Patricia Petibon

Born in Montargis, Petibon's parents were both teachers.{{cite journal | url=https://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2015/4/Features/Transcendent.html | last=Johnston | first=Sheila | title=Transcendent | journal=Opera News | volume=79 | issue=10 | date=April 2015 | accessdate=23 February 2018}} She initially studied the visual arts, including painting and subsequently changed her academic focus and earned a bachelor's degree in musicology.{{cite news | url=https://diepresse.com/home/kultur/klassik/499816/Patricia-Petibon_Ich-hoere-mir-selbst-zu | title=Patricia Petibon: "Ich höre mir selbst zu" | work=Die Presse | last=Sinkovicz | first=Wilhelm | authorlink=:de::Wilhelm Sinkovicz | date=1 August 2009 | accessdate=23 February 2018}} She later studied music at the Paris Conservatoire, where her teachers included Rachel Yakar, and from which she graduated with a first prize in 1995.

Petibon made her professional stage debut in Paris in 1996 in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie. She became a member of Les Arts Florissants and worked regularly with William Christie. In various awards under the auspices of Victoires de la musique classique, she was named Best Young Talent in 1998 and as Best Opera Singer in 2001 and 2003. She has made commercial recordings for such labels as Deutsche Grammophon and Erato.

In August 2010 she appeared at the Salzburg Festival in Vera Nemirova's production of Lulu with Marc Albrecht conducing the Vienna Philharmonic.{{cite news |url=https://www.fr.de/panorama/sproede-statt-sinnlich-lulu-salzburg-11454602.html |title=Spröde statt sinnlich: "Lulu" in Salzburg |trans-title=Brittle instead of sensual: "Lulu" in Salzburg |work=Frankfurter Rundschau |agency=Deutsche Presse-Agentur |date=2 August 2010}} {{cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/04/arts/music/04lulu.html |title=Writhing in the Iron Grip of Opera's Dark Siren |date=3 August 2010 |work=The New York Times}}

In March 2012 Petibon debuted as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at the Paris Opera.{{cite news |url=https://www.forumopera.com/spectacle/mattei-the-ultimate-don-giovanni |title=Mattei, the Ultimate Don Giovanni |date=15 March 2012 |work=Forumopera.com |first=Sylvain |last=Fort}} {{cite web |url=https://www.resmusica.com/2012/03/20/reprise-de-don-giovanni-dans-la-mise-en-scene-d’haneke/ |title=Reprise à Bastille de Don Giovanni dans la mise en scène d'Haneke |first=Jean-Baptiste |last=de La Taille |date=20 March 2012 |website=ResMusica}} In summer, she performed Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.{{cite news |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-aix-2012-figaro |title=Festival d'Aix-en-Provence opens with new Figaro |date=9 July 2012 |first=Stephen |last=Raskauskas |work=Bachtrack}}

In July 2015 she performed the title role of Alcina at the Aix-en-Provence Festival.{{cite news |url=https://bachtrack.com/review-alcina-petibon-jaroussky-aix-en-provence-july-2015 |title=Alcina: A bewitching start to the Aix-en-Provence Festival |date=3 July 2015 |work=Bachtrack |first=Mark |last=Valencia}} {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/15/arts/music/handel-alcina-mozart-aix-festival.html |title=Review: Exploring Captivity in Handel's 'Alcina' and Mozart's 'Entführung' at Aix-en-Provence Festival |date=14 July 2015 |first=James R. |last=Oestreich |work=The New York Times}}

Petibon has a son, Léonard, from her previous relationship with French composer {{ill|Éric Tanguy|fr}}.{{cite news | url=http://www.elle.fr/People/La-vie-des-people/Une-journee-avec/Une-journee-avec-Patricia-Petibon-782505 | title=Une journée avec Patricia Petibon | work=Elle | first=Thomas | last=Jean | date=8 December 2008 | accessdate=23 February 2018}} She is the widow of the French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood.{{cite news |url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/musique/2018/02/18/03006-20180218ARTFIG00217-le-violoniste-de-jazz-didier-lockwood-decede-a-62-ans.php |title=Le violoniste de jazz Didier Lockwood décède à 62 ans |work=Le Figaro|date=18 February 2018 |accessdate=23 February 2018}}

Petibon signed to Sony Classical Records in 2017.{{cite news |url=https://operawire.com/patricia-petibon-to-release-new-album-in-2018-with-new-record-label/ |title=Patricia Petibon to Release New Album in 2018 With New Record Label |date=11 July 2017 |work=OperaWire |first=David |last=Salazar}}

• Amour et mascarade (Purcell et l'Italie) (1999). Jean-François Novelli, Ensemble Amarillis (Ambroisie)
• Airs baroques Français – Rameau/Lully/Charpentier/Grandval (2002). Patrick Cohën-Akenine, Les Folies Françoises (Virgin)
• Les Fantaisies de Patricia Petibon (2004, compilation) (Virgin)
• French Touch (2003). Yves Abel, Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon (Decca)
• Amoureuses – Mozart/Haydn/Gluck (2008). Daniel Harding, Concerto Köln (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Rosso: Italian Baroque Arias – Santorio/Stradella/Handel/A. Scarlatti/Porpora/Vivaldi/Marcello (2010). Andrea Marcon, Venice Baroque Orchestra (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Melancolía: Spanish Arias and Songs (2011). Josep Pons, Orquesta Nacional de España (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs (2012). Andrea Marcon, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel (Deutsche Grammophon)
• La belle excentrique (2014). joint album with Susan Manoff (Deutsche Grammophon){{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/13/patricia-petibon-la-belle-eccentrique-cd-review | title=Patricia Petibon: La Belle Eccentrique CD review – fussy chansons | work=The Guardian | first=Tim | last=Ashley | date=13 November 2014 | accessdate=23 February 2018}}
• L'Amour, la Mort, la Mer (2020) with Susan Manoff. (Sony Classical)

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• Niccolò Jommelli: Armida abbandonata (1994; as Ubaldo, a knight). Christophe Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques (Ambroisie)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La descente d'Orphée aux enfers (1995; as Daphné/Énone). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Étienne Méhul: Stratonice (1996; as Stratonice). William Christie, Cappella Coloniensis, Corona Coloniensis (Erato)
• Stefano Landi: Il Sant'Alessio (1996; as Alessio). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie (1997; as Priestess/Shepherdess). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Leçons de ténèbres (Couperin) (1997). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Léo Delibes: Lakmé (1998; as Ellen). Michel Plasson, Choir & Orchestra of the Théâtre du Capitole (EMI Classics)
• Jacques Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers (1998; as Cupidon). Marc Minkowski, Chœur et Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon (EMI Classics)
• Antonio Caldara: La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro (1999; as Maddalena). Fabio Biondi, Europa Galante (Virgin)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (1999; as Blonde). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Acis and Galatea (Handel) (1999; as Damon). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Jules Massenet: Werther (1999; as Sophie). Antonio Pappano, London Symphony Orchestra, Tiffin Children's Choir (EMI Classics)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Great Mass in C minor, K. 427 (1999). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Joseph Haydn: Armida (2000; as Zelmira). Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien (Teldec)
• Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Les plaisirs de Versailles / Pastoraletta H.492 (2005; as Choeur/Filli). William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• Joseph Haydn: Orlando paladino (2006; as Angelica). Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Concentus Musicus Wien (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi)
• Carl Orff: Carmina Burana (2010). Daniel Harding, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Choir (Deutsche Grammophon)
• Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater; Gloria; Litanies à la Vierge noire (2013). Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris (Deutsche Grammophon)

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• 1999: American Boychoir – Fast Cats and Mysterious Cows ~ Songs from America; James Litton, Malcolm Bruno, Catherine King (mezzo-soprano) (Virgin)
• 1999: Marc-Antoine Charpentier – Divertissements, Airs et Concerts; William Christie, Les Arts Florissants (Erato)
• 2001: {{ill|Futuristiq|fr|Nubi (rappeur)}} – Demain c'est maintenant [featured in "Cyril et Roland"]
• 2001: Cuvée 2000 (Ambroisie)
• 2002: George Frideric Handel – Arcadian Duets; Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée (Virgin)
• 2004: Florent Pagny – Baryton [in duet "Guide me home", originally by Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Caballé] (Mercury Records)

• 2000: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice (as Amor); John Eliot Gardiner, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, Monteverdi Choir (EMI Classics)
• 2000: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (as Constance) Jan Latham-Koenig, Orchestre Philmarmonique de Strasbourg, Choers de L'Opéra national du Rhin (Arthaus Musik){{Cite web|url=https://ionarts.blogspot.com/2006/04/opera-on-dvd-dialogues-des-carmlites.html|title=Opera on DVD: Dialogues des Carmélites}}
• 2003: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (as Blonde); Christoph König, Orchestra of Zürich Opera House (BelAir Classiques)
• 2004: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes (as Zima); William Christie, Les Arts Florissants, Opéra de Paris (Opus Arte)
• 2005: French Touch (Recital at Salle Gaveau)
• 2010: Alban Berg: Lulu (as Lulu); Michael Boder, Symphony Orchestra of Gran Teatre del Liceu (Deutsche Grammophon)
• 2012: Alban Berg: Lulu (as Lulu); Marc Albrecht, Vienna Philharmonic (Kultur/Unitel)
• 2014: Francis Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites (as Blanche); Jérémie Rhorer, Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Erato){{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/dec/11/poulenc-dialogues-des-carmelites-dvd-review-patricia-petibon | title=Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmélites DVD review – Patricia Petibon gives the performance of a lifetime | work=The Guardian | first=Tim | last=Ashley | date=11 December 2014 | accessdate=23 February 2018}}
• 2015: George Frideric Handel: Alcina (as Alcina); Andrea Marcon, Freiburger Barockorchester, MusicAeterna (Erato)

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• [http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/artist/petibon/biography Patricia Petibon] on Deutsche Grammophon

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