Born in Strasbourg, Antoinette Dennefeld studied at the Haute École de Musique de Lausanne.

Winner of several international prizes, she sings at the opera and in concert in major houses and festivals including Opéra National de Paris, Opéra Comique in Paris, Opéra National de Lyon, Opéra de Marseille, Opéra de Dijon, Opéra national du Rhin, Opéra National de Lorraine, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Maggio musicale fiorentino in Italy, Opéra de Lausanne, Ópera de Tenerife and Festival d’Aix-en- Provence.

She excels across a wide range of repertoire: Mozart (Dorabella in Così fan tutte, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni); bel canto (Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Isolier in Le Comte Ory, Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi); French repertoire (Charlotte in Werther, the title role in Carmen and La Périchole, Concepciòn in L’Heure espagnole, Le Prince in Cendrillon, Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande, Giulietta in Les Contes d’Hoffmann); and contemporary music (Yvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne by Philippe Boesmans).

Dennefeld made her debut in Falstaff (Meg) at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and in Lyon, Carmen (title role) in Strasbourg and Mulhouse, Werther (Charlotte) in Marseille, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Hermia) in Lille and La Périchole at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, in Dijon and in Toulon, Pelléas et Mélisande (Mélisande) with the Orchestra National de France.

Photo (c) Louis Barsiat