Alix Le Saux
« Alix Le Saux’s Donna Elvira is vocally and dramatically captivating. The character’s complexity is delightfully conveyed: the voice isvery rich, a full-bodied instrument and perfectly controlled » ClassicAgenda
She first sang as a mezzo soprano and her most celebrated portrayals then included Massenet’s Cendrillon (Glyndebourne Touring Opera), Dido / Dido and Aeneas (Lyon Opera, Ruhrtriennale Festival, Opera Ballet Vlaanderen), Rosina / Il Barbiere di Siviglia and the title role of La Belle Hélène (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris).
Recently she made her debut as a soprano at Gran Teatre del Liceu (Barcelona) as Zerlina / Don Giovanni with Marc Minkowski (also in Bordeaux and Versailles), in Berlioz ‘s Les Nuits d’été with Renaud Capuçon at Berlioz Festival and with Lionel Bringuier at Aix-en-Provence Festival. Her recent Donna Elvira / Don Giovanni at Capitole de Toulouse won her unanimous praise.
Alix has appeared at the Opéra National de Paris (Tannhäuser, L’Amour des trois Oranges, Werther, Manon…), Theater an der Wien (Rossini’s Otello), Glyndebourne Festival (Rusalka), Opéra National de Lyon (title roles of L’Enfant et les sortilèges and Dido & Aeneas), Paris Opéra Comique (Viardot’s Cendrillon and Offenbach’s Fantasio, JC Bach’s Amadis de Gaule), Opéra de Bordeaux (Boesmans’ Pinocchio, Lavandier’s La Légende du Roi Dragon), Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse (Orfeo). She also sang in Caccini’s La Liberazione di Ruggiero dell’isola di Alcina in Lausanne, Ambronay and Toulouse, Cenerentola in Nancy, Luxemburg and Reims, Orphée aux Enfers at the Elbphilharmonie, Ottavia / Incoronazione di Poppea in Paris and Geneva, Ericlea / Il Ritorno d’Ulisse at Teatro Real in Madrid, Lausanne Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, A Coruña.
Upcoming plans include Donna Elvira / Don Giovanni in Toulon and Tours, Lully’s Roland at Opéra Royal de Versailles, Erste Dame / Die Zauberflöte at Festival of Aix en Provence.
She has just recorded for Naïve label La Speranza / Orfeo and Ericlea / Il Ritorno d’Ulisse.
Representation : General Management
