Lucile Richardot

Born in Épinal in 1978, Lucile Richardot first trained in the children’s choirs of the Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Lorraine, before continuing her studies at the Maîtrise Notre-Dame de Paris and then at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris in early music. A French mezzo-soprano active in the baroque repertoire, the oratorio, sacred music and opera, Lucile Richardot develops a voice with a dark timbre, attentive to the text and to the colors of the period, while also tackling later and contemporary programs. Her career is built in close collaboration with several specialized ensembles, including Correspondances, Les Arts Florissants and Pygmalion, as well as with John Eliot Gardiner, under whose direction she performs notably Monteverdi operas and Berlioz’s La Mort de Cléopâtre in 2017 and 2018. In 2012, Lucile Richardot co-founded the ensemble Tictactus with the theorbo players Stéphanie Petibon and Olivier Labé. Her discography includes Perpetual Night. 17th Century Ayres and Songs in 2018 with Correspondances and Sébastien Daucé, followed by Les Heures claires. The Complete Songs dedicated to Nadia and Lili Boulanger in 2023, Doux Silence in 2024 with Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien, and Northern Light. Echoes from 17th-century Scandinavia in 2025.