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Lea Desandre
Mezzo-soprano
© Eric Nehr
Biography
Of French-Italian origin, Lea Desandre studied in Venice with Sara Mingardo, joined William Christie's Jardin des Voix in 2015 and the Mozart Academy of the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 2016. She was named Lyric Revelation of the Victoires de la Musique in 2017. She has performed at the Opéra Comique, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Salzburg Festival, the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Zurich Opera House and the Lausanne Opera House in roles such as the title roles in Alcione, Ariodante and Samson, Flerida (Erismena), Valetto/Amore (The Coronation of Poppea), Venus (Orpheus in the Underworld), Abel (The Death of Abel), Despina (Così fan tutte), Urbain (Les Huguenots), Idamante (Idomeneo), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Annio (La Clemenza di Tito), Amour (Orfeo), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Didone (Dido and Aeneas).
During the 2025-2026 season, she will perform the title role of Theodora at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, in Bordeaux, Dijon, Montpellier and Brussels, Mélisande (Pelléas et Mélisande) in Monte Carlo, and Sextus (La Clemenza di Tito) in Zurich.
At the Opéra national de Paris: Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), 2022; Roméo et Juliette (Stephano), 2023; Médée (title role), 2024.
Currently in
- Palais Garnier
- from 15 November to 27 December 2025
