Ma dit Amour Julie Roset & Susan Manoff

• Charles Koechlin (1867 - 1950): Sept chansons pour Gladys, Op. 151:
• 1 Koechlin: Sept chansons pour Gladys, Op. 151: No. 1, M'a dit Amour 01:33
• Manuel Rosenthal (1904 - 2003): Pêcheur de lune:
• 2 Rosenthal: Pêcheur de lune 02:26
• Isabelle Aboulker (b. 1938): L'inconstante:
• 3 Aboulker: L'inconstante 02:24
• Lili Boulanger (1893 - 1918): Clairières dans le ciel:
• 4 Boulanger: Clairières dans le ciel: No. 1, Elle était descendue au bas de la prairie 02:00
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Fêtes galantes, L. 80:
• 5 Debussy: Fêtes galantes, L. 80: No. 1, En sourdine 02:54
• Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117:
• 6 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin 02:43
• La fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 15:
• 7 Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin, L. 15 04:21
• Louis Beydts (1896 - 1953): Chansons pour les oiseaux:
• 8 Beydts: Chansons pour les oiseaux: No. 1, La colombe poignardée 03:04
• 9 Beydts: Chansons pour les oiseaux: No. 2, Le petit pigeon bleu 02:04
• 10 Beydts: Chansons pour les oiseaux: No. 3, L'oiseau bleu 03:11
• 11 Beydts: Chansons pour les oiseaux: No. 4, Le petit serin en cage 01:49
• Isabelle Aboulker: Je t'aime !:
• 12 Aboulker: Je t'aime ! 03:49
• Manuel Rosenthal: Rêverie:
• 13 Rosenthal: Rêverie: Pour calmer ma détresse 02:47
• Reynaldo Hahn (1875 - 1947): Neuf mélodies retrouvées:
• 14 Hahn: Neuf mélodies retrouvées: No. 5, Naïs 02:03
• Isabelle Aboulker: La princesse au petit pois:
• 15 Aboulker: La princesse au petit pois 04:31
• Claude Debussy: Romance, L. 43 "Silence ineffable":
• 16 Debussy: Romance, L. 43 "Silence ineffable" 02:31
• Fête galante, L. 23 "Voilà Sylvandre et Lycas et Myrtil":
• 17 Debussy: Fête galante, L. 23 "Voilà Sylvandre et Lycas et Myrtil" 01:57
• Georges Enesco (1881 - 1955): Sept chansons de Clément Marot, Op. 15:
• 18 Enesco: Sept chansons de Clément Marot, Op. 15: No. 2, Languir me fait 01:54
• Reynaldo Hahn: Le rossignol éperdu, Versailles:
• 19 Hahn: Le rossignol éperdu, Versailles: No. 49, Le banc songeur 02:29
• Claude Debussy: La romance d'Ariel, L. 54:
• 20 Debussy: La romance d'Ariel, L. 54 04:29
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): La courte paille, FP 178:
• 21 Poulenc: La courte paille, FP 178: No. 3, La reine de cœur 01:41
• Mel Bonis (1858 - 1937): Trois mélodies, Op. 91:
• 22 Bonis: Trois mélodies, Op. 91: No. 3, Songe 03:10
• Total Runtime 59:50

Info for Ma dit Amour

French soprano Julie Roset is one of the rising stars of the younger generation. Winner of both the Operalia First Prize in 2023 and the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition in 2022, Julie Roset was nominated for the Victoires de la Musique Classique in the Révélation Lyrique category in 2025. This is her first recital and the start of a multi-project collaboration with the Alpha Classics label. With pianist Susan Manoff, she has devised a highly personal programme of French melodies that showcase her vocal qualities as a coloratura soprano and her mischievous, sparkling personality. It includes well-known melodists such as Debussy and Poulenc, as well as works by rarer composers such as Isabelle Aboulker, Mel Bonis and Louis Beydts.

Julie Roset, soprano
Susan Manoff, piano

Julie Roset
French soprano Julie Roset is acclaimed for her radiant tone, expressive phrasing, and stylistic versatility across a diverse opera and concert repertoire. She has graced leading stages including Opéra national de Paris, Opéra-Comique, Teatro Real, Salzburg Festival, and Festival d’Aix-en Provence, with further debuts at The Metropolitan Opera and Glyndebourne Festival Opera. Her operatic repertoire spans baroque, classical and early romantic and includes roles by Monteverdi, Charpentier, Purcell, Rameau, Handel, Mozart, Offenbach, Massenet, Strauss, Stravinsky, Ravel and Poulenc and her concert repertoire includes sacred works and oratorios including Bach, Weihnachtsoratorium and Matthäuspassion, Handel, Messiah and La Resurrezione, Haydn, Die Schöpfung, Mahler, Symphony No.2 and Orff, Carmina Burana.

Roset collaborates with renowned conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Raphaël Pichon, Thomas Søndergård, Ottavio Dantone, Leonardo García Alarcón, Adam Fischer and William Christie, and works with visionary directors including Ted Huffman, Claus Guth, and David McVicar. Her artistic identity is shaped by close partnerships with baroque ensembles including Cappella Mediterranea, Le Concert de la Loge, Les Arts Florissants, and Twelfth Night.

With her ensemble La Néréide, she features on Il concerto segreto (Ricercar) and Le cœur et la raison (Alpha Classics), affirming her commitment to historically informed performance and creative exploration.

Julie Roset’s musical education includes distinguished training at institutions in Avignon and Geneva, before completing her studies at the Juilliard School in New York. She is the winner of several prestigious competitions including Plácido Domingo’s Operalia, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and Les Victoires de la Musique Classique.

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