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Sandrine Piau, who first came to public attention through her work in Baroque music, now boasts a vast repertoire and has established herself as an exceptional figure in the world of opera. She performs regularly in concert, from New York to Paris, London, Tokyo, Munich, Zurich, Salzburg, and Hamburg, and has sung numerous roles at the Paris Opera, the Salzburg Festival, La Monnaie, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Covent Garden, and the Aix-en-Provence Festival. She continues to collaborate with renowned conductors such as William Christie, Philippe Herreweghe, Christophe Rousset, Gustav Leonhardt, Ivor Bolton, Ton Koopman, René Jacobs, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Laurence Equilbey, and Klaus Mäkelä. In recital, she performs with pianists Alexandre Tharaud, Christian Ivaldi, J. Van Immerseel, Susan Manoff, Eric Le Sage, and David Kadouch, with whom she is beginning a new collaboration. In recent seasons, she has participated in landmark productions, including Così fan tutte at the Bavarian State Opera, the world premieres of Marc-André Dalbavie’s Melancholie des Widerstands (Madame Pflaum) at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, and Kaija Saariaho’s Innocence (Mother in Law) at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, as well as William Christie’s anniversary concert with Les Arts Florissants at the Bordeaux Opera. She has also performed with leading ensembles such as Il Pomo d’Oro, Ensemble Pygmalion, and Les Talens Lyriques. Among the highlights of the 2025–2026 season are her return to the Paris Opera in May 2026 in the roles of Venere and Bellezza in Bembo’s Ercole amante. She will also sing Despina in Così fan tutte at La Scala in Milan, as well as Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare at the Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari. She will tour in concert with the Insula Orchestra and Les Arts Florissants, and will give recitals in prestigious venues such as the Salle Gaveau, Wigmore Hall, the Théâtre de l’Athénée, and the Auditorium of the Musée d’Orsay. Sandrine Piau has an extensive discography and currently records exclusively for Alpha Classics. The albums Enchantresses (Les Paladins / Jérôme Correas), Rivales (Véronique Gens, Julien Chauvin, and Le Concert de la Loge), and Voyage Intime (David Kadouch) have been particularly well received. In the fall of 2025, Alpha Classics will also release Quintette Imaginaire, an album dedicated to Schubert, recorded with the Psophos Quartet. Sandrine Piau was named a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2006 and was voted "Opera Singer of the Year" at the Victoires de la Musique Classique awards in 2009.