Delphine Galou

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Galou was born in Paris in 1977.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

She studied philosophy at the Sorbonne while also studying piano and voice.{{where|date=November 2021}}{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

She was the "Discovery of the Year" of the French Association for the Promotion of Young Artists in 2004.{{Cite web |title=Delphine Galou |url=https://www.delphinegalou.com/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210118041221/https://delphinegalou.com/ |archive-date=January 18, 2021 |access-date=30 September 2019 |website=Delphinegalou.com}}{{Third-party inline|date=November 2021}}

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Galou started her career in 2000 as a member of the ensemble of the "Jeunes Voix du Rhin",{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.operarara.pl/en/3/202/203/delphine-galou |title=Opera Rara |website=Operarara.pl |access-date=30 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501203613/http://www.operarara.pl/en/3/202/203/delphine-galou |archive-date=1 May 2017 |url-status=dead}} and performed at the Opéra national du Rhin in roles such as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia, and Mercedes in Carmen,{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} and she was subsequently a guest in Rennes, Dijon, Caen, Angers-Nantes, Toulon, Nancy, Luxemburg, Freiburg, Basel, St Gallen, at the Händel Festival in Karlsruhe, and at the Schwetzingen Festival.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

Galou has established herself internationally as a George Frideric Händel specialist, with parts such as Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo, Alessandro, Andronico (Tamerlano), Zenobia (Radamisto), and Bradamante (Alcina). In 2011–2012, she made her sensational debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in the title role of Orlando furioso by Antonio Vivaldi. She also debuted at the Royal Opera House of London (Niobe by Steffani) and performed the title role in The Rape of Lucretia at the Angers-Nantes Opera. Her 2011–2012 season was highlighted by Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno at the Berlin State Opera under the baton of Marc Minkowski, Alcina (Bradamante) at the Lausanne Opera under the baton of Ottavio Dantone, and Rinaldo (title role) in Reggio Emilia and Ferrara. Upcoming plans include Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria (Penelope) by Monteverdi at the Theater an der Wien under the baton of Christophe Rousset, and Tamerlano (Andronico) at the Théâtre royal de la Monnaie in Brussels.

Galou has collaborated with orchestras such as the Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble (Thomas Hengelbrock), I Barocchisti (Diego Fasolis), Accademia Bizantina (Ottavio Dantone), Collegium 1704 (Václav Luks), Venice Baroque Orchestra (Andrea Marcon), Il Complesso Barocco (Alan Curtis), Les Siècles (François-Xavier Roth), Les Arts Florissants (Jonathan Cohen), Le Concert des Nations (Jordi Savall), Ensemble Matheus (Jean-Christophe Spinosi) and Les Musiciens du Louvre Grenoble (Marc Minkowski).

As a concert soloist, Galou is, among others, a regular guest of the Beaune Baroque Festival, where she was acclaimed in Rinaldo and Alessandro by Händel, Semiramide by Nicola Porpora, and Juditha triumphans and Orlando furioso by Vivaldi.{{cite web|url=http://festivalbeaune.pagesperso-orange.fr/2014/depliant2014.pdf |date=2014|title= Beaune Baroque Festival|page=19|website=Festivalbeaune.pagesperso-orange.fr|access-date=30 September 2019}}{{verify source|date=November 2021}}

Galou has also taken part in the CD recording of Porpora's Vespro per la Festività dell'Assunta under the baton of Martin Gester (live recording - Ambronay Editions.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} Released in 2011), Vivaldi's Teuzzone under the baton of Jordi Savall (2012 - Naïve Records) and Vivaldi's Orlando furioso under the baton of Federico Maria Sardelli (2012 - Naïve Records).{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} A YouTube video featuring Galou's performance of "Erbarme dich, mein Gott" from Bach's Matthäuspassion had, as of August 2024, received more than 7 million views.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBeXF_lnj_M|title=Bach: Erbarme dich, mein Gott (Matthäuspassion) - Galou (Roth)|publisher=YouTube|access-date=12 August 2024}}

• Agitata, Accademia Bizantina, 2017, Ottavio Dantone, Alpha.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}}

This is a partial list of roles based on information from the artist's website.

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• [https://www.gramilano.com/2019/07/interview-with-contralto-delphine-galou/ Gramilano interview, 2019]

• {{official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20210118041221/https://delphinegalou.com/}}
• [http://bachtrack.com/review-handel-il-trionfo-del-tempo-e-del-disinganno-staatsoper-berlin-jun-2014 A gorgeously sung and strangely staged 'Il Trionfo' at the Berlin Staatsoper]

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Category:21st-century French women opera singers

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