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Véronique Gens and Offenbach's Divas
17th Oct 2025by Katherine Cooper
The great tragédienne lets her hair down in a sparkling programme of excerpts from Offenbach's comic operas, including La belle Hélène, La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein and La Périchole.
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Véronique Gens on singing Poulenc's Elle
13th Feb 2023by Katherine Cooper
The French soprano reflects on undertaking the biggest challenge of her career to date, and explains why La voix humaine is 'unique in the whole history of music'...
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Véronique Gens in Poulenc's La Voix Humaine
13th Jan 2023by Katherine Cooper
The great French tragedienne tackles a role that’s surely been beckoning for years, and the results are every bit as compelling as you'd expect - with the Orchestre National de Lille providing some telling insights into the other side of this fraught phone-conversation...
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Nuits from Véronique Gens and I Giardini
24th Apr 2020by Katherine Cooper
The French soprano explores the themes of night and dreams on this beguiling programme of mélodies from the Belle Époque, given here in atmospheric new arrangements for voice and piano quintet by Alexandre Dratwicki.
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Véronique Gens sings French Romantic arias
16th Jun 2017by Katherine Cooper
Katherine enjoys Véronique Gens's fascinating recital of French Romantic arias, all with a common theme of dreams and visions.
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Véronique Gens on Proserpine
25th May 2017by Katherine Cooper
The French falcon talks to Katherine about taking on the dark and dramatic title-role in the first complete recording of Saint-Saëns's drame lyrique.
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Vocal Recitals from Sabine Devieilhe and Véronique Gens
20th Nov 2015by Katherine Cooper
Katherine enjoys a double helping of French soprano virtuosity.