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Mathilde Etienne studied literature at the University of Poitiers and drama at the Royal Conservatory of Liège (Belgium) before beginning her studies in classical singing. She trained with Rachel Yakar and Christian Papis, among others, and further specialised in early music at the Paris Conservatoire.

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She has performed with Le Parlement de Musique, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Le Concert Spirituel, La Fenice and the Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century, among others. She has appeared at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, the Opéra de Nantes, the Opéra de Tours, the Opéra de Lille, the Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux and the Comédie-Française. Also an actress, she performs on stage as well as in film and television.

In 2009, she made her directing debut with Bizet’s Carmen, followed by Verdi’s Macbeth and Lully’s Atys in 2011. In 2015, she wrote and directed Te Recuerdo (Opéra de Lille, Festival des Arts-Scènes, TAC, Forum de Meyrin). In 2019, she directed Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo for the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. This production, subsequently staged at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Victoria Hall and the Opéra de Tours, was filmed at the Opéra de Nantes in 2020. She also directed two original theatre productions, Les Deux Amis and L’Île mystérieuse, based on the work of Jules Verne. In 2021, she directed Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria for Ensemble I Gemelli (Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Arsenal de Metz). In 2023, the Monteverdi trilogy was completed with L’incoronazione di Poppea.

Together with Emiliano Gonzalez Toro, she founded Ensemble I Gemelli and the Gemelli Factory record label, for which she oversees artistic direction and dramaturgy. Their recordings and concerts have received the highest accolades from the press while enjoying enthusiastic audience acclaim. The 2023–2024 season centred on the ensemble’s projects, including the European tour of Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria (Madrid, A Coruña, Brussels, Tours and Bordeaux), I Gemelli’s North American debut (New York, Boston and Montreal), and the artistic direction of Monteverdi’s Vespers and Il combattimento (released in 2025 on Gemelli Factory).

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