Adèle Charvet

In the last two seasons, Charvet returned to the Opéra Comique for Charlotte in Werther in a new production directed by Ted Huffman and conducted by Raphaël Pichon, and reprised the role for the Salzburg Festival conducted by Alain Altinoglu; made her debut at the Glyndebourne Festival as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro; made her role debut as the title role in Ariodante for the Opéra national du Rhin, Strasbourg; her role debut in the title role in Carmen in a new production at the Opéra royal de Versailles and her role debut as Charlotte in Werther with the Geneva Chamber Orchestra conducted by Marc Leroy-Calatayud; returned to the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse for the title role in Carmen; toured the title role in Dido and Aeneas with Le Poème Harmonique and Berenice in Farnace with I Gemelli to Madrid, Paris, Geneva and Oviedo; performed a Joséphine Baker programme with the Orchestre de Picardie at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, returning later in the season to the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as Vendredi in a new Laurent Pelly production of Offenbach's Robinson Crusoé; gave a celebratory concert with Julien Chauvin’s Le Concert de La Loge at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées; performed Carmen and Djamileh excerpts with Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre; Dido in Dido and Aeneas with Le Poème Harmonique at Bozar; Chausson’s Poème de l'amour et de la mer with the Orquesta del Principado de Asturias; Bach’s Johannes Passion with the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria; and Bach’s Easter Oratorio with the Cleveland Orchestra conducted by Bernard Labadie.

Other highlights include the role of Giulietta in Zingarelli Giulietta e Romeo at the Opéra royal de Versailles conducted by Stefan Plewniak; Ascagne Les Troyens on tour with the Monteverdi Choir and the Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, with performances at the Berlioz Festival, Salzburg Festival, Versailles, Berliner Festspiele and the BBC Proms; a staged concert performance of Wozzeck at the Verbier Festival conducted by Lahav Shani; Helen in Foccroulle Le Journal d’Hélène Berr at the Opéra National du Rhin, Strasbourg; title role La Cenerentola for the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse; Honnegger Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher with the Berliner Philharmoniker cond. Alan Gilbert, as well as numerous international chamber projects and recitals. She has also appeared as Stephano Roméo et Juliette for the Opéra Comique, Rosina Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse and Mélisande Pélleas et Mélisande for the Opéra de Rouen.   
 
She made her operatic stage debut and as Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, followed by the Polovtsian maiden in Prince Igor for Dutch National Opera. There followed a series  of house debuts at the Verbier Festival, the Royal Opera, Covent Garden as Mercédès Carmen, the Opéra national de Bordeaux as Rosina Il barbiere di Siviglia and the Opéra Comique Javotte in Olivier Py’s production of Manon conducted by Marc Minkowski.  Charvet’s artistry has captivated audiences across the world, with versatility spanning early to contemporary repertoire, encompassing vocal recitals with piano, chamber music, opera and orchestral concerts with renowned ensembles and conductors including Marc Minkowski. Raphaël Pichon,  Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Lahav Shani, Vincent Dumestre and Julien Chauvin.  
 
Charvet recorded her debut album, Long Time Ago, featuring American and English songs with pianist  Susan Manoff, for  Alpha Classics in 2019. She is now an exclusive recording artist, with her eclectic discography exploring a rich repertoire spanning all forms and periods, from chamber music to opera. In her second solo album, Teatro Sant’Angelo, she presents world premiere recordings of arias by Vivaldi, Chelleri and Ristori, recorded with the French ensemble Le Consort. This album was awarded the Diamant d’Opéra Magazine Award, TTTT Télérama, and 5 stars from BBC Music Magazine. In August 2025, Charvet released a third album, Belle Époque, with a programme of songs by French composers with pianist Florian Caroubi. 
 
Charvet studied at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Paris and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. Her accolades include the 'Yves Paternot' prize for the most outstanding musician of the Verbier Academy, the Melodie prize at the Nadia and Lili Boulanger International Competition (alongside duo partner Florian Caroubi), and the Grand Prize and four special prizes at the IVC Competition in 's-Hertogenbosch. 

2026/27 season / 894 words. Not to be altered without permission.