Lucile Richardot

Alto and mezzo-soprano Lucile Richardot has been an important presence on the Baroque operatic scene in the 2010s and 2020s. She has also, since 2012, led her own ensemble, Tictatus. Richardot studied journalism and worked in that field until she was 27. A notable feature of Richardot's career is that she was taking on, and even originating, major roles while still a student. Shortly after resuming her studies, she performed with the ensemble Poème Harmonique under director Vincent Dumestre in Lully's opera Cadmus et Hermione. Richardot played the first Aunt in the premiere performance of the contemporary opera Yvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne, by Philippe Boesmans, in 2009. In 2018, she made her first appearance on recordings as a featured soloist on Perpetual Night with Ensemble Correspondances under Sébastien Daucé. In 2022, she appeared on a recording of a hypothetical Great Venetian Mass by Vivaldi.