Biography
Born in Albi and originally trained as a flutist and cellist, Gabrielle Philiponet turned to lyric singing under the guidance of Daniel Ottevaere before completing her training at the Opera Studio of the Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. A laureate of numerous international competitions, including the prestigious Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, she has gone on to build an international career spanning the French and Italian repertoire — from Mozart to Verdi, Puccini to Gounod, and the French opéra-comique tradition of Offenbach.
Her voice has evolved steadily toward heavier, more dramatic repertoire over the course of her career, moving from soubrette roles such as Susanna and Despina toward Verdi's Desdemona, Alice Ford, and Violetta, and — most recently — the title role of Charpentier's Louise. She has performed on the stages of the Paris Opera, the Opéra de Lyon, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, and numerous French regional houses, working with conductors including Louis Langrée, Kent Nagano, Emmanuelle Haïm, and Pablo Heras-Casado, and directors such as Christof Loy, Denis Podalydès, Calixto Bieito, and Dimitri Tcherniakov.
Alongside her performing career, she is active as a voice teacher, competition jury member, and vocal coach — passing on her experience to a new generation of singers.
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Gabrielle Philiponet trained under Daniel Ottevaere at the Conservatoire de Valenciennes, where she received the unanimous Gold Medal. Then she joined the Opera Studio of the Queen Elisabeth Chapel Music in Belgium, where she worked guided by José Van Dam for voice and Helmut Deutsch for lieder. This dual formation, spanning the Franco-Belgian lyric tradition and the demands of the German art-song repertoire, shaped a voice that is both supple and far-reaching, equally at home in grand Italian opera and French mélodie.
Gabrielle Philiponet has built a remarkably diverse repertoire: Donna Anna and Fiordiligi in Mozart, Violetta and Desdemona in Verdi, Mimì and Musetta in Puccini, Marguerite and Mireille in Gounod, alongside French opéra-comique with Offenbach and rediscoveries of the French lyric heritage championed by the Palazzetto Bru Zane — Félicien David, Méhul, Joncières, Catel.
Her career has taken her to the stages of the Paris Opera, the Opéra de Lyon, the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, and the opera houses of Lille, Strasbourg, Rouen, Nancy, Metz, Nice, Toulon, Massy, Avignon, and Saint-Étienne, as well as internationally: Wexford Festival Opera, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, Müpa Budapest, and the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari.
She has had the privilege of working with conductors such as Emmanuelle Haïm, Kent Nagano, Louis Langrée, Pablo Heras-Casado, and Alain Altinoglu, and with some of the most sought-after directors on the opera scene today: Laurent Pelly, Christof Loy, Denis Podalydès, Calixto Bieito, Dimitri Tcherniakov, and Éric Ruf. The 2026 season brings her the title role of Louise at the Opéra de Lyon, followed by Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges.
Her curiosity for rare repertoire is reflected in her discography, praised by international critics. Gabrielle Philiponet has recorded Rameau's Le Temple de la Gloire with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra under Nicholas McGegan, as well as several rediscoveries of the French Romantic repertoire for the Palazzetto Bru Zane and Glossa Music, under conductors such as Hervé Niquet and György Vashegyi — including Joncières' Dimitri, Méhul's Adrien, and Catel's Sémiramis.
Since 2008, Gabrielle Philiponet has privately coached young singers and professionals in preparing for competitions, auditions, and role study. Regularly invited to sit on international competition juries and conservatory examination panels since 2015, she has also been a vocal coach at the Escales Lyriques de l'Île d'Yeu and has taught at several masterclasses organized by the Union des Artistes Belges.
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Portrait
Mimi
Louise (rôle-titre)
Cupidon
Violetta
Donna Anna
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Vitellia
Marguerite
Mimi
La Songeuse
Magda
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Pamina
Mimi
Beauté
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Solveig / Anitra
Alice Ford
Alice Ford
Alice Ford
Marguerite
Lalla-Roukh
Mireille
Fiordiligi
Lilia
Desdemona
Donna Anna
Adina
Leila
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Marguerite
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Conception
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Micaëla
Micaëla
Frasquita
Leïla
Marguerite
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Marie
Musetta
Frasquita
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Adina
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Musetta
Frasquita
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Plautine
Lisa
Mimi
Fiordiligi
Desdemona
Donna Anna
Rosalinde
Violetta
Violetta
Portia
Antonia / Stella
Princesse Hermia
Mlle Jouvenot
Mozart
La Flûte Enchantée
Pamina
Mozart
Così Fan Tutte
Despina
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Zerlina
Offenbach
Orphée aux Enfers
Cupidon
Prokofiev
L'Amour des Trois Oranges
Fata Morgana*
Puccini
Gianni Schicchi
Lauretta
Puccini
Le Villi
Anna*
Rossini
Il Viaggio a Reims
Corinna
Stravinsky
Mavra (version française)
Parasha
Verdi
Falstaff
Nannetta
* role in preparation
Beethoven
Fidelio
Marzelline
Beethoven
9ème Symphonie
soprano solo
Catel, Charles-Simon
Sémiramis
Azéma
David, Félicien
Herculanum
Lilia
David, Félicien
Le Saphir
Hermine
Debussy
La Demoiselle Élue
soprano solo
Dvořák
Stabat Mater
soprano solo
de Grandval, Clémence
Stabat Mater
soprano solo
Grieg
Peer Gynt
Solveig
Grieg
Peer Gynt
Anitra
Haydn
La Création
Gabriel
Haydn
La Création
Ève
Honegger
Jeanne au Bûcher
Marguerite
Joncières, Victorin
Le Dernier Jour de Pompéi
Ione
Joncières, Victorin
Dimitri
Marina
Mantovani, Bruno
Amours
soprano
Massenet
Thaïs
Thaïs (extraits)
Massenet
Cendrillon
Cendrillon (extraits)
Méhul, Étienne-Nicolas
Adrien
Émirène
Mozart
Messe en Ut mineur
Soprano 1
Mozart
Requiem
soprano solo
Poulenc
Gloria
soprano solo
Poulenc
Sept Répons des Ténèbres
soprano solo
Rossini
Stabat Mater
soprano solo
Rossini
Petite Messe Solennelle
soprano solo
Strauss, Richard
Les Quatre Derniers Lieder
soprano solo
Verdi
Rigoletto
Gilda
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Last productions
2026
Mimi
2026
Louise (rôle-titre)
2025
Cupidon
2025
Violetta
2025
Donna Anna
2025
Vitellia
2025
Marguerite
2025
Mimi
2024
La Songeuse
2024
Magda
2024
Pamina
2024
Mimi
2024
Beauté
2024
Solveig / Anitra
2023
Alice Ford
2023
Alice Ford
2023
Alice Ford
2023
Marguerite
2022
Lalla-Roukh
2022
Mireille
2022
Fiordiligi
2021
Lilia
2021
Desdemona
2021
Donna Anna
2020
Adina
2020
Leila
2019
Marguerite
2019
Conception
2019
Micaëla
2019
Micaëla
2019
Frasquita
2018
Leïla
2018
Marguerite
2018
Marie
2018
Musetta
2018
Frasquita
2017
Adina
2017
Musetta
2017
Frasquita
2017
Plautine
2016
Lisa
2016
Mimi
2016
Fiordiligi
2016
Desdemona
2016
Donna Anna
2015
Rosalinde
2015
Violetta
2015
Violetta
2015
Portia
2015
Antonia / Stella
2015
Princesse Hermia
2014
Mlle Jouvenot
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