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She starts in 1986 in a Montréal production of The Sound of Music, where she plays The Baroness Elsa. Her performance is highly acclaimed.
In 1987 she joins the cast of the "Nouvelles Variétés lyriques" production of Jacques Offenbach's La Vie Parisienne under the direction of baritone Bruno Laplante.
Both artists decide in 1989 to form a Duo, "Le duo lyrique Laplante-Duval", using both stage and disc, and delving into the marvelous repertoire of the world's most beautiful songs.
Their very first programme, "Les chemins de l'amour" (The Ways of Love), with songs of the "Rolling Twenties", they sing it in Québec, in Mexico, in Asia (Japan & Korea), and in Australia. The success is immediate. The formula is fresh, very simple, romantic and full of charm, both artists being completely "involved" in their love scenes.
A first Compact Disc, "Dialogues d'amoureux" (Words of Love), is launched at the end of 1990.
Then another tour in Québec, and another tour in Japan in february 1991 with a new program featuring the most beautiful Love Songs and duets from The Screen...
Since then, there will have been so many other performances: recordings of Modern French Songs (Massenet, Duparc), tours in Asia, with a complete concert TV recording in Tokyo, and in Europe, Orlofsky in "Fledermaus" (10 performances), Aspasie in "Phi-Phi" (20 performances), Viennese concerts with the Amati Orchestra...
In 1994 France Duval and Bruno Laplante make Quebec City their home base, from where they continue to launch their national and international tours and to record their new albums: "L'opérette française" (1997), "Éternels baisers" (1998), ...
In 1998 France Duval (Gemma) with Bruno Laplante (Bigot the Intendant, Laplante being also the producer and artistic director of the show) and 6 other classical singers, 60 musicians of the Quebec Symphonic Orchestra, and a chorus, let people revive in Quebec City a forgotten Canadian historical Opera, "L'Intendant Bigot" (1929): 2 nice outside performances at night in presence of a large public, in which are many descendants of the composer, Ulric Voyer.
Since 2000 the France Duval and Bruno Laplante two children, Rosemarie and Mathilde (who were 8 and 4 years old at that time), are often both included in their concert or show performances. - Both daughters began performing on the stage at the age of 4, with much pleasure, accuracy, measure and natural.
All the family is in Europe for summer 2002 and, when back to Quebec City, finish his first family recording, released the same year.
At the end of May 2004, along the Saint Lawrence River estuary, France Duval and Bruno Laplante offer with a tenor the first world public performances of 2 Charles Gounod's works (5 sold-out performances, one at each of 5 locations): the cantata "Fernand" (1839), never published before, and the hymn "La Liberté éclairant le Monde" (1876; 'Liberty Enlightening the World'). It was for their daughters their first orchestra accompanied concert: they sang a duo by Bordese ("Les voix rivales").
In December 2004 they have their family first singing tour in Japan (in 4 cities), but it is the 9th singing tour in Japan for the Duo of France and Bruno, in 15 years.
In August 2005, to participate in celebrating the last 60 Years of Peace in Europe, the family sang in France (2 performances) with an international chorus and a German orchestra. The young Canadian Rosemarie and Mathilde perform into the choir, while their father and mother are soloists aside 2 German soloists, for 2 works of Gounod: the Requiem (1893; Gounod's last work, a mass) and Gallia - Lamentation (1871; an oratorio motett for soprano solo, chorus, orchestra and organ), France Duval being there the soloist of that work.
At the end of Autumn 2006 they offer in Quebec City 10 sold-out much appeciated performances of their family own new Christmas Concert and Show.
France Duval is also a Classical Singing teacher in a College nearby Quebec City. She combines many well-known methods (from Pierre Bernac, Charles Panzera, Lilli Lehmann, Richard Miller, and many others) to Gerda Alexander's eutony (eutonie) into her lessons! |
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