Stéphanie d'Oustrac

Stéphanie d'Oustrac (born 1974, in Rennes) is a French mezzo-soprano.

Biography Stéphanie d'Oustrac was born in Rennes in 1974. She is the great grand niece of Francis Poulenc and Jacques La Presle.

Her family background was neither musical nor cultured, but around 11 she joined a local choir because she was asthmatic and shy; she began to get solos in the choir and developed ambitions to be an actress.

She appeared at the Glyndebourne Festival Opera. She also regularly gives chamber music concerts with various ensembles (The Paladins, The Arpeggiata, The Bergamasco, Il Seminario Musicale, Amaryllis). She is also a soloist in recital.

Selected recordings

Marc-Antoine Charpentier : Médée H.491, Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Médée), François-Nicolas Geslot (Jason), Gaëlle Méchaly (Créuse), Bertrand Chuberre (Oronte), Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet, stage Director, Olivier Simonnet, directed by Olivier Simonnet. DVD, Armide Classics / Vox Lucida ARM 002, 2004. André Cardinal Destouches : Callirhoé, Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Callirhoé), Cyril Auvity (Agénor), João Fernandes(Corésus), Ingrid Perruche (La Reine), Renaud Delaigue, Le Ministre, Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet. Glossa, 2007. Maurice Ravel : L'Heure espagnole and L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Concepcion, The Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Kazushi Ono, Stage Director, Laurent Pelly. DVD, Glyndebourne Fra Musica, 2012. Berlioz's Béatrice et Bénédict : Stéphanie d'Oustrac (Béatrice), Paul Appleby (Bénédict), Sophie Karthäuser (Héro), Lionel Lothe (Somarone), Philippe Sly (Claudio), Frédéric Caton (Don Pedro), Katarina Bradìc (Ursule), London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, staged by Laurent Pelly, conducted by Antonello Manacorda. DVD, Opus Arte, 2017 Emmanuel Chabrier : L'étoile, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Lazuli, Hélène Guilmette, La princesse Laoula, Christophe Mortagne, Le Roi Ouf, Jérome Varnier, Siroco, Choeur de l'Opéra national des Pays-Bas, Orchestre de la Résidence de La Haye, conducted by Patrick Fournillier, Stage Director, Laurent Pelly. DVD/Blu-ray, Naxos, 2019 (Diapason d'or of the year, 2019) Recital of French songs - Invitation Au Voyage (Mélodies Françaises), with Pascal Jourdan (piano). Ambronay Éditions (CD), 2014