Sarah Laulan
France, °1985
VOICE 2014 : Third Prize
- Mezzo-soprano -Sarah Laulan started her music studies in her native country in Tours, Toulouse and Paris before continuing her training at the Royal Conservatory in Brussels, under the tutelage of Marianne Pousseur, and then at the Queen Elisabeth Musical Chapel with José Van Dam. She has sung with the Belgian National Orchestra, the la Monnaie/de Munt Symphony Orchestra and the Sinfonia Varsovia. In 2013, she was a finalist at the Armel Opera Competition in Hungary and then won second prize and the public’s prize at the International Competition of Marmande in France. On stage, she has sung Maman (in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges by Ravel), la Marchande (in Les Mamelles de Tirésias by Poulenc, at la Monnaie/de Munt) and Carmen (in Carmen by Bizet).
Teachers
Sophie Hervé 2003-2009Marianne Pousseur 2009-2011
Jocelyne Dienst 2012-2014
Degrees
Formation Professionnelle Art Dramatique, Conservatoire de ToursFormation Professionelle l'Atelier Volant, Théâtre National de Toulouse
DEM de Chant, Paris
Master de Chant, COnservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
Membre de la Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth
Video
Final 2014 : Sarah Laulan
Semi-final 2014: Sarah Laulan
Audio
Program
Final (29/05/2014)
Gustav Mahler Ich hab'ein glühend Messer (D minor) (Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen)
Richard Wagner Höre mit Sinn (Götterdämmerung)
Benjamin Britten Give him this orchid - Flowers bring to ev'ry year (The Rape of Lucretia op. 37)
Modest Musorgsky Lullaby (Kolobel'naya Pesnya ostrovky) (Pesni i plyaski smerti (Songs and Dances of Death))
Gioachino Rossini Cruda sorte - Qua ci vuol disinvoltura (L'Italiana in Algeri)
Georges Bizet Quand je vous aimerai - L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Carmen)
Sarah Laulan, voice
La Monnaie Symphony Orchestra, dir. Roland Böer
Semi-final (18/05/2014)
Gian Carlo Menotti Afraid, afraid (The Medium)
Aleksandr Borodin Merknet sviet dnievnoï - Notch, spuskaisa skoreï (Prince Igor)
Georg Friedrich Haendel Hence Iris, hence away (Semele)
Francis Poulenc Je nommerai ton front
Dmitry Shostakovich Kolybel'naja (Lullaby)
Henri Duparc Le galop
Johannes Brahms Wie rafft ich mich auf in der Nacht (Neun Lieder und Gesänge op. 32)
Sarah Laulan, voice
Nathanaël Gouin, pianist accompanist
First round (14/05/2014)
Richard Strauss Zueignung (A major) (Acht Gedichte aus Letzte Blätter op. 10)
George Enescu Je t'attendais (Œdipe)
Sarah Laulan, voice
Nathanaël Gouin, pianist accompanist
