Artists
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Anna Reinhold
Mezzo-soprano
After studying at the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMD) and the University of Vienna, Anna Reinhold made her stage debut under the direction of William Christie, as part of his academy, "Le Jardin des Voix"; this was followed by numerous engagements with Les Arts Florissants, in Europe and America.
She now collaborates regularly with many conductors and ensembles : Leonardo García Alarcón (Cappella Mediterranea), Raphaël Pichon (Pygmalion), Laurence Equilbey (Accentus and Insula Orchestra), Jonathan Cohen (Balearic Islands Simphony Orchestra, Arcangelo ensemble, Orchestre d'Auvergne), Vincent Dumestre (Le Poème Harmonique), Simon-Pierre Bestion (La Tempête), Ryan Brown (Lafayette Opera), John Butt (Edinburgh Orchestra), Josh van Veldhoven (Bachvereniging), Jonathan Cohen (Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest and the Orchestre d’Auvergne), Andrea Marcon (La Cetra Barockorchester Basel), Giovanni Antonini (Il Giardino Armonico), Stephan Macleod (Gli Angeli Genève) ...
At the Opera, she sang the title role of L'Italiana in Algeri (Rossini) and Mélisande (Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande) at the Atelier lyrique de Tourcoing, L'Italiana in Algeri again, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Cybèle (Lully's Atys) at the Opéra Royal de Versailles and at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Menesto (Cavalli's Elena) at the Festival d'Aix en Provence, Pandora (Draghi's El Prometeo) at the Opéra de Dijon, Adèle and Al Cirbec (Le Mystère de l'écureuil bleu by Marc-Olivier Dupin) at the Opéra Comique in Paris, or the Second Camerist (Le Nain by Zemlinsky) at the Théâtre de Caen.
Particularly appreciated for her interpretations in concerts and chamber music repertoire, Anna Reinhold is a regular guest at festivals such as Les Musicales de Colmar (Schönberg's Pierrot Lunaire, Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder, Mahler's Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen ...), the Kaposvar Festival and the Budapest Festival Academy in Hungary, the Cork Festival in Ireland; she recently sang the cantata Phaedra (Britten) with the Orchestre régional de Normandie and performs in duet with guitarist and lutenist Quito Gato, in both baroque ("Lagrime mie") and popular ("Mi corazón espanol") programs.
She also founded the ensemble "Il Caravaggio" with harpsichordist Camille Delaforge, which can be heard in France and abroad, in French and Italian baroque repertoires.
Anna Reinhold made numerous recordings, notably with Raphaël Pichon and the Pygmalion ensemble (Bach's Hohe Messe), lutenist Thomas Dunford ("Labirinto d'Amore"), Cappella Mediterranea conducted by Leonardo García Alarcón ("Heroines of the Venetian Baroque"), William Christie's Les Arts Florissants (« N’espérez plus, mes yeux », « Bien que l'Amour », « Si vous vouliez un jour »), or the ensemble Il Caravaggio (« Madonna della Grazia »).
Highlights of her 2024-2025 season include the Garçon de cuisine (Rusalka) at the Opéra de Massy, a French tour with Campra's Carnaval de Venise and the ensemble Il Caravaggio, and numerous concerts with the ensembles Cappella Mediterranea, Il Caravaggio and La Parenthèse.
Anna Reinhold has been represented by RSB Artists since 2013.
François Rougier
Tenor
After studying at Sciences-Po and at the conservatory in Grenoble, François Rougier was quickly noticed as a tenor to follow: laureate of the 22nd International Singing Competition of Clermont-Ferrand in 2011 and finalist of the 18th Symphonies d'Automne in Mâcon, he participates in 2013 at the first Académie de l'Opéra Comique. He has been a member of the New Favart troupe of the Opéra Comique from 2018 to 2021, where he is regularly invited.
In 2006, Mirella Giardelli offered him his first roles with Platée and Ferrando, in two shows adapted from the operas of Rameau and Mozart, with the Atelier des Musiciens du Louvre. In 2012, he discovers the work of the director Alexandra Lacroix in Haydn's Il Mondo della Luna (where he sings the role of Cecco) and then in Offenbach's La Chatte métamorphosée en femme (role of Guido) at the Musée d'Orsay.
Following this, he became involved with her company, a place of research and experimentation in the field of musical theater, and participated as an associate artist in a triptych of shows based on Bach's Passions (Et le coq chanta, D'autres le giflèrent, Puis il devint invisible), under the musical direction of Christophe Grapperon, as well as in the recital reading Voix intimes 14-18, in Voi[e.x.s], a project developed during 4 years in Porte de la Chapelle, Persées that compares the stories of Iranian and Afghan refugees and the Melodies persanes of Saint-Saëns, Sur un nuage, an immersive musical nap with Bach for 3-7 years old and their parents.
He is also Kornelis in Saint-Saëns’s La Princesse jaune et autres fantasmes at the Opera de Limoges, Don José in The Carmen Case of Alexandra Lacroix, adapted with Diana Soh’s musics and Geaogre Bizet at the TAP of Poitiers, at the theater of Luxembourg and at the Opera National de Bordeaux. He is also Sidi-Toupi in Belboul, from Alexandra Lacroix’s creation inspired by Jules Massenet and Farnaz Modarresifar at the Opera de Reims.
From 2014 to 2016, he participates in the CFPL tour of Sauguet's Les Caprices de Marianne (role of Coelio), on the stages of the Capitole de Toulouse, the Opéra national de Bordeaux, and the operas of Marseille, Limoges, Tours and Reims.
His vocal as well as scenic qualities make him a regular guest on many major opera stages : the Opéra national de Paris (Les Huguenots, La Traviata, Carmen), the Opéra comique de Paris (Lamé, Le Domino Noir, Madame Favart, Ciboulette, Cendrillon, Ali Baba, as well as the world Premiere of Hersant's Les Éclairs), the Opéra du Rhin (Simon Steen-Andersen’s Don Giovanni aux enfers), the Royal Opera of Wallonia-Liège (Le Domino Noir), the Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg (L’Inondation), the Opéra de Lausanne (Le Domino Noir), the Opéra de Lille (Nabucco), the Festival Radio France de Montpellier (Fervaal), the Berlioz Festival in La Côte Saint-André (La Prise de Troie), the operas of Nantes and Rennes (L'Inondation by Filidei and Pommerat), the Opéra royal de Versailles (La Périchole with the Musiciens du Louvre), the Historical Theater of Trondheim in Norway (Grétry's Raoul de Barbe-Bleue), the Opera d’Avignon (Boris Godounov), the Opéra de Rouen (L'Île de Tulipatan and Ali Baba), the Opéra de Limoges (Il Trovatore, Madame Favart, La Dame Blanche, La Princesse Jaune), the Opéra de Saint-Etienne (L'Île de Tulipatan and Le Marchand de Venise).
Last season, René Jacobs offered him the role of Don José during the European tour of Carmen.
In the concert or Oratorio repertoire (Bach's Passions, Saint-Saëns' Oratorio de Noël, Handel's Messiah, Beethoven's C Mass, Boulanger’s mermaid…), he has performed with ensembles and orchestras such as the Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, the Gulbenkian Foundation Orchestra, the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Les Siècles, the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, the Ensemble baroque de Toulouse, the Orchestre de chambre de Genève, the Chapelle rhénane...
For his 2024/2025 season : Giannino (L'Uomo Femina, Galuppi) at the Opéra de Dijon, at the Théâtre de Caen and at the Opéra royal de Versailles, L'Aumônier (Dialogues des Carmélites) at the Opéra de Rouen, Carmen Case at the Opéra de Limoges, and concerts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and the Orchestre national Avignon-Provence.
François Rougier has been represented by RSB Artists since 2014.
Marine Thoreau La Salle
Pianiste / Pianist
Pianist Marine Thoreau La Salle developed a passion for the link between text and music at an early age. Trained at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in the vocal accompaniment and vocal accompaniment-direction classes, she was unanimously awarded two brilliant first prizes. There she received advice from Anne Le Bozec, Anne Grappotte, Jeff Cohen, Susan Manoff and Emmanuel Olivier on accompanying lieder and mélodie. Erika Guiomar and Nathalie Dang trained her in the opera repertoire and in the profession of vocal coach.
She was soon engaged as pianist and vocal coach by the Théâtre du Châtelet, the Théâtre National de l'Opéra Comique in Paris, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Festival international d'art lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence, the Opéra de Lausanne and the Opéra de Dijon. She has performed under the baton of conductors Louis Langrée, Laurent Campellone, Marc Minkowski, Leo Hussain, Sébastien Rouland, Alexander Joel, Stefan Soltesz and Patrick Davin, and taken part in productions by directors Eric Ruf, Valérie Lesort, Olivier Py, Benjamin Lazar, Yoshi Oida, Robert Carsen, Ivan Alexandre, Ivan Grinberg, Cyril Teste, Pauline Bureau and Denis Podalydès.
A privileged partner of singers, she also pursues an intense recital activity. In the Foyer of the Opéra Comique or at the invitation of the Palazzetto Bru Zane in Paris and Venice, she regularly performs in vocal-piano programmes alongside a wide range of vocal personalities: soprani Jodie Devos, Eugénie Warnier, Florie Valiquette, Chantal Santon Jeffery, Olivia Doray, mezzo-soprani Marie Lenormand, Marie-Andrée Bouchard Lesieur, Anna Reinhold, tenors François Rougier, Yu Shao and Enguerrand de Hys, baritones Yoann Dubruque and Philippe Estèphe...
Eager to take on the limelight, she also lends herself to the game of musical theatre. At the Opéra Comique, she created Petite Balade aux Enfers, based on Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice, and Petite Balade Enchantée, based on The Magic Flute, with director Valérie Lesort, and took on the role of the martyred pianist in her Cabaret Horrifique for the small screen. With Arnaud Marzorati and his clique Les Lunaisiens, she created On n'est pas là pour chanter des Cantiques, L'Estaminet lyrique and La Vipère du Trottoir with Magali Léger (Musée d'Orsay). With Olivier Martin Salvan, she created La Caballe rebondissante alongside Lea Desandre and Marc Mauillon. With Bruno Bayeux, Le Cabaret autour de Sarah Bernhardt alongside Nathalie Manfrino, Yoann Dubruque...
Passionate about the French operatic repertoire, she is also an active vocal coach. She has a particularly close working relationship with the Opéra Comique in Paris: as coach to the singers in the Académie, and as principal vocal coach on the company's productions. She is also a vocal coach for director Alain Garichot's summer academies (Sorru in Musica-Corse) and for the international summer academy at Domaine Forget (Canada), at the invitation of baritone Jean-François Lapointe.
She is a vocal coach at the Haute École de Musique de Genève in Neuchâtel (Switzerland).