SAN FRANCISCO - Her character Antonia literally sings herself to death in Offenbach's "The Tales of Hoffmann," but in real life Natalie Dessay says her own upcoming break from opera is not so ...

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 ...

Sir David McVicar's witty and efferverscent production of Handel's most popular opera, GIULIO CESARE, arrives at the Met with Natalie Dessay and David Daniels in the leading roles and Harry Bicket on ...

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 ...

On my free night last week, I went to see “Giulio Cesare.” Because why stay home and catch up with “Smash” when I could be spending four and a half hours at the Met? I’ll refer to my colleague James ...

Natalie Dessay’s theatrical skills are hard to miss. If you were one of the lucky moviegoers who caught the Metropolitan Opera broadcast of “La Fille du Regiment” earlier this season in theaters, you ...

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 ...