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FranceInfo – “Sortir en boîte ce n’est pas bien pour la voix, c’est pour ça que je le fais”

2015-03-04, FranceInfo, Radio France

“Philippe Jaroussky  vient de sortir un double album chez Erato :  “Green”,  ce sont des mélodies françaises sur des poèmes de Verlaine.

Si Philippe Jaroussky dit pouvoir chanter aussi haut, c’est grâce à un défaut de ses cordes vocales, ce qui peut inquiéter le contre-ténor de savoir que toute sa carrière repose uniquement sur ses deux seules cordes vocales.”

Source/To the podcast: France info

2015-03-03-featured-press

Europe 1 Social Club

2015-03-03, Europe 1, Social Club

“Frédéric Taddeï reçoit le chanteur, comédien et écrivain Marc Lavoine, le producteur Gérard Meys, l’humoriste Olivier de Benoist, le contre-ténor Philippe Jaroussky, le réalisateur et écrivain Raphaël Glucksmann et le philosophe et historien Rémi Brague.”

Source: Europe 1

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Journal Frankfurt – Keeping a Distance from Opera’s Hysteria


“Abstandhalter zur Hysterie der Oper”
Journal Frankfurt, February 2015


The following is not a professional translation; no profit is being made, no infringement of copyright is intended.

On his current tour, the French countertenor Philippe Jaroussky surprises his audience with fin de siècle songs.

Interview: Christian Rupp

JOURNAL FRANKFURT: Philippe, you are one of the world’s most famous countertenors – yet relatively little about your private life is known to the public. Don’t you like to talk about it?
PHILIPPE JAROUSSKY: I don’t talk about it that often because, really, the focus is on my art.

But you’re a star …
Star? Well, I lead a normal life; I have been together with my partner for eight years now. All in all, it is a very settled life.

You have put your cards on the table about him right from the beginning…
Of course. When I started my career, I had to decide. So, right from the start, I said that I had a partner. Then there’s no fuss anymore. I’m not a pop singer who has to hide that for twenty years because otherwise he would lose the market section of all the teenage girls.

Another known fact is that you like to travel a lot. How frequently do people recognize you on your travels?
It depends. Sometimes they do, sometimes they don’t. When I walk the street in Paris, of course, someone will always recognize me. But people react completely different than they would if I were a pop star. Because, primarily, it is in Händel, Vivaldi, Bach that they are interested– not in me. I don’t create songs, I don’t create a look, I am not a brand. That’s why people are much more respectful. Classical music stars are in a very comfortable position in this regard.

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2015-02-28-featured-press

Die Welt – Klassik-Star Philippe Jaroussky: Führe ein völlig normales Leben

1015-02-28, Die Welt

“Die Leute reagieren völlig anders als bei einem Pop-Star. Denn sie sind ja an Händel, Vivaldi, Bach interessiert – nicht primär an mir”…

Source: Die Welt

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Brigitte – Peter Pan singt Sopran

2015-02-18, Brigitte

Obwohl er Sopran singt, sagt Countertenor Philippe Jaroussky entschieden: ‘Ich singe nicht wie eine Frau. Ich singe mit meiner männlichen Empfindsamkeit.’ Die wachsende Popularität von Sängern mit hohen Stimmlagen erklärt der 37-jährige Franzose in der neuen Ausgabe des Magazins BRIGITTE (Ausgabe 5/15, ab heute im Handel) damit, dass es eine neuen Begriff von Männlichkeit gebe. “Noch vor wenigen Generationen sollten Männer tapfer sein, nicht weinen, ihre Gefühle nicht ausdrücken. Doch jetzt haben wir starke Frauen und sensible Männer’.

Source/Read more: Brigitte


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Peter Pan Is a Soprano

According to his fans, listening to him is like a drug. Philippe Jaroussky is a countertenor. His voice neither sounds male nor female, but always effortless and like deep feelings. A meeting with one of the biggest stars of Classical music.

Meike Schnitzler 

First of all, Philippe Jaroussky says “sorry”. Sorry that on the table, there is a large pot of tea, next to it a selection of cold remedy and throat lozenges.The last thing that Jaroussky wants to come across as is a hysterical opera diva who is busy pampering and nursing her precious soprano voice every second of the day. Soprano? Yes, the 37-year old Frenchman sings in the highest vocal range. Something that, right on the spot, one wouldn’t believe, because his speaking voice is a light baritone, a little raspy, because of the cold.

The day before, he had a concert in Hamburg; tomorrow it’s Berlin. Not a good time for a sore throat. “Classical singers have to fill an entire hall without the aid of a microphone,” says Jaroussky. “Luckily, I don’t have a cough. Then it would be over with my kind of voice.” His sort of voice – this is a no-frills vocal organ, able to spiral higher and higher like a bird, then stooping, its purity burning itself into the listener’s hearts. A voice that sounds neither male nor female, for which some fans will travel around the globe not to miss any of Jaroussky’s concerts. Even the night before, among the audience who rewarded his Vivaldi arias with standing ovations and enthusiastic trampling, the singer recognized some of his greatest female admirers.

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2015-02-10-featured-press

Ritmo – El hombre que canta y encanta con su voz de cristal

2015-02-10, RITMO

“Reconocido como el más grande contratenor de nuestros días, ‘la voz de cristal’ representa una nueva generación de cantantes no solo identificados con el Barroco”.

Source: Ritmo

A translation to Japanese can be found here.

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Philippe Jaroussky on Facebook – “Grand succès hier pour le premier concert de la tournée Niobe d’Agostino Steffani à l’Auditoire nacional de Madrid.”

2015-01-19, Philippe Jaroussky on Facebook

“Grand succès hier pour le premier concert de la tournée Niobe d’Agostino Steffani à l’Auditoire nacional de Madrid. Quel plaisir de rechanter cette sublime musique!

Gran éxito ayer para el primer concierto de la gira Niobe d’ Agostino Steffani al Auditorio nacional de Madrid. ¡ Qué placer de volver a cantar este sublime música!

Big success yesterday for the first concert in Madrid of the tour Niobe d’ Agostino Steffani . What a pleasure to sing again this sublime music!”

Source/Read more: Philippe Jaroussky – Page officielle

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El Mundo – ¿Qué es un contratenor?

2015-01-17, El Mundo

“Philippe Jaroussky, gran estrella de la ópera y protagonista de ‘Niobe’ en Madrid, explica la fama y el misterio que rodea a los nuevos “monstruos” del escalafón de los cantante.”

Source/Watch video on: El Mundo

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Philippe Jaroussky on Facebook – “Bonne année !”

2015-01-02, Philippe Jaroussky on Facebook

“Je vous souhaite à tous une excellente année 2015, remplie de musique bien sûr!

Wish you all a happy new year 2015, full of music of course!

Ich wünsche Ihnen allen ein ausgezeichnetes Jahr 2015, das mit der Musik selbstverständlich erfüllt ist!

¡ Le deseo a todos un año 2015 excelente, lleno de música por supuesto!”

via Philippe Jaroussky – Page officielle.