Sabine Devieilhe

French soprano Sabine Devieilhe was born in Ifs, near Caen (Calvados), on December 12, 1985. Introduced to music at an early age through choral singing, she entered the Caen Conservatoire at the age of twelve to study cello, before going on to study at the Lycée Malherbe in Paris, then in Rennes for a degree in musicology and ethnomusicology. In the meantime, her taste for opera singing was confirmed, and in parallel with her university studies, she joined the choir of the Opéra de Rennes, where she made her stage debut. Noted for her vocal agility, her clear timbre and the elegance and fluidity of her singing, she was promoted to soloist and in 2008 began a new cycle of studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, with professors Pierre Mervant, Malcolm Walker and Hélène Golgevit. Graduating with a unanimous first prize three years later, Sabine Devieilhe sees an international career opening up. After joining the vocal ensemble Les Cris de Paris, she joined the Pygmalion company led by Raphaël Pichon, revealing herself in the role of the Queen of the Night in Mozart's The Magic Flute at the Opéra de Lyon in 2012, then at the Opéra de Paris the following season. Year after year, she takes on roles in Delibes's Lakmé, Richard Strauss's Ariane à Naxos, Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno and Bellini's La sonnambula. In 2013, the coloratura soprano won the Victoire de la Musique for Female Revelation of the Year, and signed with the Erato label for the recording of a first recital devoted to Rameau, Le Grand Théâtre de l'Amour (2013). Awarded Artist of the Year again in 2015, and twice in 2018 for the albums Mozart: The Weber Sisters and Mirages, she records Handel: Italian Cantatas and performs a tour de chant with Alexandre Tharaud, resulting in the song recital Chanson d'Amour (2020), followed by Bach - Handel (2021). She continues to multiply her operatic roles, notably in Les Nozze di Figaro at the Salzburg Festival in 2023 and Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, while continuing to record with the Pygmalion ensemble, as witnessed by the critically acclaimed Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem in 2025.