About
Julie Robard-Gendre
French mezzo-soprano Julie Robard-Gendre garnered accolades from public and press alike with her recent role and house debut as Venus in Tannhaüser with Korea National Opera, her role debut as Santuzza with Opéra de Saint-Étienne and her powerful Foreign princess in Rusalka with Opéra de Massy.
Other recent engagements of note include Nefertiti in Philip Glass' Akhnaten with the Opéra de Nice, Sesto in La Clemenza di Titio at then Angers-Nantes Opera, Marguerite in La damnation de Faust at the Domstufen Festspiele in Erfurt, Germany, Maddalena in Rigoletto with the Cercle de l’Harmonie at the Festival Berlioz in La Côte Saint-André and in Bremen, Falstaff (Meg Page) in Lille, Luxembourg and Caen, La Tragédie de Carmen on tour with the ensemble Miroirs étendus, Carmen (title role) at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Salomé (Hérodias) in Metz, La Mort de Cléopatre in concert at the Angers-Nantes Opera, and Ariane (Perséphone) by Massenet in Munich with Palazzetto Bru Zane, which was recorded with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
In recent seasons, Julie appeared as Gertrude in Hamlet in a new production with Opera de Nantes/Angers and Opera de Rennes. At Lausanne Opera she sang the title role in La Belle Hélène, a role she previously performed at Opera de Rennes, Opera de Vichy and in Avignon, and a new production of Don Quichotte as Dulcinée at Opera de Tours.
Additional career highlights include Robard-Gendre’s Paris Opera debut as Dame d’honneur/Bohémienne in Les Huguenots and a reprise of Zweite Dame in Robert Carsen’s production of Die Zauberflöte. She made her debut in the title role of Carmen at Opera de Rennes and was highly acclaimed by critics and public alike as Ghita in Der Zwerg at Opera de Lille, Opera de Rennes and Opera de Caen. She also enjoyed a debut at Festival Aix-en-Provence in the role of Ramiro in La finta giardiniera, which was broadcast live via ARTE, and sang the role of Prince Raphaël in Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde at Opéra de Limoges. Prior roles for the artist include: Orphée in Orphée et Eurydice at Opera de Nantes/Angers, where she also revived the role of Prince Charming in Cendrillon (a role she previously sang at Opera de Massy); Olga in Eugene Onegin in Nice, Metz and Reims; Fenena in Nabucco in Toulon and Nice, and a debut at Opéra de Monte Carlo as the Kitchen Boy in Rusalka.
Biography
Biographie
Past
Venus • Tannhaüser • Wagner
KNO - Seoul
La Belle-Hélène • Offenbach
Grand-Théâtre de Tours
Santuzza • Cavalleria Rusticana • Mascagni
Opéra de Saint-Étienne
Foreign Princess • Rusalka • Dvoràk
Opéra de Massy
Present
This season, Julie returns to the role of Nefertiti (Akhnaten) with Philharmonie de Paris’ presentation of Akhnaten, as well as Satyagraha with Opera de Nice, The role of the old lady in Nuit sans aube at the Opera-Comique (Paris), the title role in La Belle-Hélène with Opéra Grand Avignon, and the role of Urgèle in La Belle au bois dormant in Saint-Étienne.
In project
Eboli • Don Carlos • Verdi
Amneris • Aïda • Verdi
Posthumia • Roma • Massenet
Donna Elvira • Don Giovanni • Mozart
Key dates
Dates phare
2012
Ramiro
La Finta Giardiniera
Festival d'Aix-en-Provence
2006
Ni l'un ni l'autre
Création ARCAL
Opéra de Metz
2022
Komponist
Ariadne auf Naxos
Opéra de Limoges
2019
Hélène
Belle-Hélène
Opéra de Lausanne
Key-dates
Dates clés
Prince charmant • Carmen • Komponist • Sesto • Venus • Marguerite • Santuzza • Amneris • Dulcinée • Gertrude •Eboli
Prince charmant • Carmen • Komponist • Sesto • Venus • Marguerite • Santuzza • Amneris • Dulcinée • Gertrude • Eboli • Orphée • Carmen
Prince charmant • Carmen • Komponist • Sesto • Venus • Marguerite • Santuzza • Amneris • Dulcinée • Gertrude • Eboli • Orphée • Carmen
Opéra Repertoire
Carmen – Carmen Dido – Dido and Aeneas Dulcinée – Don Quichotte Fenena – Nabucco Foreign Princess — Rusalka Gertrude – Hamlet Giulietta – Les contes d'Hoffmann Ghita – Der Zwerg Hélène – La belle-Hélène Herodias — Salomé Komponist – Ariadne auf Naxos Léonore – La favorite Olga – Eugene Onegin Orphée – Orphée et Eurydice La Périchole – Title Role Marguerite — La Damnation de Faust Meg Page – Falstaff Persephone – Ariane Prince Charmant – Cendrillon Ramiro – La finta giardiniera Santuzza — Cavalleria Rusticana Sesto – La clemenza di Tito Siebel — Faust Venus — Tannhaüser Zweite Dame/Dritte Dame – Die Zauberfl öte
Roles in preparation
Amneris — Aïda Donna Elvira — Don Giovanni Eboli — Don Carlos Posthumia — Roma Urgèle — La Belle au bois dormant Vieille femme — Nuit sans aube
Concert repertoire
Poème de l'amour et de la mer — Chausson Les Aragon — Michaël Levinas La conférence des oiseaux — Michaël Levinas Messe en ut — Beethoven Requiem - Mozart El amor Brujo — De Falla Folk songs — Berio 9ème symphonie — Beethoven Stabat Mater — Dvorak Requiem — Duruflé