Lise Viricel

The versatile French soprano Lise Viricel began her career in the choir school of the Opéra National de Lyon and studied singing at the Conservatoire de Lyon (CNSMD). While still a student she participated in concerts and in numerous productions of the Opéra National de Lyon, increasingly specializing in early music.

In 2015 she came to know Jordi Savall and Lluís Vilamajó, with whom she has since worked regularly. She also performs with ensembles such as Spirito, Arsys Bourgogne and Concerto Soave, and is a member of the ensemble Coclico, which specializes in improvisatory vocal music from the 15th and 16th centuries.

Her operatic repertory includes Céphise in Marin Marais’ Alcione and La Ninfa in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo under Jordi Savall at the Opéra Comique, the title role in Christian Duchange’s children’s opera Jeanne et la chambre à airs with the Compagnie l’Artifice and Euralio in Cavalli’s L’Oristeo with Concerto Soave under Jean-Marc Aymes.

In 2020 she founded the ensemble Le Stelle, with which she interprets Baroque repertory. Their first recording, Parla, canta, respira, was released in 2021 by Seulétoile and is dedicated to works by the Venetian Baroque composer Barbara Strozzi.

She regularly collaborates with the contemporary dance company Système Castafiore and has appeared with them in productions such as Théorie des prodiges and Kantus 4-Xtinct Species.

She is also active as a composer. Her recent work Tori, a music theatre piece for young audiences, received its premiere in 2024 at the Cité de la Voix in Vézelay and was subsequently performed in Lyon and at the Opéra National de Montpellier.

Lise Viricel’s discography includes recordings such as Naissance de Vénus with Arsys Bourgogne under Mihály Zeke, Campra’s L’Europe galante with Les Nouveaux under Sébastien d’Hérin, and numerous recordings with Jordi Savall and La Capella Reial de Catalunya, including Noël baroque au temps de Louis XIV and Charpentier’s Te Deum, Beethoven’s Missa solemnis, Haydn’s The Seasons, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo and, most recently, in 2025, Mozart’s Mass in C minor.