco with the Orchestre et le Chœur Philharmoniques, conducted by Ivan Yohan. In Brussels, she will sing J.S. Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 with the BachWerk Brussels choir and orchestra, conducted by Pascale Van Os.
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