Gwendoline Blondeel, soprano, joined the young artists’ program of the Grand Théâtre de Genève after studying at the Institut Royal Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie in Namur (Belgium) and the Académie du Théâtre de La Monnaie in Brussels. In 2019, she won first prize at the Froville Competition and was discovered in 2021 by William Christie as Aurore in Mondonville’s opera “Tuton et l’Aurore” at the Opéra-Comique in Paris. Since then, she has been a sought-after interpreter of 17th- and 18th-century music. Her repertoire includes roles in French Baroque music such as Sangaride in Lully’s “Atys,” Jonathas in Charpentier’s “David et Jonathas,” and Alphise in Rameau’s “Les Boréades,” as well as roles in major Italian Baroque operas such as La Musica (“L’Orfeo”), Almirena (“Rinaldo”), Dalinda (“Ariodante”), and Morgana (“Alcina”). She has also sung Blonde in Mozart’s “Die Entführung aus dem Serail,” Frasquita in Bizet’s “Carmen,” Marie in Donizetti’s “La fille du régiment,” Clorinde in Rossini’s “Cenerentola,” and the soprano part in Mendelssohn’s “Lobgesang.” Her performances have taken her to the Opéra Royal de Versailles, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Beaune Festival, Teatro Real Madrid, Opernhaus Zürich, the Concertgebouw Amsterdam, as well as Bruges and Vienna, working with conductors such as Leonardo García Alarcón, Stéphane Fuget, Christophe Rousset, Diego Fasolis, Philippe Herreweghe, Sébastien Daucé, Thomas Hengelbrock, Emmanuelle Haïm, and Kazushi Ono.
8. March 2026
Wenn die Oper ruht
Dramatisches aus der französischen Barockmusik
Le Consort & Gwendoline Blondeel
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Cooperation between the Festival Alte Musik Zürich & Opernhaus Zürich
The concert will take place at Johanneskirche: Limmatstrasse 112, 8005 Zurich
Cast
Gwendoline Blondeel
Le Consort
Le Consort is one of the leading chamber music ensembles in the field of Baroque music. Consisting of four young musicians, the ensemble places a particular focus on the Baroque trio sonata as well as on the repertoire of composers such as Corelli, Vivaldi, Purcell and Couperin. After its founding in 2016, the ensemble won first prize and the audience award at the Loire Valley International Early Music Competition in 2017. Le Consort has since released several recordings. The most recent to date, Vivaldi’s "The Four Seasons" (2025), was praised by BBC Magazine for its "transparent sound" and its "floating beauty"; the previous album "Philarmonica" (2023) impressed the specialist magazine Gramophone with its seemingly effortless historically informed performance practice. Further award-winning recordings include the albums "Opus 1" (2019) and "Specchio Veneziano" (2021). To mark its tenth anniversary, the ensemble is planning an international festival season in 2026, including its debut at the BBC Proms, an anniversary concert at the Salle Gaveau in Paris, its first opera production ("Iphigénie en Tauride") at the Opéra Comique in Paris, as well as tours through Spain, South Korea, Japan and the USA. Le Consort is ensemble-in-residence with the Orchestre National de Montpellier.