Sopran Louise Leterme

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Biographie / biography

Louise Leterme began her musical and vocal training at the Maitrise de Paris then at the Higher Department for Young Singer of the CRR de Paris/Jeune Chœur de Paris. From 2013 to 2019, she studied opera singing at the Musik und Kunst Privatuniversität (MUK) in Vienna, Austria.

As part of stage productions at MUK, she performed the title role in Die schöne Galathée by F. von Suppé, the role of Princess Luise in Die Opernprobe by A. Lortzing and the role of Ännchen in a children's version du Freischütz by C. von Weber in collaboration with the Bühne Baden bei Wien.

In 2014, she made her debut at the Théâtre du Chatelet in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by, and directed by Michel Legrand (directed by Vincent Vittoz) in the role of Madeleine.
In 2016, she participated in the recording of Bonsoir tout le monde around the poet Robert Desnos on original music by Vincent Bouchot, Jeff Cohen, Denis Chouillet, Chantal Galiana, Stéphane Leach and Vincent Leterme.

During the summer of 2017, as part of the Opus XXI Academy, Louise Leterme created, with the Instant Donné ensemble, two contemporary pieces by Bertrand Plé and Mioko Yokoyama (Trossingen (DE), Bregenzer Festspiel (AT)). She is also Soprano 1 in a new production of Sextuor or the origin of species by Georges Aperghis at the Musica Sacra Festival in Maastricht.

In 2018, she performed the roles of Philli and La Musique in Cupido Perfido and Les Plaisirs de Versailles by M. A. Charpentier with the Il Cuore Barocco ensemble at the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava. With the Neue Streicher ensemble in Vienna, she was the solo soprano in Handel's Messiah (Dec 2018) and in Pergolesi/J's Stabat Mater. S. Bach (April 2019).

In 2019, she was Ernestine in Monsieur Choufleuri will stay at home... by J. Offenbach (m.e s. Y. Coudray) on tour in France and Kazakhstan.

Also very interested Lied and Melody, Louise Leterme has been performing in this genre for several years at the Rencontres Musicales de Penmarch (Finistère) and from 2014 to 2019 as an active member of the Live Music Now Foundation (Yehudi Menuhin Foundation) in Vienna.

She participates in numerous Masterclasses and Academies where she receives advice from Mireille Delunsch, François Le Roux, Donatienne Michel Dansac, Elly Ameling, Sabine Vatin, Christian Ivaldi, Jeff Cohen, Susan Manoff, Graham Johnson, Charles Spencer, Julius Drake and Helmut German.

In May 2018 she won the first prize of the K.S. Gabriele Sima scholarship, then in November 2018 the first prize of the 31st Nico Dostal operetta competition in Korneuburg, Austria.


Education
From Oct. 2018 - present Master classical singing at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna,
Austria: Uta Schwabe’s classe.
Oct. 2013 – Oct. 2018 Bachelor classical singing at the Music and Arts University of the City of
Vienna, Austria: Gabriele Sima’s classe then Uta Schwabe’s classe.
Sept. 2009 - June 2013 Classical singing at Département Supérieur pour Jeunes Chanteurs/ Jeune
Choeur de Paris, dir L. Equilbey, Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional (CRR)
de Paris
Sept. 2002 – June 2009 Singer at the children’s choir “Maitrise de Paris”, dir. P Marco.

Academy / Workshop / Master class
May 2018 - May 2017 Master class with Susan Manoff, Music and Arts University of the City of
Vienna, Austria
Jul.-Aug. 2017 Workshop with Donatienne Michel Dansac. Opus XXI Academy, Trossingen,
Germany.
March 2017 Master class with Elly Ameling and Graham Johnson, Wolf Academy, Stuttgart,
Germany
Feb. 2017 Master class with Kai Wessel, Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna,
Austria
Aug. 2015 Workshop with Francois Leroux, Jeff Cohen, Christian Ivaldi, Francis Poulenc
Academy,Tours, France
Jul. 2015 Master class with Mireille Delunsch and Sabine Vatin during the Festival
“Comme ça me chante”, Saint Sauveur en Puisaye, France.
Aug. 2011 Musical theater workshop with Samuel Sené, Vincent Heden, Alyssa Landry,
Argenton-sur-Creuse, France

Competitions
Nov. 2018 1st Prize, 31th Nico Dostal - Operetta International Competition, Korneuburg,
Austria
Nov. 2017 Finalist, IXème Concours international d’Interprétation de la Mélodie Française
de Toulouse, France

Professional Experience: Staged Productions and Concerts
Staged productions as soloist:
Feb. 2018 Philli in Cupido Perfido and La Musique in Les Plaisirs de Versailles by M. A.
Charpentier, Ensemble Il Cuore Barocco — Slovak Philharmonie Hall,
Bratislava, Slovakia.
Oct. 17 Ännchen in Der Freischütz für Kinder by C. M. Weber, stage dir.: B. Binder —
Bühne Baden bei Wien, Austria.
Apr. 2016 Princess Luise in Die Opernproble by A. Lortzing, stage dir.: B. Binder — MUK
Theater, Vienna, Austria.
Jan. 2015 Galathée in Die schöne Galathée by F. von Suppé, stage dir.: B. Binder — MUK
Podium, Vienna, Austria.
Sept. 2014/Jun. 2015 Madeleine in Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by M. Legrand, stage dir.: V. Vittoz
— Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris and Festival Les Nuits de Fourvière, Lyon,
France.
May 2013 Fleurette/Princesse Hermia in Barbe Bleue by J. Offenbach — CRR de Paris,
France.

Staged productions Chorist
Jul.- Aug. 2018 Der Vogelhändler by C. Zeller, stage dir.: M. Scheidl — Langenlois Festival,
Austria.
Jul.- Aug. 2016 Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss II, stage dir.: V. Wahl and M. Ronzoni - Die Rose
von Stambul by L. Fall, stage dir.: L. Prinsloo - Die Juxheirat by F. Lehár,
stage dir.: L. Prinsloo — Lehár Festival, Bad Ischl, Austria.
Concerts
Sept. 2017 Soprano 1 in Sextuor ou l'origine des espèces by Georges Aperghis — the
Musica Sacra Festival, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Aug. 2017 Soprano for the new pieces So oder so und so weiter of Bertrand Plé and
Transcience of Mioko Yokoyama with the Instant Donné Ensemble —
Trossingen, Germany, and Bregenz Festival, Austria.
Feb. 2017 Sous la plume de Mozart with V. Fèvre (clarinet) and V. Leterme (piano) —
Collège des Bernardins, Paris, Fance.

CD and Video Recording
2016 Contribution to the CD Bonsoir Tout Le Monde, melodies dedicated to writings
of the French poet Robert Desnos (EPM expected in Nov 2018)
2015 Video caption of one of the performances of Les Parapluies de Cherbourg by
M. Legrand — Théâtre du Chatelet Paris. (Erato)
2013 Chorist contribution (Jeune Choeur de Paris) to the CD Rameau : Le Grand
Théâtre de l'Amour with Sabine Devieilhe, Les Ambassadeurs — dir A.
Kossenko (Erato)
2012 Chorist contribution (Jeune Choeur de Paris) to the CD La Damoiselle élue by
C. Debussy with Natalie Dessay-piano, Philippe Cassard (Naive)
2010 Chorist contribution (Jeune Choeur de Paris) to the CD with Marie Nicole
Lemieux Ne me refuse pas : French Operatic Arias, Orchestre National de
France, dir. F Gabel (Naive)
2010 Chorist contribution and as well soloist with Delphine Haidan in an abstract
of Midsummer Night's Dream in the CD Live au festival d’Auvers : la Maîtrise
de Paris, dir. Patrick Marco, Piano C. Lajarrige (Disc’Auvers records)

Stand 02/2022

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