Daniel OTTEVAERE

Basse

Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris

Daniel Ottevaere teaches singing at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, at the Chapelle Musicale Reine Élisabeth in Brussels (alongside José Van Dam) and at the Conservatoire de Valenciennes. She has given lessons on France Musique (Stéphane Goldet’s programme, “L’Atelier des chanteurs”). Her current students include Gabrielle Philiponet, Yann Beuron, Jennifer Courcier, Sarah Defrise, Marc Labonette, Heloïse Koempgen-Bramy, Artavazd Sargsyan, Julie Bailly, Natacha Kowalski, Juliette Allen, Mariam Sarkisian, Nicolas Ziélinski… In the early 2000s, she appeared as Schlendrian in the Cantate du Café, in Enghien and Brussels; at the premiere of Gustav Rihm’s Vigilia (premiered in Belgium as part of the Bozar season with the Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles); in recital in “Diabolus in Musica” (in Paris, Nancy and Belgium), and in “Autour de Don Giovanni : Eros – Thanatos” in Normandy (with Jean-Baptiste Lhermelin); in Winterreise, in Paris and at the Festival des Nancyphonies; in recital alongside José Van Dam at the Salle Flagey in Brussels; in a Russian recital (Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Schostakovich) at the Festival de Porrentruy in Switzerland; in the role of Alasdair (St-Kilda) at the Edinburgh Festival and in Grenoble; as Monterone (Rigoletto) in the Opéras en plein air production, directed by Francis Perrin; with the Bratislava orchestra at the Festival des Nancyphonies in arias by Mozart and Haydn, as Inigo Gomez (L’Heure Espagnole) and Uncle Tchang (Le Pays du Sourire), and in the recital “Audelà du Rhin” at the Festival des Nancyphonies. He has also appeared in concert in Mons (Belgium) alongside Gabrielle Philiponet, Yann Beuron and Jeff Cohen, as well as at the Salle Gaveau for scenes from Richard Strauss’s Schweigsame Frau (role of Morosus) with the European Romantic Orchestra conducted by Lionel Stoléru, alongside Judith Magre as recitalist, and at the Festival des Rencontres Musicales Internationales d’Enghien (Belgium) for arias by Verdi.

With pianist Jeff Cohen, he gave a recital (“Drôles de gens que ces gens là!” – French melodies) in Nancy (July 2014) and in Belgium (Mons, December 2015). He was Uberto in Pergolesi’s Serva Padrona (Valenciennes, November 2015). In January and May 2017, he was Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (Paris and Valenciennes).

He gave a recital (“Drôles de gens que ces gens là!” – French melodies) with pianist Jeff Cohen in Nancy (July 2014) and in Belgium (Mons, December 2015). He was Uberto in Pergolesi’s Serva Padrona (Valenciennes, November 2015). In January and May 2017, he was Don Alfonso in Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte (Paris and Valenciennes).

In July 2017, as part of the Nancyphonies festival, he created the recital “Conte d’Hoffmann” with pianist Hugues Leclère and actor Alain Carré. This musical and literary fantasy, imagined and sung by Daniel Ottevaere, pays tribute to the work of writer and composer E. T. A. Hoffmann. The concert-show brings together musical pieces by Hoffmann himself (Ondine, Miserere), works by other composers (Busoni, Wagner, Berlioz, etc.) inspired by Hoffmann, and texts by the great fantasy writer (extracts from tales read by A. Carré). During the 2017/2018 season, he returned to the costumes of D o n A l f o n s o a n d C o l a s (Bastien et Bastienne). He was also Don Tritemio in Il filosofo di campagna by B. Galuppi, and the Voice of Coal in the Cantata de la mine by E. Bozza,t Bartolo and Antonio in Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro.

In 2019, as part of the Estivales Lyriques de Wissant, he performed Bach’s Peasants’ Cantata and Coffee Cantata, as well as the role of Don Inigo in Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole.

Don Inigo in Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole. In November he was Pausanias in Chabrier’s L’Education manquée at the Centre Culturel de Durbuy (Belgium), directed by Natacha Kowalski, before returning to the roles of Bartolo and Antonio in Le Nozze di Figaro (new production by Les Giocosi, Paris

11e), which he also directed.

He begins 2020 in the role of Don Alfonso, before performing Sarastro, the Sprecher and the 2nd Man-at-Arms in the Zauberflöte with the Valentiana orchestra. In July, to celebrate Beethoven Year, he will give the recital “Beethoven en voix” at the Nancyphonies festival. The production of

Noces by the Giocosi will be revived at the fourth Estivales Lyriques de Wissant, where he will also sing excerpts from the role of Daland in Richard Wagner’s Fliegender Holländer, in a concert on the theme of the sea.