Léa
Bellili

Léa Bellili, soprano, began her musical career on the cello before joining the Académie Vocale de Paris, directed by Iain Simcock.

She then went on to study singing at the Conservatoire under Yann Toussaint and Françoise Tillard.

She then went on to perfect her skills at the Opéra-Studio Canto in Toulouse, and at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland with Ulrike Hofbauer.

She is currently working with Léa Sarfati in Paris.

She has also taken part in numerous masterclasses with Cécile de Boever, David Bollen, Frédéric Calandreau, Bianca Chillemi, Michèle Crider, Nathalie Dang, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Jean-Pierre Furlan, Guillaume Haldenwang, Yoan Héreau, Catherine Hunold, Alexis Kossenko, Irene Kudela, Annick Massis, Laurent Naouri, Antoine Palloc, Jan Schulstz, Béatrice Uria-Monzon and Regina Werner. 

She was a prizewinner at the Sablé-sur-Sarthe Festival Academy in 2017 and at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Centre in 2023.

She also won 2nd prize at the Concours des Lyres et des Arts (Paris) in 2018, 2nd prize at the London International Music Competition in 2023 and the bronze medal at the Amadeus International Music Awards (Salzburg).

As part of her studies, she performed Morgana in Alcina by G.F. Handel, Serpetta in La Finta di Giardiniera by W.A. Mozart, Adèle in Die Fledermaus by J. Strauss II, Sophie in Werther by J. Massenet and Soeur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites by F. Poulenc.

In 2017, she was Cis in Albert Herring by B. Britten at the Théâtre Pajol in Paris.

In 2018, she was Music in Les Plaisirs de Versailles by M.-A. Charpentier at the Théâtre Jacques Brel in Pantin.

In 2019, she is Drusilla in L’incoronazione di Poppea by C. Monteverdi at the Berlin Opern Fest, she is also Zima in Les Indes Galantes by J.-P. Rameau at the Théâtre Jacques Brel (Pantin) and solo soprano in the Missa Votiva by J.D. Zelenka at the Festival du Temps Suspendu. She also joined the young singers’ academy of the Ensemble Aedes conducted by Mathieu Romano at the Cité de la Voix in Vézelay.

In 2021, she will be Belinda in Dido and Aeneas by H. Purcell at the Théâtre Jean Arp (Clamart), and she will take part in the Saline Royale Academy with François Le Roux.

In 2022, she took part in the production of West Side Story by L. Bernstein at the Opéra National du Rhin and joined the young singers’ academy at the Opéra de Massy.

In 2023, she was the girl in the creation of « Café Libertà » by Les Paladins conducted by Jérôme Correas at the Opéra de Massy and Angers Nantes Opéra. 

She also joined the young singers’ academy of Les Frivolités Parisiennes and was a chorister in Le Nozze di Figaro by W.A. Mozart with Opera Fuoco conducted by David Stern and in Dialogues des Carmélites by F. Poulenc at the Opéra de Massy.

In 2024, she was a chorister in Giulio Cesare by G.F. Handel at the Opéra National de Paris (Garnier) and in Messiah by G.F. Handel at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, she was Almirena in Rinaldo by G.F. Handel with the Académie Lyrique d’Opéra Nomade and Alma in the creation « Alma, correspondances entre Lili Boulanger et Alicia Gallienne ».

In recent years, she has worked with Harry Bicket, Marcus Borja, David Charles Abelli, Yves Coudray, Mireille Delunsch, Christina Domnick, Catherine Dune, Gaétan Jarry, Barrie Kosky, Peter Leonard, Liora Maurer, Marc Minkowski, David Paul, Laurent Pelly, Thiphaine Raffier, José-Miguel Perez-Sierra, Otto Picher and Ambra Senatore.

Finally, she regularly performs in piano-voice duos with the pianist Philippe Hattat, with whom she has two current programmes: « Studio für neue Musik, R. Strauss et V. Ullmann » and « Metsän mysteerit, K. Saariaho and J. Sibelius ».

Messiah, G.F. Handel, Orchestre et choeur de l’Opéra Royal de Versailles

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