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Photo: Alexandre Leroy

Marine LAFDAL-FRANC

Primary Skill:

Soprano

Nationality:

French

Country:

France

Languages (fluent):

English, French

Opera

Fortuna / Hymen
PERSEE (LULLY, Jean-Baptiste)
Champs-Elysees Theatre (FR)
2025
Mistress Bentson
LAKME (DELIBES, Leo)
Lices Theatre (FR)
2025
Minerva / The great Priestess
TELEMAQUE & CALYPSO (DESTOUCHES, André-Cardinal)
Versailles Royal Opera House (FR)
2024
Iris / 2nd Nymph
ATYS (LULLY, Jean-Baptiste)
Champs-Elysées Theatre / Avignon Opera House
2024
La Gloire (Fame)/ 2nd Ghost
MEDEE (CHARPENTIER, Marc-Antoine)
Champs-Elysees Theatre (FR)
2023
Cupid / Elise
ARIANE & BACCHUS (MARAIS, Marin)
Champs-Elysees Theatre (FR)
2022
Zelise / The Fairy/ A Fury
ZOROASTRE (RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe)
Champs-Elysées Theatre (FR) / DeSingel (BE)
2022
Pales
TITON & AURORA (MONDONVILLE, Joseph Cassanea)
Paris National Opera (FR) Opera comique
2021
Neptune
CORONIS (DURON, Sebastian)
Le Poeme Harmonique
2021
A fairy, A sheperdess
ACHANTE ET CEPHISE (RAMEAU, Jean-Philippe)
Champs-Elysees Theatre (FR)
2021
Minerva
GODS RETURN ON EARTH (BLAMONT, Colin (de))
PRAHA early music Festival (CH)/ Helsinki (FIN)
2021
Pales / Palas/ Aglante / Hymen
CADMUS & HERMIONE (LULLY, Jean-Baptiste)
Versailles Royal Opera House
2019
2nd woman / 2nd Witch
DIDO & AENEAS (PURCELL, Henry)
Menton International Music festival
2019
soprano - Choir
LES INDES GALANTES (RAMEAU, Jean-Phillippe)
Paris National Opera (FR) BASTILLE
2019
Jacques
RAOUL-BARBE BLEUE (GRETRY, André-Modeste)
Trondheim Theatre (NOR)
2018
soprano - Choir
ELIOGABALO (CAVALLI, Francesco)
Paris National Opera (FR) GARNIER
2016

Musical Theatre

L' Absolu Féminin
INTEMPORELLES (Cappelletti, Daniel)
Eymet Theatre / Funambule Theatre (Showcase-FR)
2026
Soprano Soloist
BELLE EPOQUE! (Various)
Dijon Theatre (Burgundy Lyrical Atelier)
2026
Soprano solo
INTEMPORELLES (CAPELETTI, Daniel)
Théâtre MARCEL PAGNOL /Bures-sur-Yvette
2025
Soloist
WEST SIDE STORY(Extracts) (BERNSTEIN, Leonard / SONDHEIM, Stephen)
Le Bon Marché Rive-Gauche (FR)
2024

Covered Covered & Performed Scenes Premiere of New Work Concert COVID-cancelled

10 Acte 1, Air - 'Que la sympathie a d'attraits !...' (Une Fée) Achante et Céphise/ J.P. Rameau

Canzonetta spirituale "Hor che tempo" / LIVE recording in Versaille's Royal Chapel/Tarquinio Merula

LAFDAL-FRANC Marine (Photo; Alexandre Leroy)

LAFDAL-FRANC Marine (Photo; Alexandre Leroy)

LAFDAL-FRANC Marine (Photo; Emmanuel Jacques)

LAFDAL-FRANC Marine (Photo; Emmanuel Jacques)

LAFDAL-FRANC Marine (Photo; Emmanuel Jacques)

Master -CREATIVE WRITING
PARIS - CERGY UNIVERSITY
2023–2025
Bachelor - INTERPRETATION (Early music major)
VERSAILLES CENTER OF BAROQUE MUSIC
2011–2014
Bachelor - MUSICOLOGY
SORBONNE UNIVERSITY (FR)
2008–2011

Praised for her “voluptuous timbre” and strong stage presence (Concertclassic), Marine LAFDAL-FRANC quickly began performing with renowned ensembles and conductors such as Leonardo García Alarcón’s Cappella Mediterranea, Vincent Dumestre’s Le Poème Harmonique, Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel, Christophe Rousset’s Les Talens Lyriques, Les Arts Florissants (William Christie) and more recently, Les Ambassadeurs (Alexis Kossenko).

Marine Lafdal-Franc is considered a Soprano Falcon, with a wide and expressive middle register, and is frequently cast in roles of commanding presence and powerful female figures. She is especially appreciated for the knowledge and elegance of her interpretations in the Baroque and Classical repertoire.

Her recent performances include her acclaimed debuts in "Ariane et Bacchus" by Marin Marais - where she was described as “a radiant embodiment of The God of Love, with a clear and resolute voice” (Olyrix/Baroquiades) - and as Zélise/The Fairy in Rameau’s "Zoroastre", conducted by Alexis Kossenko in Namur, Antwerp, and at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées: “…a well-projected voice, warm timbre, and undeniable dramatic flair. Her duet ‘Volez dans la carrière’ was remarkable.” (Baroquiades).

Other notable roles include La Gloire in Charpentier’s "Médée" at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Second Witch (Dido & Aeneas) at the Menton International Music Festival with Les Talens Lyriques, and most recently the goddess Minerva in Destouches’ "Télémaque & Calypso", performed at the Versailles Royal Opera House and the Ambronay Festival - “Marine Lafdal-Franc’s commanding interpretation of both Minerva and the Priestess of Love is a delight.” (Diapason Magazine).

She's a three-time laureate of the renowned Royaumont Foundation (2017, 2024, 2025) and in 2022, she was a finalist of the Renata Tebaldi International Voice Competition.

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