女中音 l 夏洛特‧艾勒康特

夏洛特．艾勒康特的聲線極負渲染力，舞台表現亮眼，過人的天賦讓她不論是在歌劇或是音樂會方面，都晉升成功的演唱家，擅長的曲目從巴洛克音樂橫跨到現代古典。

艾勒康特本樂季在荷蘭國家歌劇院、盧森堡國家大劇院、挪威貝爾根國際藝術節、德國巴登巴登節慶戲劇院與柏林國家歌劇院，在厄拉卡薩多的指揮下與「薩莎．華爾茲與客人」舞團共同演出蒙台威爾第的歌劇《奧菲歐》。她也在日本巡迴演出細川俊夫的《大鴉》，並在巴黎的喜歌劇院表演菲力普．波斯曼斯的《在這個世界上》。至於音樂會方面，艾勒康特則在布林古耶的指揮下與「卡斯提亞與里昂交響樂團」共同演出馬勒的第二號交響樂，並在杜達美的指揮下與洛杉磯愛樂演繹貝里歐的《平靜》。

艾勒康特的表演事業橫跨歐洲與北美洲，特別是在紐約大都會歌劇院、巴黎國家歌劇院與英國格林德布恩藝術節。她最近詮釋的歌劇角色包括與柏林德意志歌劇團演出《維特》的夏綠蒂，以及與瑞典皇家歌劇團演出卡門。她善於詮釋韓德爾的作品，例如在香榭麗舍劇院演出《瑟蜜蕾》的宜諾、在明柯斯基的指揮下於蘇黎世歌劇院演出《凱撒大帝》的科涅莉亞。至於音樂會方面，她則在加德納的指揮下於挪威貝爾根國際藝術節演出《藍鬍子公爵的城堡》的尤迪絲，並在薩爾茲堡音樂節演繹《浮士德的天譴》的瑪格麗特。

Charlotte Hellekant l Mezzo-soprano

Charlotte Hellekant’s vocal expressiveness and strong stage presence are just two of the qualities which have helped her build a career which is equally successful on the opera stage and concert platform and in repertoire ranging from the baroque to contemporary classics.

This season Charlotte Hellekant joins Sasha Waltz & Guests’ in a major new staging of Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo under Pablo Heras-Casado at Dutch National Opera, Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg, Bergen International Festival, Festspielhaus Baden-Baden and Berlin’s Staatsoper in Schiller. She also takes Hosokawa’s The Raven on tour in Japan and performs Philippe Boesmans opera Au monde at the Opéra Comique, Paris. On the concert platform Hellekant joins the Orquesta Sinfónica de Castilla y León for Mahler’s Symphony No.2 under Lionel Bringuier and performs Berio’s Calmo with the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Gustavo Dudamel.

Charlotte Hellekant has appeared on stage on both sides of the Atlantic, notably at The Metropolitan Opera, Opéra national de Paris and Glyndebourne Festival. Recent lyric roles include Charlotte (Werther) with Deutsche Oper Berlin and Carmen with Royal Swedish Opera. Outstanding Handel interpretations include Ino (Semele) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées and Cornelia (Giulio Cesare) under Marc Minkowski for Opernhaus Zürich. In concert she has sung the roles of Judith in Duke Bluebeard’s Castle at the Bergen Festival under Edward Gardner and Marguérite (La damnation de Faust) at the Salzburger Festspiele.