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'''Emmanuel Villaume''' (born 1964, [[Strasbourg]], France) is an internationally recognized [[orchestra conductor]]. He is Music Director of the [[Dallas Opera]] and Chief Conductor of the National [[Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra]] in Bratislava. He served as Chief Conductor of the National [[Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra]] in Ljubljana from 2008 to 2013 as well as the [[Spoleto Festival]] USA's Music Director from 2001 to 2010.
'''Emmanuel Villaume''' (born 1964, [[Strasbourg]], France) is a French [[orchestra conductor]].
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Villaume began his musical education at the [[Strasbourg Conservatory]]. He continued his studies in Paris at [[Khâgne]] and the [[Sorbonne]] where he studied literature, philosophy and musicology). At age 21, he became stage manager and dramaturg at the [[Opéra National du Rhin]], where he met Spiros Argiris, who was then the music director of the [[Festival dei Due Mondi]] in Spoleto. Villaume subsequently studied conducting with Argiris, and later became an assistant conductor to [[Seiji Ozawa]].<ref name="NYT">{{cite news | author= | title=French Conductor Named Music Director for Spoleto Festival U.S.A. | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/24/arts/french-conductor-named-music-director-for-spoleto-festival-usa.html | work=New York Times | date=2000-10-24 | accessdate=2007-12-19}}</ref>
==Biography==
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Emmanuel Villaume began his musical education at the [[Strasbourg Conservatory]] and continued his studies in Paris ([[Khâgne]] and the [[Sorbonne]] where he studied literature, philosophy and musicology). At the age of 21, he was named Stage Manager at the Opéra National du Rhin, where he met Spiros Argiris (then music director of the [[Festival dei Due Mondi]] in Spoleto) with whom he subsequently studied conducting. Early in his career, he was also a regular assistant to [[Seiji Ozawa]]. His American debut came in 1990 with ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' at the Spoleto Festival USA with [[Renée Fleming]] as the Countess.


Villaume made his American conducting debut came in 1990 with ''[[Le nozze di Figaro]]'' at the Spoleto Festival USA. He was named music director for opera and orchestra of the Spoleto Festival USA in October 2000,<ref name="NYT"/> and held the post from 2001 to 2010.<ref>{{cite news | author=William Furtwangler | title=A Lovely Adieu | url=http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/07/a-lovely-adieu/ | work=The Post and Courier | date=2010-06-07 | accessdate=2010-06-20}}</ref> He first conducted at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in September 2004 in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]''.<ref>{{cite news | author=Jeremy Eichler | title=The Met's 'Madama Butterfly,' Revived but Not Reimagined | url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9805E3DE1139F937A1575AC0A9629C8B63 | work=New York Times | date=2004-09-24 | accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref> Villaume first conducted at [[Dallas Opera]] in 1998. In April 2013, Villaume was named music director of the [[Dallas Opera]], with immediate effect.<ref>{{cite press release | url=http://dallasopera.org/news/2013/04/30/the-dallas-opera-proudly-announces-our-new-music-director-emmanuel-villaume/ | title=The Dallas Opera Proudly Announces Our New Music Director Emmanuel Villaume | publisher=Dallas Opera | date=30 April 2013 | accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/columnists/scott-cantrell/20130430-dallas-opera-names-emmanuel-villaume-new-music-director.ece | title=Dallas Opera names Emmanuel Villaume new music director | work=Dallas Morning News | author=Scott Cantrell | date=2013-04-30 | accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref>
He was the [[Spoleto Festival USA]]'s Music Director for Opera & Orchestra from 2001 to 2010. He has led numerous symphonic concerts and opera performances for the Festival, including a noted [[Mahler]] symphonies cycle, the American première of Henze's ''[[Der Prinz von Homburg (opera)|Der Prinz von Homburg]]'', and well-received productions of ''[[Manon Lescaut (Puccini)|Manon Lescaut]]'', ''[[Der fliegende Holländer]]'', ''[[Lakmé]]'', ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'', ''[[Don Giovanni]]'', and ''[[Louise (opera)|Louise]]''.


Outside of the USA, Villaume debuted at the [[Royal Opera House]], Covent Garden conducting ''Les Contes d'Hoffmann'' in October 2000. In January 2007 he made his conducting debut at [[La Fenice]] in Venice with [[Meyerbeer]]'s ''[[Il crociato in Egitto]]''. He became chief conductor of the [[Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra]] in 2008<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.delo.si/clanek/61413 | title=Villaume novi šef dirigent, Pehlivanian odhaja | work=Delo | author= | date=2008-06-05 | accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref>, and held the post through 2013.<ref name="Tadel">{{cite news | url=http://www.pogledi.si/ljudje/v-sloveniji-je-preobilje-kulture | title=Emmanuel Villaume, dirigent: V Sloveniji je Preobilje Kulture | work=Pogledi | author=Boštjan Tadel | date=2013-05-06 | accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref> He became chief conductor of the [[Slovak Philharmonic]] in 2009, and is currently contracted to the orchestra through 2016.<ref name="Tadel"/>
Villaume made his conducting debut at the New York [[Metropolitan Opera]] in September 2004 in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' and returned there in 2006 for ''[[Samson et Dalila]]'', and in February 2008 for ''[[Carmen]]''. A frequent conductor at the [[Washington National Opera]], he has led ''[[La Rondine]]'', ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'', ''[[Le Cid]]'', ''[[Les Contes d'Hoffmann]]'', ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'', ''[[L'elisir d'amore]]'', ''[[La Bohème]]'', and ''[[Werther]]''. He made his [[Lyric Opera of Chicago]] debut in December 2003 in ''Samson et Dalila'', returned there in 2008 to conduct ''[[Manon]]'', in 2009 to conduct ''[[The Merry Widow]]'', conducted ''[[Les Contes d'Hoffmann]]'' in October 2011, and ''[[La Boheme]]'' in 2013.


Villaume holds an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Indianapolis]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=http://archives.uindy.edu/digitized_docs/portico/2003-2005/2003-7.pdf | last=| first=| title=University growth splits commencement ceremonies in two | journal=Portico | volume=Summer | issue= | pages=17 | year=2003 | accessdate=2013-07-04}}</ref>
He has conducted many other North American opera companies including [[San Francisco Opera]] (''Madama Butterfly'', ''Werther''); [[Los Angeles Opera]] (''Les Contes d'Hoffmann'', ''La rondine'' and ''[[La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein]]''); [[Santa Fe Opera]] ([[Carmen]] and [[Les Pécheurs de Perles]]); [[Dallas Opera]] (''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' and ''Le nozze di Figaro''); [[Sarasota Opera]] (''Les Contes d'Hoffmann'', ''[[Die Zauberflöte]]'' and ''Manon''); the [[Opera Theatre of Saint Louis]] (''La rondine'' and ''Faust'') and [[Opéra de Montréal]] (''[[La vie parisienne]]''). In South America, he conducted ''Pelléas et Mélisande'' at [[Teatro Colon]] in [[Buenos Aires]].

Villaume debuted at the [[Royal Opera House]], Covent Garden conducting ''Les Contes d'Hoffmann'' in October 2000 and returned there in 2004 for ''[[La rondine]]'' starring [[Angela Gheorghiu]] and [[Jonas Kaufmann]]. In January 2007 he made his conducting debut at [[La Fenice]] in Venice with [[Meyerbeer]]'s ''[[Il crociato in Egitto]]'' which opened the 2007 season and returned there for ''[[Thaïs (opera)|Thaïs]]'' in October of that year. He has appeared twice at the [[Klangbogen Festival]] in [[Vienna]], with ''[[Don Quichotte]]'' in 2002 and ''[[Goya]]'' starring [[Plácido Domingo]] in 2004.

Other European opera appearances include [[Cologne Opera]] (''La bohème'' and ''[[Werther]]''); [[Teatro Real]], Madrid (''Les Contes d'Hoffmann''); [[Opéra Bastille]] (''[[Rigoletto]]''); [[Hamburg State Opera|Hamburg Staatsoper]] (''Der fliegende Holländer''); Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse, (''[[Mignon]]''); [[Bonn Opera]] (''[[La fanciulla del West]]''); the [[Festival della Valle d'Itria|Martina Franca Festival]] (''La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein''); [[Cagliari]] (''[[Cherubin]]''); [[Opéra de Marseille]] (''[[Pelléas et Mélisande (opera)|Pelléas et Mélisande]]'', ''[[Carmen]]'', ''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'', and ''[[Samson et Dalila]]''); [[Opéra de Nice]] (''Faust''); [[Monte Carlo Opera]] (''[[La Périchole]]'' and ''Werther''); [[Deutsche Oper Berlin]] (''[[Tosca]]''); the [[Teatro Regio di Torino|Teatro Regio]] in Turin (''[[Ariane et Barbe-Bleue]]''), and (''[[Les Contes d'Hoffmann]]''); [[Festival dei Due Mondi]] in Spoleto (''[[Padmâvatî (opera)|Padmâvatî]]'') and [[Bayerische Staatsoper]] Munich (''[[Les Contes d'Hoffmann]]'').

In North America, Villaume has led the [[Montreal Symphony]], [[Quebec Symphony]], [[Chicago Symphony]] and the [[Boston Symphony]] as well as the Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Detroit, Minnesota, Utah, and Oregon Symphony orchestras. He has also appeared at the [[Grant Park Music Festival|Grant Park]], [[Tanglewood Music Festival|Tanglewood]] and [[Aspen Music Festival and School|Aspen]] music festivals. European orchestras he has conducted include the [[Royal Philharmonic]], [[Orchestre National de Belgique]], [[Orchestre de Paris]], [[Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France]]; Bonn's Beethovenhalle Orchestra, the [[Münchner Rundfunkorchester]], [[Duisburger Philharmoniker]], [[Danish National Symphony Orchestra]], [[Norwegian Radio Orchestra]], [[Kungliga Filharmonikerna]], the [[Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra]], and the [[Prague Philharmonia]]. In Australia, he has led the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane symphony orchestras, and in China he has conducted the [[China National Opera Orchestra]] in conjunction with the 2008 Olympic Games. He conducted the [[Richard Tucker Foundation Gala]] with the [[Metropolitan Opera Orchestra]] at Lincoln Center's [[Avery Fisher Hall]].

Emmanuel Villaume holds an honorary doctorate from the [[University of Indianapolis]].


==Selected recordings==
==Selected recordings==
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==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
*Furtwangler, William, [http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/jun/07/a-lovely-adieu/ 'A Lovely Adieu'] "Charleston Post and Courier", June 7, 2010. Accessed June 20, 2010.
*Page, Tim, [http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2009/may/24/gamble_on_louise_pays_off83460 'Gamble on Louise Pays Off'],''Charleston Post and Courier'', May 24, 2009. Accessed 18 July 2009.
*Waleson, Heidi, [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122488530997868031.html 'French Lessons in Life'],''The Wall Street Journal, October 25, 2008. Accessed 13 November 2008.
*Patner, Andrew, [http://www.suntimes.com/entertainment/music/classical/1190401,CST-FTR-lyric29.article 'Manon' opens season in style'], ''The Chicago Sun Times'', September 29, 2008. Accessed 13 November 2008.
*Page, Tim, [http://www.charleston.net/news/2008/jun/07/days_left_experience_great_music43811 '2 Days Left to Experience Great Music'],'' Charleston Post and Courier'', June 7, 2008. Accessed 30 June 2008.
*Smith, Steve, [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/arts/music/20fish.html?_r=1&scp=5&sq=Juilliard+Steve+Smith&st=nyt&oref=slogin 'Birds Sing, Glasses Wail, Storms Rage, Seas Toss'''] ''New York Times'''', 20 February 2008. Accessed 30 June 2008.
*[http://www.spoletousa.org/about/leadership_villaume.php Biography] Spoleto Festival USA. Accessed 19 December 2007.
*[http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch2k.r?Term=Villaume,%20Emmanuel%20%5BConductor%5D&limit=5000&vsrchtype=no&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&Start=&End=&theterm=Villa%75m%65,%20%45mman%75%65l%20%5BCond%75c%74o%72%5D&srt=&x=0&xHome=http://66.187.153.86/archives/bibpro.htm&xHomePath=http://66.187.153.86/archives/ Emmanuel Villaume performance record], New York Metropolitan Opera (MetDatabase). Accessed 19 December 2007.
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E4DB1731F937A15753C1A9669C8B63 'French Conductor Named Music Director for Spoleto Festival U.S.A.'] ''[[New York Times]]'', October 24, 2000. Accessed 19 December 2007.
*Delacoma, Wynne, 'Villaume conducts memorable Grant Park debut', ''Chicago Sun-Times'', July 11, 2005. Accessed 19 December 2007.
*Kimberly, Nick, [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20001004/ai_n14349322 Review: ''The Tales of Hoffman'', Royal Opera House, London], ''[[The Independent]]'', October 4, 2000. Accessed 19 December 2007.
*Loomis, George, [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/18/features/meyer.php 'Il Crociato in Egitto: Teatro La Fenice opens with a daring look back']. ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', January 18, 2007. Accessed 19 December 2007.
*Oestreich, James R., [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E2D71530F931A35755C0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print 'Critic's Notebook'] (reviews of ''[[Tamerlano]]'', ''Lakmé'', and [[Symphony No. 6 (Mahler)|Mahler's 6th Symphony]] at the Spoleto Festival USA), ''New York Times'', June 2, 2003. Accessed 20 December 2007.
*Seckerson, Edward, [http://arts.independent.co.uk/music/reviews/article20568.ece Review: ''La Rondine'', Royal Opera House, London], ''The Independent'', November 17, 2004. Accessed 19 December 2007.
*University of Indianapolis, [http://www.uindy.edu/news/?p=264 'Spoleto Festival USA music director to be UIndy commencement speaker'], May 1, 2003. Accessed 19 December 2007.


==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.emmanuelvillaume.com Emmanuel Villaume official web site]
*[http://www.emmanuelvillaume.com Emmanuel Villaume official web site]
*[http://www.bruceduffie.com/villaume.html Emmanuel Villaume interview] by Bruce Duffie
*[http://www.bruceduffie.com/villaume.html Emmanuel Villaume interview] by Bruce Duffie

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Revision as of 18:24, 4 July 2013

Emmanuel Villaume (born 1964, Strasbourg, France) is a French orchestra conductor.

Villaume began his musical education at the Strasbourg Conservatory. He continued his studies in Paris at Khâgne and the Sorbonne where he studied literature, philosophy and musicology). At age 21, he became stage manager and dramaturg at the Opéra National du Rhin, where he met Spiros Argiris, who was then the music director of the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. Villaume subsequently studied conducting with Argiris, and later became an assistant conductor to Seiji Ozawa.[1]

Villaume made his American conducting debut came in 1990 with Le nozze di Figaro at the Spoleto Festival USA. He was named music director for opera and orchestra of the Spoleto Festival USA in October 2000,[1] and held the post from 2001 to 2010.[2] He first conducted at the Metropolitan Opera in September 2004 in Madama Butterfly.[3] Villaume first conducted at Dallas Opera in 1998. In April 2013, Villaume was named music director of the Dallas Opera, with immediate effect.[4][5]

Outside of the USA, Villaume debuted at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden conducting Les Contes d'Hoffmann in October 2000. In January 2007 he made his conducting debut at La Fenice in Venice with Meyerbeer's Il crociato in Egitto. He became chief conductor of the Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra in 2008[6], and held the post through 2013.[7] He became chief conductor of the Slovak Philharmonic in 2009, and is currently contracted to the orchestra through 2016.[7]

Villaume holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Indianapolis.[8]

Selected recordings

  • Emmanuel: les symphonies - suite française - ouverture pour un conte gai (Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume). Timpani Recordings 1C1189.
  • Puccini: La Rondine (Ainhoa Arteta and Marcus Haddock) (Washington National Opera Orchestra and Chorus; Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume). Decca B001Q2RVTY DVD
  • Souvenirs: (Anna Netrebko) (Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume). Deutsche Grammophon 4777451 CD
  • Duets: (Anna Netrebko and Rolando Villazón) (Orchestras: Staatskapelle Dresden and Orchestre National de Belgique; Conductors: Nicola Luisotti and Emmanuel Villaume). Deutsche Grammophon 4776635 CD
  • Massenet: Chérubin (Michelle Breedt, Patrizia Ciofi, Carmela Remigio,Giorgio Surjan, Teresa di Bari, Alessandra Palomba, Nicola Ebau, et al.; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Lirico di Cagliari; Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume) Dynamic CDS 508/1-2 CD and DV 33508 DVD
  • Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein (Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Carlo Allemano, Thomas Morris, Richard Plaza; Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia; Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume) Dynamic CDS173 CD
  • Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto (Michael Maniaci, Patrizia Ciofi, Marco Vinco, Laura Polverelli, Fernando Portari, Iorio Zennaro, Silvia Pasini, Luca Favaron, Emanuele Pedrini; Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro La Fenice; Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume) Dynamic DV 33549 DVD

References

  1. ^ a b "French Conductor Named Music Director for Spoleto Festival U.S.A." New York Times. 2000-10-24. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
  2. ^ William Furtwangler (2010-06-07). "A Lovely Adieu". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  3. ^ Jeremy Eichler (2004-09-24). "The Met's 'Madama Butterfly,' Revived but Not Reimagined". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  4. ^ "The Dallas Opera Proudly Announces Our New Music Director Emmanuel Villaume" (Press release). Dallas Opera. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  5. ^ Scott Cantrell (2013-04-30). "Dallas Opera names Emmanuel Villaume new music director". Dallas Morning News. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  6. ^ "Villaume novi šef dirigent, Pehlivanian odhaja". Delo. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  7. ^ a b Boštjan Tadel (2013-05-06). "Emmanuel Villaume, dirigent: V Sloveniji je Preobilje Kulture". Pogledi. Retrieved 2013-07-04.
  8. ^ "University growth splits commencement ceremonies in two" (PDF). Portico. Summer: 17. 2003. Retrieved 2013-07-04.

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Cultural offices
Preceded by Music Director, Spoleto Festival USA
2001-2010 		Succeeded by
(post vacant)
Preceded by Chief Conductor, Slovenian Philharmonic Orchestra
2008-2013 		Succeeded by
(post vacant)
Preceded by Chief Conductor, Slovak Philharmonic
2009-present 		Succeeded by
incumbent
Preceded by Music Director, Dallas Opera
2013-present 		Succeeded by
incumbent

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