If there were any doubt that Natalie Dessay belonged in the realm of operatic superstars, her acclaimed performance in the Metropolitan Opera's "Lucia di Lamermoor" put it to rest last year. Dessay's ...

Natalie Dessay is a French soprano, best known as an opera singer before her retirement from opera stage in 2013. She gained wide recognition after her portrayal of Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann in ...

The Metropolitan Opera heads into its 20th week of free streaming performances through its Nightly Met Streams series. Among the new lineup are two productions directed by Tony winner Mary Zimmerman: ...

The Metropolitan Opera heads into the 11th week of its Nightly Met Streams series with a roster that includes Renata Scotto in the title role of Manon Lescaut, Natalie Dessay and Juan Diego Flórez in ...

LONDON (Reuters) - French soprano Natalie Dessay gave a recent recital in London that one critic called "sublime" and her latest CD of French art songs has been well received, but she says her fans ...

"Becoming Traviata" peeks in on rehearsals as director Jean-François Sivadier prepared soprano Natalie Dessay to play brokenhearted prostitute Violetta in Verdi's opera. Though Dessay flexes ...

The New York Times, and the opera blog world, had a grand old time at the Met’s grand opening last night, whether inside the theater or out on Times Square. Anthony Tommasini at the Times is the most ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Natalie Dessay needed a relief soprano at the Metropolitan Opera. After struggling through the first act of Verdi's "La Traviata" on Saturday night, Dessay was replaced by Hei-Kyung ...

A year after undergoing surgery on her vocal cords for the second time, the French soprano Natalie Dessay is singing the role of Juliette opposite Ramón Vargas in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the ...

Natalie Dessay is of the most prominent operatic singers to have come out of France. While active in the opera field, her voice was especially gifted for belcanto singing, and more recently she has ...