Jodie Devos

Jodie Devos
Devos in 2014
Born(1988-10-10)10 October 1988
Libramont, Belgium
Died16 June 2024(2024-06-16) (aged 35)
Paris, France
EducationRoyal Academy of Music
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active2014–2024
OrganizationsOpéra-Comique
Websitewww.jodiedevos.com

Jodie Devos (10 October 1988 – 16 June 2024) was a Belgian operatic coloratura soprano, the second-prize winner of the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2014. Based at the Opéra-Comique in Paris from 2014, she appeared internationally.

Biography[edit]

Jodie Devos was born on 10 October 1988 in Libramont-Chevigny, Belgium.[1] At the age of five, her parents enrolled her in singing classes, which focused on popular music. When she later enrolled in dance classes, she discovered her love for classical music. She studied voice at the Institut Supérieur de Musique et de Pédagogie (IMEP) in Namur, with Élise Gäbele and Benoît Giaux. She studied further at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Lillian Watson, graduating with a master's degree in 2013.[2][3] Devos took master classes with Helmut Deutsch, J. Streets and Marc Minkowski. She was a laureate of national competitions, including the Concours Bell'Arte, the Fonds Thirionnet, Les Nouveaux Talents de l'Art lyrique and the Prix Jacques Dôme.[2] She joined the studio of the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where her roles included Serpina in Pergolisi's La Serva padrona, Blonde in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Miss Wordworth in Btitten's Albert Herring.[2]

In 2014, she entered the Queen Elisabeth Competition and achieved second prize,[2] and also the audience prize.[4][5] She joined the ensemble of the Opéra-Comique. She appeared as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte at the Opéra Bastille and La Monnaie, as Olimpia in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann at Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, the title role of Donizetti's La fille du régiment, as Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto and as Philine in Thomas' Mignon at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie.[4]

Devos performed in concerts in Stuttgart, Maastricht and Wigmore Hall in London, among others.[2] She also performed in Poland, India, Canada, the United States and Brazil.[6][7]

Devos died from breast cancer in Paris on 16 June 2024, at the age of 35.[1][5]

Recordings[edit]

Devos released three solo albums. The first album, Offenbach - Colorature, contains coloratura arias by Jaques Offenbach,[8] played with the Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Laurent Campellone.[3] It was released in 2019 to mark the bicentenary of the composer's birth.[9] Her second album, And Love Said, appeared in 2021, combining songs from three countries that meant much to her. Reviewer Hugo Shirley from Gramophone wrote:

The soprano’s voice is clear and controlled, limpid but full of quiet strength, bright and healthy but with the slightest hint of a quivering vibrato.[8]

Her third album, Bijout perdu, of pieces that the Belgian soprano Marie Cabel favoured, appeared in 2022, with the Flemish Radio Choir and the Brussels Philharmonic, conducted by Pierre Bleuse.[9]

Performances[edit]

Awards[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Salazar, Francisco (16 June 2024). "Belgian Soprano Jodie Devos Dies at 35". operawire.com. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Jodie Devos". Queen Elisabeth Competition. 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "Sopranistin Jodie Devos mit 35 Jahren gestorben". Bayerischer Rundfunk (in German). 18 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Jodie Devos". Münchner Philharmoniker. 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Music world mourns soprano Jodie Devos: "We have lost one of the greatest Belgian musicians of all time"". vrt.be. 16 June 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Jodie Devos". Opéra-Comique. 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b "Jodie Devos". Opera de Paris. 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b Shirley, Hugo (March 2021). "Jodie Devos: And Love Said..." Gramophone. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  9. ^ a b Cookson, Michael (November 2022). "Jodie Devos (soprano) / Bijoux Perdus". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
  10. ^ Barbara Witkowska, « Jodie Devos en pyrotechnie », in Le Vif n°42 16 October 2015, p. 86–87
  11. ^ "Soprano Jodie Devos died at the young age of 35". International Classical Music Awards. 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.

External links[edit]

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