Lili Aymonino, Sarah Charles, Enguerrand de Hys, Marc Mauillon, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal & Chloé de Guillebon
Biography Lili Aymonino, Sarah Charles, Enguerrand de Hys, Marc Mauillon, Orchestre de l'Opéra Royal & Chloé de Guillebon
Lili Aymonino
Born into a family of traditional Basque and Occitan singers, Lili Aymonino sang and performed on stage from a young age before joining the children's choirs of the Bordeaux Opera. She then trained in lyrical singing with Elsa Maurus at the CRR in Paris, and entered Stéphane Fuget's baroque opera class. She sang in productions of The Musketeers in the Convent (Simone), The Magic Flute (Pamina), Orpheus in the Underworld (Diane), Ariane and Bacchus by Marais, La Morte d'Orfeo by Landi, Le Nozze in sogno by Cesti (Emilia), and Handel's Agrippina (Poppea). Since 2021, she has worked regularly as a soloist for the Royal Opera of Versailles and its label Chateau de Versailles Spectacles (Scylla et Glaucus by Leclair, Giulietta e Romeo by Zingarelli, Les Quatre Saisons by Boismortier), and made her debut at the Tours Opera in 2022 in Grétry's Caravane du Caire, conducted by Stéphanie-Marie Degand. On July 23, she participated in the inauguration of the Ho Guom Opera in Hanoi and then made her role debut as Micaela in Carmen at the Musiques en Ré Festival, conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud. Performed at the Théâtre des Déchargeurs, then at the Scala Paris and Scala Provence, her duet Madrigal Festin with cellist Ariane Issartel is scheduled at the Saint-Etienne Opera in 2023 and for the JM France 24-25 tour. In the spring of 2024, she sang Couperin's Leçons de Ténèbres at the Festival de Peralada in Catalonia, reprised in July at the Abbey of Beaulieu-en-Rouergue. She participated in the Festival d'Aix 2024 with the Concert d'Astrée for the double production of Iphigénie en Tauride and Iphigénie en Aulide by Gluck, under the direction of Emmanuelle Haïm. After a recording devoted to the guitar under Louis XIII and Louis XV with Léa Masson, she will sing in the fall of 2024 the role of the Second Lady in Dido and Aeneas at the Opéra de Versailles, at the Capitole de Toulouse as well as in Madrid and Oviedo, as well as the role of solo soprano in Handel's Messiah at the Salle Gaveau.
Sarah Charles
is a young lyrical artist from Paris. From a young age, she has been passionate about singing and theater. She joined the conservatory of the 18th arrondissement of Paris in Sophie Hervé's class while studying musicology at the Paris-Sorbonne University.
She made her stage debut in the role of Odette in the operetta Elle est à vous by Maurice Yvain and continues to perform in various projects. In 2022, she joined the company Les Brigands where she played the role of Monique in the operetta Un soir de Réveillon at the Saint-Céré festival.
She then continued her studies at the choir of Notre-Dame de Paris where she had the chance to sing as a soloist in various concerts, including Handel's Dixit Dominus and Bach's St. John Passion with the Auvergne Orchestra at the Clermont-Ferrand Opera and the Vichy Opera.
With an interest in contemporary creation, she worked in collaboration with a visual artist, Adélaïde Feriot, in the creation of performances combining visual arts and music during exhibitions in France and Switzerland.
In 2023, she joined the academy of the Royal Opera of Versailles where she recorded her first album, Les 4 saisons de Boismortier, under the direction of Chloé de Guillebon.
In April 2024, she will perform the role of Belinda in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at the Hall of Mirrors of the Palace of Versailles and at the Institut de France, a role she will reprise alongside Sonya Yoncheva at the Royal Opera of Versailles and at the Toulouse Opera in October 2024. She will also have the chance to sing Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater under the direction of Massimo Quarta with the Rachmaninov International Orchestra in Toledo in November. In December, you can find her in Charpentier’s Te Deum under the direction of Hervé Niquet at La Fenice in Venice, but also in the role of Elmira in Handel’s opera, Sosarme Ré di Media, for a concert version followed by the recording of a CD.
In 2025, she will perform in concerts at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, notably in the role of Filia in Carissimi’s Jephté.
Enguerrand de Hys
is a tenor renowned for the elegance of his singing and the sureness of his technique.
He began singing at the Conservatoire de Toulouse, before moving on to the CNSMDP. During his studies, he took part in the Académie Mozart at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence and the Académie de l'abbaye de Royaumont. An Adami Classical Revelation in 2014, he is a member of the Opéra-Comique's Nouvelle Troupe Favart and is in residence with the Ayònis trio at the Théâtre Impérial in Compiègne.
Recent engagements include Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet at the Opéra de Nice, Calpigi in Salieri's Tarare conducted by Christophe Rousset at the Opéra de Versailles and the Theater an der Wien, Marinoni in Offenbach's Fantasio at the Opéra de Montpellier, and the Prince in Trois Contes by Gérard Pesson and David Lescot at the Opéra de Lille.
He has also appeared in recital at the Opéra-Comique, the Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Opéra de Lille and the Palazzetto Bru Zane in Venice, and performed Gounod's Cantata Marie Stuart in Padua.
In 2019, he marked the premiere of Francesco Filidei's L'Inondation at the Opéra-Comique with his interpretation of the role of Le Voisin.
Recently, Enguerrand de Hys sang Le Retour d'Idoménée at the Opéra de Lille, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm, Léodès in Pénélope by Fauré at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Mercure in Platée by Rameau at the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, conducted by William Christie, Titus in La Clémence de Titus at the Midsummer Festival in Brussels, Tamorin in La Caravane du Caire by Grétry at the Opéra de Tours, conducted by Hervé Niquet, Arcas in Idomenée by Campra at the Opéra de Lille and the Staatsoper de Berlin, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm, Monostatos in The Magic Flute at the Opéra de Rouen, Le Remendado in Carmen at La Monnaie/De Munt.
Last season, Artémidore in Armide by Glück at the Opéra-Comique conducted by Christophe Rousset, Valère in La Sérénade at the Opéra d'Avignon with the Palazzetto Bru Zane, Cecco in Il Mondo della luna by Haydn at the Opéra de Metz, Le Voisin in L'Inondation at the Opéra-Comique, The Earl of Surrey in Henri VIII by Saint-Saëns at La Monnaie / De Munt, Tamorin in La Caravane du Caire by Grétry at the Opéra royal de Versailles conducted by Hervé Niquet, Prince Quippasseparla in Le Voyage dans la lune by Offenbach with the Palazzetto Bru Zane.
This season, Mozart is in the spotlight with the roles of Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) and Pedrillo (The Abduction from the Seraglio) at the Opéra royal de Versailles, as well as the Mass in C minor at the Opéra de Limoges. He will also sing Artémidore in Armide by Lully at the Opéra-Comique.
Next season, Mercure in Orphée aux enfers at the Capitole de Toulouse, Pomponet in La Fille de Madame Angot at the Opéra de Nice and Avignon, directed by Richard Brunel, B. Mantovani's Voyage d'automne at the Capitole, Remendado in Carmen at La Monnaie/De Munt, the Prince in Les Contes de Perrault with Les Frivolités parisiennes, directed by Valérie Lesort, Handel's Messiah at the Opéra de Saint-Etienne...
On the recording front, he took part in the recording of Lalo's La Jacquerie with the Palazzetto Bru Zane, and recorded the roles of Lychas, Pheres, Alecton and Apollon in Lully's Alceste with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens lyriques for Aparté, as well as the role of Blondel in Grétry's Richard cœur de Lion conducted by Hervé Niquet. 2023-2024
Marc Mauillon
With the extent of his repertoire, his unique tone and his chiseled diction, Marc Mauillon occupies a very personal place on today’s lyrical scene. Sometimes a baritone, sometimes a tenor, this chameleon adapts his colors to the musics he performs as well as the characters he embodies.
On the opera stage, he can personify a «goofy» character (Papageno, Bobinet from La Vie Parisienne, Mercurio from Orphée aux enfers, The monk of King Arthur by Shirley & Dino, The Husband of Mamelles de Tirésias by Poulenc, Momo from Orfeo by Rossi, Robert le Cochon by M.O. Dupin, Seymour from The Little Shop of Horros), an evil deity (Hatred in Armide by Lully, Tisiphone in Hippolyte et Aricie, Sorceress in Dido & Aeneas), a tragedian (title roles of Egisto by Cavalli, Orfeo by Monteverdi, Pelléas by Debussy, Adonis by Blow, Pélée in Alcione by Marais…) and even a tragedienne (Raulito in Cachafaz by Strasnoy).
In concert, he sings some airs de cour (Lambert, Charpentier, Bacilly…), French motets (Charpentier, Lully, Rameau, Desmarest, Campra, Couperin), Italian madrigals (Monteverdi, Gesualdo), sacred or secular cantatas (Bach, Haendel, Vivaldi, Telemann, Monteclair, Clérambault), as well as medieval or Renaissance music programs.
He has been working with conductors such as W. Christie (he is the laureate of the first Jardin des Voix in 2002), M. Minkowski, R. Pichon, C. Rousset, A. Altinoglu, J. Savall, V. Dumestre, H. Niquet, E. Haïm, L. Campellone, M. Pascal, G. Jourdain, K. Karabits, L.Langrée… and stage directors such as L. Hemleb, D. Warner, B. Lazar, I. Alexandre, R. Carsen, J. Mijnssen, B. Twist, V. Lesort & C. Hecq…
Recitals and chamber music are central in his career : he has performed Machaut with Pierre Hamon, Vivabiancaluna Biffi and Angélique Mauillon, Poulenc/Eluard with Guillaume Coppola, « Les musiciens de la Grande Guerre » or « Fauré et ses poètes » with Anne Le Bozec, Peri and Caccini with Angélique Mauillon. Recently, he sang the Leçons de Ténèbres by Lambert (released by Harmonia Mundi in 2018) with Myriam Rignol, Thibaut Roussel and Marouan Mankar-Bennis. In his programmes he has always reflected on the link between music, poetry and vocality. In 2016, he creates Songline, a monodic a capella recital,in which music, motion and light intertwine. A new album « Je m’abandonne à vous », devoted to the poetry of the Comtesse de la Suze with Angélique Mauillon and Myriam Rignol was released in june 2021 with Harmonia Mundi.
During the season 2023-2024, he embodies Monostatos in The Magic Flute (F.X. Roth/C. Klapisch) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, as well as Compiègne and Tourcoing – where he also resume his rôle of Sander dans Zémire et Azor (L. Langrée/M. Fau), as well as Oronte in Médée (W. Christie/M. Lambert le Bihan). He also resumes the role of Bobinet in La Vie Parisienne (R. Dumas/C. Lacroix) at the Opéra de Montpellier, et embodies the title-roles in Orphée aux Enfers (Minkowski, concert version) at the Hamburg ElbPhilharmonie and in Pelléas et Mélisande (L. Hussain/E. Ruf) at Opéra National du Capitole, and in Orfeo de Monteverdi (J. Savall/P. Bayle) at the Opéra de Versailles. He also performs with the Taïpei Singers, les Arts Florissants, La Guilde des mercenaires, Gli Angeli et Angélique Mauillon for several concerts and recitals.
Regularly invited to give master-classes, internships and training courses in France and abroad, Marc Mauillon has been teaching the interpretation of secular medieval music at the Sorbonne (Master d’Interprétation des Musiques Anciennes) since 2018, after having been a singing teacher at Pôle Sup’93 (Aubervilliers La Courneuve) from 2014 to 2018.
