Born to a Sicilian father and a French mother, Brunet was hired to sing the
title role of Verdi's
Aida in
Bercy, one of her first professional engagements. She moved towards the "
Falcon" mezzo-soprano repertoire, a type of voice that is not very frequent. She has performed on several international stages and takes part in recordings, notably at Sony, Dynamic, and EMI. Brunet performed Gluck's
Iphigénie en Tauride at
La Scala of Milan, under the baton of
Riccardo Muti,
Samson and Delilah at the
Teatro Regio of Turin, the title-role of
Carmen at the
Zürich Opera House, the role of Suzuki in
Madame Butterfly at the
Paris Opera directed by
Bob Wilson, Madame de Croissy in
Dialogues des Carmélites at the Paris Opera and the Zürich Opera, Santuzza in
Cavalleria Rusticana at the Séville Opera, Marguerite in
La Damnation de Faust in Zürich and eventually the title role in Meyerbeer's ''
l'Africaine'' at the
Opéra national du Rhin. Noticed by Sergio Segalini, she is invited to sing Azucena in Verdi's
Il trovatore at the
Martina Franca Festival. On this occasion, an Italian critic wrote of her: "Verdi has finally found her Azucena, Sylvie Brunet is currently one of the rare Verdian singers, as much for her dramatic potential as for the breadth of her voice". Sylvie Brunet collaborates with the French conductor
Marc Minkowski who invites her to sing the title role of
Carmen in Paris and Grenoble as well as for productions of
l’Incoronazione di Poppea at the
Aix-en-Provence Festival and Vienna directed by
Klaus Michael Gruber, and
The Tales of Hoffmann at the
Lausanne Opera. Sylvie Brunet has sung in concert, among others Verdi's
Requiem at Monte-Carlo under the direction of
Georges Prêtre, Beethoven's
Symphony No. 9 with the
Orchestre National de France under the direction of
Kurt Masur as well as the
cantata Faust et Hélène by
Lili Boulanger with the
Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France and the
Berliner Philharmonie. == References ==