Dominique Visse is a French

France

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 countertenor

Countertenor

A countertenor is a male singing voice whose vocal range is equivalent to that of a contralto, mezzo-soprano, or a soprano, usually through use of falsetto, or far more rarely than normal, modal voice. A pre-pubescent male who has this ability is called a treble...

 and founder of the Ensemble Clément Janequin

Ensemble Clément Janequin

The Ensemble Clément Janequin is a French early music ensemble founded in 1978 and specializing in the chansons of the Renaissance and early Baroque.The founder, and leader, is the countertenor Dominique Visse...

. Visse devotes himself to performing of secular and religious music of the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the Late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. The term is also used more loosely to refer to the historical era, but since the changes of the Renaissance were not...

. He is principally known for his interpretations of the Paris

Paris

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ian chansons.

He was a chorister in the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris and studied organ and flute at the Versailles Conservatory. He is married to soprano Agnès Mellon

Agnès Mellon

Agnès Mellon is a French soprano specialized in the baroque repertoire, born in 1958.- Biography :Agnès Mellon started her career at the beginning of the 1980s with the baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants directed by William Christie, with whom, between 1981 and 1993, she interpreted Marc-Antoine...

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Selected discography

Opera

• Witch of Endor in Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier
  Marc-Antoine Charpentier, , was a French composer of the Baroque era.Exceptionally prolific and versatile, he produced compositions of the highest quality in several genres...
  
  's David et Jonathas
  David et Jonathas
  David et Jonathas , H. 490, is an opera in five acts and a prologue by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, first performed at the Collège Louis-le-Grand, Paris, on 28 February 1688. The libretto, by Father François Bretonneau S.J., is based on the Old Testament story of the...
  
   for William Christie.
• Handel: Ottone
  Ottone
  Ottone, re di Germania is an opera by George Frideric Handel, to an Italian–language libretto adapted by Nicola Francesco Haym from the libretto by Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino for Antonio Lotti's opera Teofane. It was the first new opera written for the Royal Academy of Music 's fourth season...
  
   Robert King
• Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
• Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
  Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
  Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria is an opera in a prologue and five acts , set by Claudio Monteverdi to a libretto by Giacomo Badoaro. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Santi Giovanni e Paolo in Venice during the 1639–1640 carnival season...
  
   Jacobs
• Handel: Giulio Cesare
  Giulio Cesare
  Giulio Cesare in Egitto , commonly known simply as Giulio Cesare, is an Italian opera in three acts written for the Royal Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel in 1724...
  
   Jacobs
• Handel: Rinaldo
  Rinaldo
  Rinaldo may refer to:*Rinaldo , an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel*Rinaldo , a cantata by Johannes Brahms*Rinaldo , a character in Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered...
  
  
• Charpentier: Le Malade imaginaire
  Le Malade imaginaire
  The Imaginary Invalid is a three-act comédie-ballet by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed in 1673 and was the last work he wrote. In an ironic twist of fate, Molière collapsed during his fourth performance as Argan on 17 February and died soon after...
  
  
• Hasse: Cleofide
  Cleofide
  Cleofide is an opera seria in three acts by Johann Adolf Hasse. The libretto was by Metastasio, as adapted by Michelangelo Boccardi.-Performance history:...
  
  
• Vivaldi: L'incoronazione di Dario
  L'incoronazione di Dario
  L'incoronazione di Dario is a dramma per musica by Antonio Vivaldi with an Italian libretto by Adriano Morselli. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Sant'Angelo in Venice on 23 January 1717.-Roles:-Recordings:...
  
  
• Sartorio Giulio Cesare in Egitto Cremonesi
• Cavalli: La Calisto
  La Calisto
  La Calisto is an opera by Francesco Cavalli with a libretto by Giovanni Faustini. The libretto was published in 1651 by Giuliani and Batti. The opera received its first performance on 28 November 1651 at the Teatro San Apollinare, Venice...
  
  

Recitals

• Songs for Seven Centuries
• Campra - French Cantatas
• La Marquise in Poulenc's Gendarme incompris Decca
• The Three Countertenors - Andreas Scholl
  Andreas Scholl
  Andreas Scholl is a German countertenor, a male classical singer in the alto vocal range. He is noted as a specialist in Baroque music.-Childhood:...
  
  , Pascal Bertin
• with Agnès Mellon
  Agnès Mellon
  Agnès Mellon is a French soprano specialized in the baroque repertoire, born in 1958.- Biography :Agnès Mellon started her career at the beginning of the 1980s with the baroque ensemble Les Arts Florissants directed by William Christie, with whom, between 1981 and 1993, she interpreted Marc-Antoine...
  
  : Parole e Querele d'Amore: Madrigali a due voci Zigzag 2011
• Takemitsu: Songs
• Bach. Café Zimmermann. Alpha
• Dom Quichotte Cantatas & Comic Concertos, Celine Frisch, Café Zimmermann

External links

• Official web site