Elsa Benoit
Soprano
“Perfect diction, ideal phrasing, flawlessly controlled high notes, and total emotional commitment.”
ConcertClassic
French Soprano Elsa Benoit
French soprano Elsa Benoit — praised by Diapason for her “colorful and luminous timbre, clear musicality, and captivating stage presence” — shines in the 2026/27 season with a series of major artistic milestones across some of Europe’s most prestigious stages.
Her season includes Sophie in Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier and Poppea in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea at Oper Köln; Fiordiligi in a role debut at Opéra de Rennes and Angers Nantes Opéra; and Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen at the famed Glyndebourne Festival.
She performs with leading orchestras including the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tonkünslter Orchester, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, and the National Orchestra of Spain. Her distinguished engagements have taken her to leading opera houses and festivals including the Palais Garnier, Opernhaus Zürich, Dutch National Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, and Festival d’Aix-en-Provence. Her discography features acclaimed recordings for Warner Classics, BelAir Classiques, Naxos, and Berlin Classics.
Elsa Benoit
Soprano
“Perfect diction, ideal phrasing, flawlessly controlled high notes, and total emotional commitment.”
ConcertClassic
French Soprano Elsa Benoit
With her stylistic versatility and vocal refinement, French soprano Elsa Benoit has established herself as an in-demand artist with a repertoire spanning from the Baroque era to the modern day.
The 2026/27 season brings major artistic milestones across Europe’s most prestigious stages. To open the season, she returns to the newly reopened Opernhaus Köln in October 2026 as Sophie in a new production of Richard Strauss’s Der Rosenkavalier (directed by Marie-Ève Signeyrole), conducted by Andrés Orozco-Estrada. Spring 2027 marks an important role debut as Fiordiligi in W. A. Mozart’s Così fan tutte at the Opéra de Rennes and Angers Nantes Opéra, conducted by Nicolas Ellis and directed by Phia Ménard. In the summer, she visits the famed Glyndebourne Festival to perform Micaëla in Georges Bizet’s Carmen under the baton of Ben Glassberg. Closing the season in July 2027, she returns once more to Opernhaus Köln to sing the title role in Claudio Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, directed by Ted Huffman.
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