Annick Massis

Annick Massis (born 1 January 1958) is a French soprano.

Biography

She worked as a school teacher before going to study at the Conservatoire Francis Poulenc in Paris. Her stage career began in Toulouse in the early 1990s, where she performed in operas by Mozart as well as playing the role of Leila in Bizet's The Pearl Fishers.

In 1998, she performed the role of Ophelie in Hamlet at the Washington Concert Opera.

In 1999, she took the lead in Lucia di Lammermoor in Toulouse as well as in Barcelona the next year. She has also sung many bel canto roles. In 2004, she played Violetta in La Traviata in Pittsburgh. In 2009, Annick Massis sang all four major soprano roles in a production of the Contes d´Hoffmann at the Opéra de Nice.

Discography

Complete operas

CD

• Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Marcello Viotti, Dynamic
• Boïeldieu, La dame blanche, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Marc Minkowski, EMI
• Donizetti, Elvida, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonello Allemandi, Opera Rara
• Donizetti, Francesca di Foix, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonello Allemandi, Opera Rara
• Ibert, Persée et Andromède, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Jan Latham-Koenig, Avie
• Meyerbeer, Margherita d'Anjou, London Philharmonic Orchestra, David Parry, Opera Rara
• Mozart, Lucio Silla, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Tomas Netopil, Dynamic
• Pacini, Paventa Insano, London Philharmonic Orchestra, dir. David Parry, Opera Rara
• Rameau, Anacréon, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski, Archiv
• Rossini, Matilde di Shabran, Orquesta Sinfonica de Galicia, Riccardo Frizza, Decca
• Rossini, L'inganno felice, Le Concert des Tuileries, Marc Minkowski, Erato
• Thomas, Mignon, Ensemble Orchestral Harmonia Nova, Stéphane Denève, Accord

DVD

• Mozart, Lucio Silla, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Tomas Netopil, Dynamic
• Bizet, Les pêcheurs de perles, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice, Marcello Viotti, Dynamic
• Rossini, Le comte Ory, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis, NVC Arts

References

• Official site