Nathalie Manfrino

Nathalie Manfrino is a French "soprano". For UNIVERSAL- DECCA, She recorded her first disc,”French Heroines” with The Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra,” DECCA label ", which received the "Golden Orpheus" and the “"Georg Solti" prize”. Her second solo recording album, “Méditations”, is a tribute to Jules Massenet, with the Monte-Carlo philharmonic orchestra conducted by Michel Plasson.
She was given the medal of chevalier of the "Ordre des Arts et des Lettres" by the minister of culture in 2011.
In November 2001, Nathalie Manfrino makes her debut on stage as Mélisande in "debussy"’s “PELLEAS et MELISANDE” at the Marseille Opera House, and in Toulouse’s Theatre du Capitole. July 2003 sees Nathalie as Roxane in "alfano"’s “cyrano de bergerac” in Montpellier’s Opera-Comédie and for the Radio-France Festival (DVD-Deutsche Grammophon). Since, on stage she has been: Marguerite - FAUST "gounod", Roxane - CYRANO "alfano", Michaela - CARMEN "bizet", Sarah-LE REVENANT, Eurydice-ORPHÉE "gluck", Juliette - ROMEO "gounod", Fiordiligi - COSI "mozart", Rozenn - LE ROI D’YS, Manon - MANON "massenet", Mimi - BOHÈME "puccini", Thaïs - THAÏS "massenet", Héro - BÉATRICE et BENEDICT "berlioz", Leïla - PÉCHEURS "bizet", Mireille - MIREILLE "gounod", Lodoiska - LODOISKA "cherubini", Clelia Conti - CHARTREUSE DE PARME "sauguet", la princesse Saamcheddine - MAROUF "rabaud", Gilda - RIGOLETTO "verdi", Violetta - TRAVIATA "verdi".
She has appeared with Placido Domingo and also Roberto Alagna, notably in the role of Roxane in Alfano's Cyrano de Bergerac. In recordings, she has specialised in rarer French operatic repertoire including forgotten works such as Debussy's Rodrigue et Chimène., Le Roi Artus from "chausson". On stage, Louise de Mezières from "massenet", La Chartreuse de Parme from "sauguet", Marouf from Rabaud, Le Roi d'Ys from Lalo...
Her repertoire as a lyrical soprano is mostly dedicate to French and Italian "operas". But she also sings a lot of "sacred music". She has given several concerts all around the world: Rome Caracalla’s Termes; Trondheim Festival (Norway); Palau de les Arts of Valencia (Spain); Auditorium A. Kraus of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; the Geneva Chamber Orchestra; Smetana Hall of Prague; International Festival of Harare Zimbabwe (Africa); the National Concert hall of Dublin; “La Philarmonie” of Luxembourg; the Bozar in Brussels; Durban (South Africa) and with the Malaysian Philharmonic orchestra of Kuala Lumpur, Korea national opera… She also appears as a special guest "singer" in a recital in Puerto Rico (DVD).

Recordings

• Cyrano de Bergerac (Alfano). 2CD DG.
• Héroïnes Françaises FRENCH HÉROÏNES: Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, Faust. Massenet: Thaïs, Hérodiade, Manon, Delibes: Lakmé, Bizet Vasco de Gama. Debussy L'enfant prodigue, Rodrigue et Chimène. Lalo Le Roi d'Ys. Chausson Le Roi Arthus. conducted Emmanuel Villaume, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo. Decca 2007
• Massenet - arias. MÉDITATIONS: La Vierge, (1880), Marie-Magdeleine (1873), Sapho (1897), Grisélidis (1901), Esclarmonde (1889), Ariane (1906) Cléopâtre. Michel Plasson. Orch. Phil. Monte Carlo. Decca 2012
• Lodoïska, Cherubini, naïve
• vocalise, MESSIEAN

DVD

• Cyrano de Bergerac (Alfano). DG.