Philippe Jaroussky (born 13 February 1978) is a French

countertenor A countertenor (also contra tenor) is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of the female contralto or mezzo-soprano voice types, generally extending from around G3 to D5 or E5, although a sopranist ...

. He began his musical career with the violin, winning an award at the

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conservatory, and then took up the piano before turning to singing. Unusually for a countertenor, Jaroussky performs entirely in falsetto register. He has said that his natural singing voice is in the

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range.

Early career

Jaroussky was born in

Maisons-Laffitte Maisons-Laffitte () is a commune in the Yvelines department in the northern Île-de-France region of France. It is a part of the affluent outer suburbs of northwestern Paris, from its centre. In 2018, it had a population of 23,611. Maisons-Laf ...

. His great-grandfather was a Russian émigré who fled from the

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. Jaroussky was inspired to sing by the Martinique-born countertenor Fabrice di Falco. He received his diploma from the Early Music Faculty of the

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. Since 1996, he has studied singing with Nicole Fallien. He cofounded the ensemble Artaserse in 2002, and has also often performed with the

Ensemble Matheus Ensemble Matheus is a French baroque orchestra. Based in Brittany, the ensemble gives concerts in a number of French cities, including Brest at ''Le Quartz'', where it has enjoyed a residency since 1996, Vannes (Théâtre Anne de Bretagne), and ...

under

Jean-Christophe Spinosi Jean-Christophe Spinosi (born 2 September 1964) is a French conductor and violinist, the founder of French orchestra Ensemble Matheus. Life and career In 1991 he created the Ensemble Matheus in Brest, an orchestra which accompanies him througho ...

and with

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under

Christina Pluhar Christina Pluhar (Graz, 1965) is an Austrian theorbist, harpist, conductor, and director of L'Arpeggiata ensemble.Herz Europas "Christina Pluhar ist eine der innovativsten Musikerinnen der Alte-Musik-Szene, die in ihren Projekten die Grenzen d ...

. On 29 July 2016 he performed

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's " Always Crashing in the Same Car" in the David Bowie Prom, a tribute to the late singer as part of

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at the

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, London. In September 2017, as a part of the opening of

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, Jaroussky launched his education program
Académie musicale Philippe Jaroussky

Reception and awards

According to ', "this young singer with the tone of an angel and the virtuosity of the devil has come into the limelight in only a few years as the great new French vocal talent." He received the Révélation Artiste lyrique in the 2004

Victoires de la musique classique The Victoires de la musique classique (; en, "Victories of Classical Music") are an annual French classical music award event founded in 1986. The awards are the classical equivalent of the popular music awards Victoires de la Musique and the Victo ...

and was Artiste lyrique de l'année in the 2007 and 2010 edition. Jaroussky was awarded "The Best Singer of the Year" at the

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Awards, 2008 and 2016. He also received an Echo Klassik Award in 2012 for the Album ''Duetti'', which he recorded together with

Max Emanuel Cenčić Max Emanuel Cenčić (born 21 September 1976) is a Croatian countertenor, as of 1994 based in Austria. He was a member of the Wiener Sängerknaben. Early career as a boy soprano Born Max Emanuel Cenčić in Zagreb, he started singing at a ve ...

. In 2020, he was awarded Victoire d'honneur in the Victoires de la musique classique. Jaroussky was named Chevalier of the

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in 2009 and was promoted to the rank of Officier in 2019. The asteroid 332183 Jaroussky was named after him. On 13 November 2019, which marked the twentieth anniversary since his debut, a wax figure of him sculpted by Éric Saint-Chaffray was inaugurated at the

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with his concert, where he also received the medal of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

In culture

Songs performed by Jaroussky were used in the film ''Turkish Seat'' ( rus, Турецкое седло, Turetskoye sedlo) by Uzbek-Russian film director Yusup Razykov, 2017.Elena Stishova
"Диагноз. 'Турецкое седло'" (Diagnosis. ''Turkish Seat'')
– a critical review of the film with Russian titles of two pieces sung by Jaroussky, ''Iskusstvo Kino'' magazine, May–June 2017, no 5/6, accessed 03 March 2018.

Personal life

In a 2011 interview, Jaroussky stated: "I don’t like to discuss my personal life. I feel in classical music, you don’t have to speak about that. I have many reasons." He is openly gay and has been in a relationship with a "very supportive" non-musician since 2007. His boyfriend sometimes travels with him.

Discography

Charts

Operas and concert works

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: ''Sedecia, Re di Gerusalemme''. Lesne, Pochon, Harvey, Padmore. Il Seminario Musicale,

Gérard Lesne Gérard Lesne (; born 15 July 1956) is a French countertenor. He is also the founder and artistic director of the baroque music ensemble, Il Seminario Musicale. Life and career Gérard Lesne was born in Montmorency, Val-d'Oise. He was originally ...

. Virgin Veritas (rec. November 1999, École Sainte-Geneviève, Versailles, France) *

Claudio Monteverdi Claudio Giovanni Antonio Monteverdi (baptized 15 May 1567 – 29 November 1643) was an Italian composer, choirmaster and string player. A composer of both secular and sacred music, and a pioneer in the development of opera, he is consider ...

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L'incoronazione di Poppea ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' ( SV 308, ''The Coronation of Poppaea'') is an Italian opera by Claudio Monteverdi. It was Monteverdi's last opera, with a libretto by Giovanni Francesco Busenello, and was first performed at the Teatro Santi Giovanni ...

''. Laurens, Oliver, Schofrin, Oro. Ensemble Elyma,

Gabriel Garrido Gabriel Garrido is an Argentinian conductor specialising in Italian baroque and the recovery of the baroque musical heritage of Latin America. Garrido was born 1950 in Buenos Aires, and at the age of 17 with the Argentine recorder quartet, Pro Arte ...

. K617 (rec. July/August 2000, Chiesa San Martino, Erice, Italy) * Pierre Menault: ''Vêpres pour le Pére la Chaize''. Greuillet, Janssens, Lombard, van Dyck.

Ensemble La Fenice Ensemble La Fenice is a period wind band based in the town of Auxerre in the Burgundy region of France. Founded in 1990 by the cornett player Jean Tubéry, the ensemble specializes in music of the Baroque era played on period instruments In the ...

Jean Tubéry Jean Tubéry (1964 born in Toulouse) is a French player of the cornett (''cornetto'') and conductor. He is noted for being, along with his own teacher Bruce Dickey and his colleague Jean-Pierre Canihac, one of the main cornett players to resurrec ...

. K617 (rec. April 2001, chiesa Saint-Lazare, Avallon, France) *

Giovanni Battista Bassani Giovanni Battista Bassani (c. 1650 – 1 October 1716) was an Italian composer, violinist, and organist. Biography Bassani was born in Padua. It is thought that he studied in Venice under Daniele Castrovillari and in Ferrara under Giovanni Le ...

: ''La morte delusa''. Galli, del Monaco, Piolino, Sarragosse. Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry. Opus 111 (rec. August 2001, Delft, Nederland) *

Antonio Vivaldi Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (4 March 1678 – 28 July 1741) was an Italian composer, virtuoso violinist and impresario of Baroque music. Regarded as one of the greatest Baroque composers, Vivaldi's influence during his lifetime was widespread ...

: ''Catone in Utica''. Edwards, Laszczkowski, Cangemi, Faraon. La Grande Écurie,

Jean-Claude Malgoire Jean-Claude Malgoire (25 November 1940 – 14 April 2018) was a French oboist and later conductor. Early life Malgoire was born on 25 November 1940 in Avignon, France. His mother was born in Italy. Malgoire graduated from the Paris Conservatory. ...

. Dynamic (rec. November 2001, Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing, France) *

: ''La Verità in cimento''. Rolfe-Johnson, Stutzmann, Laurens, Mingardo. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi.

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– Opus 111 (rec. September 2002, Église de Daoulas, Bretagne, France) *

George Frideric Handel George Frideric (or Frederick) Handel (; baptised , ; 23 February 1685 – 14 April 1759) was a German-British Baroque music, Baroque composer well known for his opera#Baroque era, operas, oratorios, anthems, concerto grosso, concerti grossi, ...

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''. Gens, Perruche, Smith, Grégoire, di Falco. La Grande Écurie, Jean-Claude Malgoire. Dynamic (rec. March 2003, Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing, France) *

: ''Selva morale e spirituale''. Spiritualità e liturgia / I salmi vespertini / Vespro dei Martiri / L'eloquenza divina.

Ensemble Elyma Ensemble Elyma is an early music ensemble specialising in the baroque musical heritage of Latin America, led by Gabriel Garrido. Selected discography SeDiscography* 1991 Sigismondo d'India ''Arie, madrigali e baletti'' María Cristina Kiehr, Nadia ...

. Ambronay Edition (rec. 2003/2004,

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, France) *

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Orlando furioso ''Orlando furioso'' (; ''The Frenzy of Orlando'', more loosely ''Raging Roland'') is an Italian epic poem by Ludovico Ariosto which has exerted a wide influence on later culture. The earliest version appeared in 1516, although the poem was ...

''. Larmore, Lemieux, Cangemi. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Naïve – Opus 111 (rec. June 2004, Église de Daoulas, Bretagne, France) *

: ''

L'Orfeo ''L'Orfeo'' ( SV 318) (), sometimes called ''La favola d'Orfeo'' , is a late Renaissance/early Baroque ''favola in musica'', or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and ...

''. van Rensburg, Gerstenhaber, Thébault, Gerstenhaber, Gillot, Kaïque.

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. Dynamic (rec. October 2004, Théâtre Municipal, Tourcoing, France) *

: '' Griselda''. Lemieux, Cangemi, Kermes, Ferrari, Davies.

– Opus 111 (rec. November 2005, Salle Surcouf, Foyer du Marin, Brest, France) * J. S. Bach: ''Magnificat'' – G. F. Handel: ''Dixit Dominus''. Dessay, Deshayes, Spence, Naouri.

Le Concert d'Astrée Le Concert d'Astrée is an instrumental and vocal ensemble dedicated to the performance of Baroque music. It was founded In 2000 by Emmanuelle Haïm, and has been in residence at the Opéra de Lille since 2004 and has established an international re ...

, Emmanuelle Haïm. Virgin Classics, 2007 *

: ''Nisi Dominus'' and '' Stabat Mater''. Jaroussky, Lemieux. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Naïve (rec. July 2007, Salle Surcouf, Brest (France)) * Handel: '' Faramondo'', in role of Adofo. Il Barocchisti under direction of

Diego Fasolis Diego Fasolis (born 19 April 1958) is a Swiss classical organist and conductor, the leader of the ensemble I Barocchisti. He has conducted operas in historically informed performance at major European opera houses and festivals, and has made award- ...

. Virgin Classics, 2009 (rec. October 2008, Lugano.) * ''Via Crucis'' –

Benedetto Ferrari Benedetto Ferrari (ca. 1603 – 1681) was an Italian composer, particularly of opera, librettist, and theorbo player. Ferrari was born in Reggio nell'Emilia. He worked in Rome (1617–1618), Parma (1619–1623), and possibly in Modena at some t ...

Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber ( bapt. 12 August 1644, Stráž pod Ralskem – 3 May 1704, Salzburg) was a Bohemian-Austrian composer and violinist. Biber worked in Graz and Kroměříž before he illegally left his employer, Prince-Bishop Karl Li ...

Giovanni Legrenzi Giovanni Legrenzi (baptized August 12, 1626 – May 27, 1690) was an Italian composer of opera, vocal and instrumental music, and organist, of the Baroque era. He was one of the most prominent composers in Venice in the late 17th century, and ext ...

, Luigi Rossi,

Tarquinio Merula Tarquinio Merula (24 November 1595 – 10 December 1665) was an Italian composer, organist, and violinist of the early Baroque era. Although mainly active in Cremona, stylistically he was a member of the Venetian school. He was one of the most p ...

. Jaroussky,

Núria Rial Núria Rial (born 1975 in Manresa, Catalonia, Spain) is a Spanish soprano. In recent years, Rial has specialized in the music of the renaissance and baroque eras, such as the works of Handel and Monteverdi. Her repertoire also includes Johan ...

, Enzo Gragnaniello, Barbara Furtuna. Jean-Philippe Guissani, Giovanni Antonio, Pandolfi Mealli, Roccu Mambrini, Toni Casalonga, Nando Acquaviva, Lorenzo Allegri.

. Virgin Classics, 2010 * Vivaldi: ''

Ercole su'l Termodonte ''Ercole su'l Termodonte'' (; ''Hercules in Thermodon'') is a baroque Italian opera in three acts. In 1723, it became the sixteenth opera set to music by Antonio Vivaldi. Its catalogue number is RV 710. The libretto was written by Antonio Salv ...

''. Damrau, Genaux,

Romina Basso Romina Basso (born Gorizia) is an Italian mezzo-soprano with an extensive discography of baroque opera recordings. She is particularly noted for her performances of Vivaldi.Le FigarRinaldo Alessandrini et son Concerto Italiano"C'est cette version ...

, Ciofi, DiDonato, Villazón, Philippe Jaroussky,

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Europa Galante Europa Galante is an Italian period-instrument Baroque orchestra founded by violinist Fabio Biondi in 1990 and directed by him. The ensemble has been invited to play at festivals and in concert halls such as La Scala in Milan, the Accademia di Sa ...

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. Virgin Classics, 2011 *

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (; 12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers ...

: ''

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''. Jaroussky,

Matthias Goerne Matthias Goerne (born 31 March 1967) is a German baritone. He has performed and recorded extensively, both on the opera stage and in Lieder settings. Goerne has been referred to as "Today's leading interpreter of German art songs" by the Chicago ...

. Chœur et

Orchestre de Paris The Orchestre de Paris () is a French orchestra based in Paris. The orchestra currently performs most of its concerts at the Philharmonie de Paris. History In 1967, following the dissolution of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du ...

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. Virgin Classics, 2011 *

Leonardo Vinci Leonardo Vinci (1690 – 27 May 1730) was an Italian composer known chiefly for his 40 or so operas; comparatively little of his work in other genres survives. A central proponent of the Neapolitan School of opera, his influence on subsequ ...

: ''

Artaserse ' is the name of a number of Italian operas, all based on a text by Metastasio. ' is the Italian form of the name of the king Artaxerxes I of Persia. There are over 90 known settings of Metastasio's text. The libretto was originally written for, ...

''. Jaroussky,

, Franco Fagioli,

Valer Barna-Sabadus Valer Barna-Săbăduș (born 15 January 1986), also Valer Sabadus, is a Romanian-German countertenor. He sings in both the alto and soprano range. Life Barna-Sabadus was born in Arad (Romania), near the Hungarian border. He is the child of a ...

, Yuriy Mynenko,

Daniel Behle Daniel Behle (born 1974) is a German classical composer and operatic tenor. He has performed at international opera houses and festivals, and has recorded both operas and ''Lieder'' recitals. Career Born in Hamburg, Behle studied music pedagog ...

Concerto Köln Concerto Köln is an ensemble specialising in music of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The group formed in 1985, one of many groups associated with the surging interest in period instruments in that decade. Its members consisted mainly o ...

. Virgin Classics, 2012 * Handel: ''

Partenope ''Partenope'' ("Parthenope", HWV 27) is an opera by George Frideric Handel, first performed at the King's Theatre in London on 24 February 1730. Although following the structure and forms of opera seria, the work is humorous in character and li ...

'', in role of Arsace.

Il Pomo d'Oro ''Il pomo d'oro'' (''The Golden Apple'') is an opera in a prologue and five acts by the Italian composer Antonio Cesti with a libretto by Francesco Sbarra (1611-1668). It was first performed before the imperial court in a specially constructed ope ...

Riccardo Minasi Riccardo Minasi (born 1978) is an Italian violinist and conductor in the field of historically informed performance. Life Born in Rome, Minasi received his first music lessons from his mother, studying modern violin with Paolo Centurioni and Al ...

. Erato, 2015 (rec. February 2015,

Lonigo Lonigo is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Vicenza, Veneto, northern Italy, its population counts around 16,400 inhabitants.Source: ISTAT - Bilancio demografico al 31/12/200 In its ''frazione'' of Bagnolo is the Villa Pisani, a Renaissanc ...

, Italy) * Monteverdi–Sartorio–Rossi: ''La Storia di Orfeo''. Emőke Baráth. I Barocchisti, Diego Fasolis. Warner Classics/Parlophone, 2017.

Solo recitals

: ''Musiche varie''. Ensemble Artaserse. Ambroisie (rec. October/December 2002, Chapelle Jésus-Enfant – Paroisse Ste. Clothilde, Paris) * ''Beata Vergine'', Motets à la Vierge entre Rome et Venise, Grandi, Legrenzi, Cavalli, Antonio Rigatti,

Giovanni Paolo Caprioli Giovanni Paolo Caprioli (c.1580 - c.1627) was an Italian priest, abbate in Candiana, and composer. Caprioli was born in Brescia in 1571 ca. and died January 1630 in the convent of St. John the Evangelist during the plague. The noble family from Br ...

Frescobaldi The Frescobaldi are a prominent Florentine noble family that have been involved in the political, social, and economic history of Tuscany since the Middle Ages. Originating in the Val di Pesa in the Chianti, they appear holding important post ...

, Sances, Ensemble Artaserse. Virgin Classics (rec. December 2005, Église Notre-Dame du Liban, Parigi, France) * ''Un concert pour Mazarin''. Ensemble La Fenice, Jean Tubéry. Virgin Classics, 2004 (rec. June 2003, Abbaye de Saint-Michel, Thiérache, France) *

: ''Virtuoso cantatas''. Ensemble Artaserse. Virgin Veritas (rec. October 2004, Chapelle des sœurs auxiliaires, Versailles, France) * ''Vivaldi Heroes''. Ensemble Matheus, Jean-Christophe Spinosi. Virgin Classics (rec. October 2006, Auditorium de l'Ecole Nationale de Musique, Brest, France) * ''

Carestini Giovanni Carestini (13 December 1700 in Filottrano, near Ancona – 1760 in Filottrano) was an Italian castrato of the 18th century, who sang in the operas and oratorios of George Frideric Handel. He is also remembered as having sung for Johann ...

, the story of a castrato''. Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm. Virgin Classics, 2007 * ''Opium – Mélodies françaises''. Philippe Jaroussky, Jerôme Ducros. Virgin Classics, 2009 – songs by

Debussy (Achille) Claude Debussy (; 22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer. He is sometimes seen as the first Impressionism in music, Impressionist composer, although he vigorously rejected the term. He was among the most infl ...

, Hahn, Fauré,

César Franck César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was pa ...

, Massenet, Ernest Chausson,

André Caplet André Caplet (23 November 1878 – 22 April 1925) was a French composer and conductor of classical music. He was a friend of Claude Debussy and completed the orchestration of several of Debussy's compositions as well as arrangements of severa ...

, Saint-Saëns,

Paul Dukas Paul Abraham Dukas ( or ; 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His b ...

Guillaume Lekeu Jean Joseph Nicolas Guillaume Lekeu (20 January 1870 – 21 January 1894) was a Belgian composer. Life Lekeu was born in Heusy, a village near Verviers, Belgium. He originally studied piano and music theory under Alphonse Voss, the director of ...

Cécile Chaminade Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (8 August 1857 – 13 April 1944) was a French composer and pianist. In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. Ambroise Thomas said, "This is not a woman who composes, but a ...

Gabriel Dupont Gabriel Édouard Xavier Dupont (1 March 1878 – 1 August 1914) was a French composer, known for his operas and chamber music. Biography Dupont was born in Caen. Following after his father who was a teacher at the Malherbe secondary school and t ...

Vincent d'Indy Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy (; 27 March 18512 December 1931) was a French composer and teacher. His influence as a teacher, in particular, was considerable. He was a co-founder of the Schola Cantorum de Paris and also taught at the P ...

* ''Johann Christian Bach''. ''La dolce fiamma. Forgotten castrato arias''. Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, dir. Jérémie Rhorer, Virgin Classics 2009. – awarded the Diapason d'Or de l'Année 2010 in France * '' Caldara in Vienna'' (Forgotten Castrato Arias). Philippe Jaroussky /

Emmanuelle Haïm Emmanuelle Haïm (; born 11 May 1962) is a French harpsichordist and conductor with a particular interest in early music and Baroque music. Early life, student and assistant years Haïm was born and grew up in Paris, and was raised Catholic altho ...

, Virgin Classics, 2010. * ''La voix des rêves'' (CD), Capitol Music/EMI Music France, 2012

References

External links

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Philippe Jaroussky
(Erato)

Performance of aria "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Vivaldi, "Il Giustino")
on YouTube
Philippe Jaroussky recordings
on Virgin Classics

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