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Véronique Gens
voc, *1966 FR, Orléans
Classical
Véronique Gens (born 19 April 1966) is a French operatic soprano. She has spent much of her career recording and performing Baroque music.Gens was born in Orléans, and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning first prize at the school. Her debut in 1986 was with William Christie and his Les Arts Florissants. She has since worked with Marc Minkowski, René Jacobs, Christophe Rousset, Philippe Herreweghe, and Jean-Claude Malgoire.
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Popular Tracks 
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2 Scene 1: No. 10, Cavatina, "Porgi, amor" (Contessa) on Mozart - Airs d'opéras et de concert by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Véronique Gens/Melvyn Tan/Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment/Ivor Bolton, Ivor Bolton & Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Dido & Aeneas, Z. 626, Act III: When I am laid in earth (Dido) on Purcell Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie, RCT 43, Act 3 Scene 1: Prélude on Tragédiennes by Véronique Gens A Chloris on Néère by Véronique Gens & Susan Manoff Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Atto terzo Scene 9 & 10: No. 21, "Su l'aria..." (Duettino Susanna, La Contessa) on Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, René Jacobs & Concerto Köln Pergolesi: Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa on Pergolesi: Stabat Mater by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Gérard Lesne & Il Seminario Musicale Chants d'Auvergne, Vol. 1: No. 2. Bailero on Canteloube: Chants D'Auvergne by Joseph Canteloube, Véronique Gens & Jean-Claude Casadesus Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19: Interlude on Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer & Symphonie, Op. 20 by Ernest Chausson, Véronique Gens, Orchestre National de Lille & Alexandre Bloch Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Atto II Scena 1: No. 11, Cavatina "Porgi, amor" (La Contessa) on Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, René Jacobs & Concerto Köln Fauré: 3 Mélodies, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve on Nuit d'étoiles - Mélodies françaises by Véronique Gens & Roger VignolesTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
Band Members
Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tragédiennes 1 - 3 (From Lully To Saint-Saëns) | Véronique Gens | 2018 | Compil. |
| Proserpine | Camille Saint-Saëns, Véronique Gens, Marie-Adeline Henry, Vlaams Radio Koor, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ulf Schirmer | 2017 | Album |
| Visions | Véronique Gens, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Hervé Niquet | 2017 | Album |
| Néère | Véronique Gens, Susan Manoff, Reynaldo Hahn, Ernest Chausson, Henri Duparc | 2015 | Album |
| L'enfance Du Christ | Hector Berlioz, Yann Beuron, Stephan Loges, Véronique Gens, Alastair Miles, Radiokören, Sveriges Radios Symfoniorkester, Robin Ticciati | 2013 | Album |
| Herminie / Les Nuits D'été / Shéhérazade | Véronique Gens, Orchestre National Des Pays De La Loire - John Axelrod / Hector Berlioz | 2012 | Album |
| Atys | Jean-Baptiste Lully, William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Guy De Mey, Guillemette Laurens, Agnès Mellon, Jean-François Gardeil, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Gilles Ragon, Véronique Gens | 2009 | Album |
| Symphony No. 2 Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise) | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, The BBC National Orchestra Of Wales, The BBC National Chorus Of Wales, Véronique Gens, Pamela Helen Stephen, Robert Tear, Richard Hickox | 2009 | Album |
| Tragédiennes 2 | Véronique Gens, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset | 2009 | Album |
| Un Siècle En France - Splendeurs De La Musique Française Du XXème Siècle | Albert Roussel, Marek Janowski, Jacques Mercier, Véronique Gens, François Le Roux | 2009 | Album |
| Anacréon • Le Berger Fidèle | Jean-Philippe Rameau, Véronique Gens, Annick Massis, Rodrigo Del Pozo, Thierry Félix, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | 2009 | Album |
| Vicente Martín y Soler: Il burbero di buon cuore | Elena de la Merced, Carlos Chausson, Véronique Gens, Saimir Pirgu, Cecilia Diaz, Irina Brook, Christophe Rousset | 2009 | Album |
| Castor Et Pollux | Jean-Philippe Rameau | 2008 | Album |
| Mass In C | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Topi Lehtipuu, Luca Pisaroni, Le Concert D'Astrée, Louis Langrée | 2006 | Album |
| Tragédiennes | Véronique Gens, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset | 2006 | Album |
| Armida Abbandonata | Niccolò Jommelli – Ewa Małas-Godlewska • Claire Brua • Gilles Ragon • Cécile Perrin • Véronique Gens • Laura Polverelli • Patricia Petibon • Les Talens Lyriques • Christophe Rousset | 2005 | Album |
| Chants D'Auvergne | Joseph Canteloube - Véronique Gens, L'Orchestre National de Lille, Jean-Claude Casadesus | 2005 | Album |
| L'Orfeo | Claudio Monteverdi / Ian Bostridge, Patrizia Ciofi, Alice Coote, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Le Concert D'Astrée, European Voices, Emmanuelle Haïm | 2004 | Album |
| Le Nozze di Figaro | Véronique Gens • Patrizia Ciofi • Angelika Kirchschlager, Lorenzo Regazzo • Simon Keenlyside, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 2004 | Album |
| Georg Friedrich Händel: Agrippina | Véronique Gens, Philippe Jaroussky, Ingrid Perruche, Nigel Smith, Thierry Grégoire, Bernard Delétré, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire | 2004 | Single |
| Les Nuits D'Été - La Mort De Cléopâtre - Zaïde - La Captive - La Belle Voyageuse | Véronique Gens - Hector Berlioz | 2001 | Album |
| Nuit D'Étoiles (Melodies Françaises) | Véronique Gens, Roger Vignoles | 2000 | Album |
| Rinaldo / Ellens Gesang II / Begräbnisgesang / Gesang der Parzen | Johannes Brahms - Steve Davislim, Véronique Gens, Philharmonischer Chor Dresden, Ernst Senff Chor Berlin, Dresdner Philharmonie / Michel Plasson | 2000 | Album |
| Rameau—Dardanus | Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc Minkowski, John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens, Laurent Naouri, Mireille Delunsch, Jean-Philippe Courtis, Russell Smythe, Magdalena Kožená, Françoise Masset, Jean-Louis Bindi, Jean-François Lombard, Marcos Pujol, Chœur Des Musiciens Du Louvre, Les Musiciens Du Louvre | 2000 | Album |
| Lucrezia ~ Cantatas | Véronique Gens ~ Les Basses Réunies - Georg Friedrich Händel | 1999 | Album |
| Airs De Cour | Sebastien Le Camus : Véronique Gens / Jean-Paul Fouchécourt / Pascal Monteilhet | 1999 | Album |
| Bacchus et Ariane - Mélodies | Véronique Gens, François Le Roux, L'Orchestre National d'Ile De France, Jacques Mercier, Albert Roussel | 1998 | Album |
| Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Nicolas Rivenq, Danielle Borst, Véronique Gens, Hubert Claessens, Sophie Marin-Degor, Patrick Donnelly, Simon Edwards, La Grande Ecurie Et La Chambre Du Roy, Jean-Claude Malgoire | 1998 | Album |
| Acis & Galatée | Jean-Baptiste Lully, Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Véronique Gens, Laurent Naouri | 1998 | Album |
| Stabat Mater | Véronique Gens - Gérard Lesne - Il Seminario Musicale - Giovanni Battista Pergolesi | 1997 | Album |
| Brossard : Leçons des morts | Sébastien De Brossard – Gérard Lesne, Véronique Gens, Il Seminario Musicale | 1997 | Album |
| Lamentazioni Per Il Mercoledì Santo | Niccolò Jommelli, Gérard Lesne, Véronique Gens, Christophe Rousset, Il Seminario Musicale | 1996 | Album |
| Hippolyte Et Aricie | Jean-Philippe Rameau - Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Véronique Gens, Bernarda Fink, Russell Smythe, Laurent Naouri, Ensemble Vocal Sagittarius, Les Musiciens Du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | 1995 | Album |
| Dido & Æneas | Henry Purcell - Véronique Gens, Sophie Marin-Degor, Claire Brua, Nathan Berg, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | 1995 | Album |
| Motets | Alessandro Scarlatti, Gérard Lesne, Véronique Gens, Il Seminario Musicale | 1994 | Album |
| Motets: Confitebor; Arripe Alpestri Ad Vallen | Gérard Lesne, Véronique Gens, Peter Harvey, Il Seminario Musicale - Baldassare Galuppi | 1994 | Album |
| Motets Avec Symphonies | Joseph Bodin de Boismortier / Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, Véronique Gens | 1991 | Album |
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