Agnès Mellon / Ensemble Barcarole

Territory represented: international

In 1981, Agnès Mellon successively joined the Chapelle Royale under of P. Herreweghe and the Arts Florissants under W. Christie. As a soloist, she has had the opportunity to sing under the direction of many conductors: Gardiner, Malgoire, Koopman, Leonhardt, Kuijken and Jacobs, to name a few. She has sung in such prestigious venues as the Opéra de Paris, the… • Read the full biography

What the media says…

“Not only would this album would make a wonderful gift (to yourself, perhaps), it deserves to be at the top of your ‘desert island’ list.” — Forum Opéra, Belgium, 2010

“Agnès Mellon’s performance of Barbara Strozzi’s cantata L’Eraclito amoroso is the most sublimely moving ever heard; she imbues each word with a beauty fraught with despair.” — Diapason, France, 2010

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