Renée Auphan (born 2 June 1941) is a Franco-Swiss singer and director of opera.

Life

Born in Marseille, Auphan studied singing at the Monte-Carlo Conservatory. She worked at the Opéra de Marseille and Opéra de Monte-Carlo as an assistant director, stage manager and artistic administrator. She received the first prize for singing (soprano) at the Rainier-III Academy of Music.^[1] In 1983, she was appointed director of the Opéra de Lausanne which she directed from October 1984 to June 1995 and then of the Grand Théâtre de Genève until 2001.^[2]

Auphan was appointed at the head of the Opéra de Marseille^[2] where she began her career as an assistant director at the opera house. On 1 January 2002, she officially succeeded Jean-Louis Pujol, whose contract, which expired at the end of April 2001, was not renewed.

A chevalier of the Legion of Honour, Auphan received the prize of the Société de Belles-Lettres [fr] in 1993.

In April 2013, she staged l'Aiglon by Jacques Ibert and Arthur Honegger at the Opéra de Lausanne.^[2][3]

References

External links

• Opéra de Lausanne, some history
• Opéra : à Marseille, Renée Auphan tire sa révérence avec "Manon" Le Monde (8 May 2008)
• Renée Auphan : « Les voix sont toujours les mêmes. En revanche les comportements ont changé… » on Forum Opera
• Renée Auphan à la tête de l'Opéra de Marseille on Libération (6 September 2001)