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2024-25
21.09.24 Symphony no3, Symphony of Sorrowful Songs (Henryk Górecki) 20H
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE LIEGE / MANEGE FONCK
Conducting, Karel Deseure
soprano solo, Sarah Defrise
choreography, Kader Attou
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15.11.24 Das Paradies und die Peri (Robert Schumann) - Die Jungfrau
THEATER AN DER WIEN
Conducting, Giedrė Šlekytė
with Elsa Dreisig, Werner Güra, Samantha Hankey, Cameron Becker, Daniel Schmutzhard, Levente Páll
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22.12.24 & 30.12.2024 Robinson Crusoe (Jacques Offenbach) - Suzanne
KOMISCHE OPER BERLIN
Conducting, Adrien Perruchon
with Augustin Gomez, Miriam Kutrowatz, Tom Erik Lie, Andreja Schneider, Karolina Gumos, Johannes Dunz, Virginie Verrez, Christoph Späth
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January 2025 (exact dates to be confirmed) MASTERCLASS WOMEN COMPOSER
LA MONNAIE/DE MUNT - MMACADEMY
Aïda Gabriels, staging
Sarah Defrise, soprano
NN, pianist
28.02.25 –> 04.03.25 – HYSTERIA (residency)
MANEGE DE NAMUR
Company ZIN!
Julia Deit-Ferrand, mezzo
Sarah Defrise, soprano
Stephane Ginsburgh, pianist
08.04.2025 Soprano Solo
Festival Archipel (Geneva) -
ENSEMBLE CONTRECHAMPS
Conductor NN
World Premiere by Natacha Diels
25.04.25 Soprano Solo
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FESTIVAL "POZNAN MUSICAL SPRING" - Opening Night
ENSEMBLE INTERCONTEMPORAIN
Conductor Nicolò Umberto Foron
Music by Luciano Berio, Peter Eötvös, Michal Janocha, Nicolò Umberto Foron
20.06.25 --> 11.07.25 Cassandra (Bernard Foccroulle) – Naomi
STAATSOPER UNTER DEN LINDEN BERLIN
Staging, Marie-Eve Signeyrole
conducting, Anja Bihlmaier
with Katarina Bradić, Jessica Niles, Susan Bickley, Sarah Defrise, Valdemar Villadsen, Joshua Hopkins,
Gidon Saks, Sandrine Mairesse, Lisa Willems
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2023-24
10.09.23 --> 23.09.23 – Cassandra (Bernard Foccroulle) - Naomi - (WP)
LA MONNAIE/DE MUNT
Staging, Marie-Eve Signerole
Conducting, Kazuchi Ono
with Katarina Bradić, Jessica Niles, Paul Appleby, Susan Bickley, Gidon Saks, Joshua Hopkins
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29.10.23 – Skin Deep, Stefan Prins (WP) 17H
THEATER ESSEN
Ensemble Ascolta
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03.11.23 -> 09.11.23 Sleepless (Peter Eötvös) - The Girl
STAATSOPER UNTER DEN LINDEN BERLIN
Staging, Kornél Mundrunczó
Conducting, Peter Eötvös
with Linard Vrielink, Victoria Randem, Tómas Tómasson, Hanna Schwarz, Roman Trekel, Katharina Kammerloher, Andres Moreno Garcia, Jaka Mihelač
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10.11.23 –> 15.11.23 – I HATE NEW MUSIC! - (WP)
NOUVEL OPERA FRIBOURG/NUITHONIE
One-woman-show
Text and interpretation, Sarah Defrise
Staging, Natacha Kowalski
Video 3D animation, CINE3D
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02.03.2024 Soprano Solo
Ciclo de Música Actual de Badajoz - CNDM
BADAJOZ- Palacio de Congresos
Ensemble Sonido Extremo
Conductor Jordi Frances
Alexander von Zemlinsky / José Luis Turina - Suite de lieder
J. L. Turina - Dos danzas de ‘La raya en el agua’
Mikel Urquiza - Ships vanishing in the horizon
Olga Neuwirth - Piazza dei numeri
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04.03.2024 Soprano Solo
Ciclo de Música Actual de Badajoz - CNDM
MADRID - Auditorio 400 del MNCARS
Ensemble Sonido Extremo
Conductor Jordi Frances
Alexander von Zemlinsky / José Luis Turina - Suite de lieder
J. L. Turina - Dos danzas de ‘La raya en el agua’
Mikel Urquiza - Ships vanishing in the horizon
Olga Neuwirth - Piazza dei numeri
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12.03.24 --> 24.03.24 Marie et Woyzeck (Büchner + d'Ollone) – Cathy
THEÂTRE DES MARTYRS, BRUXELLES
Staging, Pauline d'Ollone
with Pierange Buondelmonte, Sarah Defrise, Marie Denys, Liesbeth Kiebooms, Gaëtan Lejeune, Gabriel Govea Ramos, Naaman Sluchin
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28.03.24 --> 29.03.24 Marie et Wozzeck (Büchner + d'Ollone) – Cathy
PBA CHARLEROI
Staging, Pauline d'Ollone
with Pierange Buondelmonte, Sarah Defrise, Marie Denys, Liesbeth Kiebooms, Gaëtan Lejeune, Gabriel Govea Ramos, Naaman Sluchin
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02.04.24 --> 04.04.24 Marie et Wozzeck (Büchner + d'Ollone) – Cathy
THEÂTRE LE MANEGE, MONS
Staging, Pauline d'Ollone
with Pierange Buondelmonte, Sarah Defrise, Marie Denys, Liesbeth Kiebooms, Gaëtan Lejeune, Gabriel Govea Ramos, Naaman Sluchin
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31.05.24 –> 06.06.24 – I HATE NEW MUSIC! - PREMIERE IN BELGIUM
THEATRE DES MARTYRS/LA MONNAIE/DE MUNT
One-woman-show
Text and interpretation, Sarah Defrise
Staging, Natacha Kowalski
Video 3D animation, CINE3D
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2022-23
30.10.22 – Sarah Defrise : Recital Next generation 11H
BOZAR – Salle Henri Le Bœuf
pianist, Stephane Ginsburgh
Programme : Debussy, Foccroulle, Van Parys, R. Strauss
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24.01.23 –> 12.02.23 – Arabella (Richard Strauss) - Zdenka
TEATRO REAL MADRID
Staging, Christof Loy
Conducting, David Afkham
with Sara Jakubiak, Anne Sofie von Otter, Martin Winkler, Josef Wagner
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22.02.23 –> 28.02.23 – I HATE NEW MUSIC! - Creation Residency
NOUVEL OPERA FRIBOURG
One-woman-show
Text and interpretation, Sarah Defrise
Staging, Natacha Kowalski
Video 3D animation, Guillaume Animation
29.03.23 – Pierrot Lunaire, Arnold Schönberg 19H
UNIVERSITE DE LILLE
Ensemble Fractales
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18.05.23 Ligeti Requiem – LIGETI 100 FESTIVAL 19H30
MÜPA - Budapest (Béla Bartòk Concert Hall)
Concerto Budapest orchestra
Hungarian Radio Choir
Peter Eötvös, conductor
Szilvia Vörös, mezzo-soprano
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23.05.23 CD Release Recital – Joseph Jongen's songs 20H
ARSONIC, Mons
pianist, Craig White
Programme: Joseph Jongen, Debussy, Fauré, Bizet, and others.
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25.05.23 – Aventures / Nouvelles Aventures - Soprano
BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTER
Music, GYÖRGY LIGETI
Conductor, Gregory Vajda
28.05.23 – Mysteries of the Macabre - Soprano
BUDAPEST MUSIC CENTER
Music, GYÖRGY LIGETI
Ligeti Ensemble
Peter Eötvös, conductor
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30.05.23 – Aventures / Nouvelles Aventures - Soprano
CLUJ
Music, GYÖRGY LIGETI
Conductor, Gregory Vajda
15.06.23 -> 29.06.23 Sleepless - The Girl
STAATSOPER UNTER DEN LINDEN BERLIN
Music, Peter Eötvös
Staging, Kornél Mundrunczó
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2021-22
08.10.21 – CD release concert : "For Cathy" (Sub Rosa)
FLAGEY (Studio 1)
Ravel, Debussy, Gershwin, Villa-Lobos, Berio, Berberian
pianist, Stephane Ginsburgh
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28.11.21 –> 16.12.21 – Sleepless WORLD PREMIERE - The Girl
STAATSOPER BERLIN Unter den Linden
Music, Peter Eötvös
Staging, Kornél Mundrunczó
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20.01.22 –> 24.01.22 – Der Goldene Drache - The Young Woman/The Little Chinese
COMÉDIE DE GENÈVE
Music, Peter Eötvös
Staging, Julien Chavaz
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03.02.22 – Pierrot Lunaire, Arnold Schönberg
SALLE ACADÉMIQUE DE L'UNIVERSITÉ DE LIÈGE
Ensemble Fractales
Concert de midi de Liège
26.02.22 & 27.02 – Der Goldene Drache - The Young Woman/The Little Chinese
NOUVEL OPÉRA FRIBOURG
Music, Peter Eötvös
Staging, Julien Chavaz
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11.03.22 Andere Schatten – Soprano
HERCULESSAAL MUNICH
Music Wolfgang Rihm
cond. : Ingo Metzmacher / barytone : Georg Nigl
Symphony Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
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29.03.22 –> 05.04.22 Sleepless - The Girl
GRAND THÉATRE GENÈVE
Music, Peter Eötvös
Staging, Kornél Mundrunczó
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12.04.22 Sleepless - The Girl
MÜPA BUDAPEST
Music, Peter Eötvös
Concert version
20.04.22 –> 24.04.22 Is this the end ? Here's the Woman - The Teenager
LA MONNAIE/DE MUNT
Music, Jean-Luc Fafchamps
Staging, Ingrid Von Wantoch Rekowski
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13.05.22 –> 26.05.22 Don Giovanni – Zerlina
OPÉRA ROYAL DE WALLONIE
Music, W.-A. Mozart
Staging, Jaco Van Dormael
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2020-21
12.09.20 – La Monnaie/De Munt 20:00
The Teenager (Is this the end ? PART1:Dead little girl ) World Premiere
Music by Jean-Luc Fafchamps
Patrick Davin, conductor
Ingrid Von Wantoch Rekowski, stage director
Eric Brucher, librettist
Jean-Claude Wouters, movie director
Sarah Defrise, the Teenager
Albane Carrère, the Woman
Amaury Massion, the Man
13.09.20 – La Monnaie/De Munt 15:00
The Teenager (Is this the end ? PART1:Dead little girl ) World Premiere
19.09.20 – Salle Philharmonique de Liège 17:00
Live stream of the Opening of the Fêtes de Wallonie
20.09.20 – Kiosque du Parc de Charleroi (morning)
Opening week-end of the Festival du Hainaut
Opera-Cabaret recital with pianist Stephane Ginsburgh
03.10.20 – Ferme d'Awans, Jodoigne 17:15
Essential Beethoven, Festival Musiq'3 Brabant Wallon
"Nature, reflet de l'intime"
Lieder recital with pianist Stephane Ginsburgh
Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Strauss
14.10.20 – Espace culturel Ronny Coutteure 19:00
Les délices baroques (Apéro de Sarah 1)
Recital around Bach's Coffee Cantate
Thomas Waelbroeck, harpsichord
15.11.20 – Théâtre Poème - Ars Musica 20:00 - CANCELLED
Europera V
The last opera by Cage
with singer Katalin Károly and pianist Stephane Ginsburgh
18.02.21 – Budapest Music Centrum 19:30 (Streaming)
Aventure, Nouvelles aventures, György Ligeti
Soprano part
concert organized by the Peter Eötvös Music Foundation for György Kurtag's 95th birthday
20.03.21 – l'Argonne 20:00 - CANCELLED
"Nature, reflet de l'intime"
Lieder recital with pianist Stephane Ginsburgh
Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn, Strauss
08-11.04.21 – Flagey studio 4 - CD recording
"Pour Cathy", a tribute to Cathy Berberian
A capella pieces by Berio, Cage, Berberian, Pousseur,
and Bussotti.
30.05.21 – Nouvel Opéra de Fribourg - 17:00
Mélisande ( Pelléas et Mélisande ), World Premiere
Musical Theater Project based on Maeterlinck's play
Text adaptation and staging, Julien Chavaz and Nicole Morel
Music, Nicholas Stücklin
With Charlotte Dumartheray, Aurélien Patouillard, Steven Beard, Vincent Casagrande, Sarah Defrise, Kiyan Khoshoie
10.06.21 – Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet (Paris) 20:00
Mélisande ( Pelléas et Mélisande ), World Premiere
Musical Theater Project based on Maeterlinck's play
Text adaptation and staging, Julien Chavaz and Nicole Morel
Music, Nicholas Stücklin
With Charlotte Dumartheray, Aurélien Patouillard, Steven Beard, Vincent Casagrande, Sarah Defrise, Kiyan Khoshoie
12.06.21 – Château de Fouleng 20:00
Printemps Musical de Silly
Recital around the city of Vienna, European capital of classical music
15.06.21 – Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet (Paris) 19:00
Mélisande ( Pelléas et Mélisande ), World Premiere
Musical Theater Project based on Maeterlinck's play
Text adaptation and staging, Julien Chavaz and Nicole Morel
Music, Nicholas Stücklin
With Charlotte Dumartheray, Aurélien Patouillard, Vincent Casagrande, Sarah Defrise, Kiyan Khoshoie
16.06.21 – Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet (Paris) 20:00
IDEM
19.06.21 – Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet (Paris) 20:00
IDEM
20.06.21 – Athénée Théâtre Louis Jouvet (Paris) 15:00
IDEM
25.06.21 – Théâtre Lumen 18:00
Festival Musiq'3
I HATE NEW MUSIC !
Contemporary music stand-up comedy show
21.07.21 – Kuhmo Church 21:00
Kuhmo Music Festival
"Passion"
22.07.21 – Kuhmo Church 21:30
Kuhmo Music Festival
"Schubert's secret message"
23.07.21 – Kuhmo Arts Center 15:00
Kuhmo Music Festival
"Orient" in Beethoven's time
24.07.21 – Kuhmo Arts Center 15:00
Kuhmo Music Festival
"Rosenspur"
24.07.21 – Kuhmo Church 18:00
Kuhmo Music Festival
"Sternenzelt"
24.07.21 – Kuhmo Arts Center 21:30
Kuhmo Music Festival
"Des Schöpfer's Welt"
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