🇬🇧 Over the moon to have won the Gelsenkirchener Theaterpreis 2024 🥳🤩! After only one year as an ensemble member of the @musiktheaterimrevier, I couldn’t believe my luck. Thank you to the jury and the @sparkasse.gelsenkirchen — it is a true honor 🙏! Congrats to my friends, colleagues and fellow prizewinners Heejin Kim, @semme01, and @ennobledinsect 👏👏👏! « The young French singer Margot Genet, who was recruited from the NRW Opera Studio, received the 3,000-euro prize as a highly promising lyric soprano with the ability to produce nuanced shades, especially for her cheeky portrayal of the schemer Despina in Mozart’s Così fan tutte. » Bernd Aulich, Recklinghäuser Zeitung 🇩🇪 Ganz überwältigt, dass ich den Gelsenkirchener Theaterpreis 2024 gewonnen habe 🥳🤩! Erst nach einem Jahr als Ensemblemitglied des Musiktheater im Revier, ich konnte es kaum glauben. Ich bedanke mich herzlich bei der Jury und der Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen – was für eine Ehre 🙏! Und herzlichen Glückwunsch auch an meine FreundInnen, KollegInnen und Mitpreisträger Heejin Kim, Simon Stricker und Benedict Nelson 👏👏👏! « Die aus dem NRW-Opernstudio übernommene junge Französin Margot Genet erhielt den mit je 3000 Euro dotierten Preis als schwer karriereverdächtiger, schattierungsfähiger lyrischer Sopran vor allem für ihre kecke Strippenzieherin Despina in Mozarts « Così fan tutte ». Bernd Aulich, Recklinghäuser Zeitung 🇫🇷 Très honorée d’avoir reçu le prix du Théâtre de Gelsenkirchen 2024 🥳🤩! Après seulement un an passé dans la troupe du Musiktheater im Revier, je n’en reviens toujours pas! Merci au jury et à la Sparkasse Gelsenkirchen, c’est un vrai honneur 🙏. Félicitations à mes ami.e.s, collègues et co-lauréats Heejin Kim, Simon Stricker und Benedict Nelson 👏👏👏! « La jeune Française Margot Genet, issue du NRW Opernstudio, a reçu le prix de 3 000 euros en tant que soprano lyrique au fort potentiel de carrière, dotée d’une grande capacité de nuances, notamment pour son interprétation audacieuse de la manipulatrice Despina dans Così fan tutte de Mozart. » Bernd Aulich, Recklinghäuser Zeitung 📸 Sophia Dorra and Cornelia Fischer

This banger from the finale of Rossini’s Il Viaggio a Reims was so fun to sing, but not fun to learn 🥵 14 different solo voices, what was he thinking?!! It’s now a fond memory, from the NRW Opera Studio’s 5 years jubilee gala last June at the @musiktheaterimrevier 🤩 Sharing the stage with old friends is always special, and I have to say @labourdettesoprano was an amazing fellow student, but she is an even cooler colleague 😘 To many more productions together! 🤞🥂 Conductor : Giuliano Betta With the @neuephilharmoniewestfalen • • • #operasinger #opera #opernsängerin #opernsängerinnen #rossini #viaggioareims #gala #sopranolife #operasingersofinstagram #classicalmusic #oper

July dump! ☀️ After a busy season 23/24, I’m allowing myself to really rest before the craziness that is going to be my next season (stay tuned, I’ll announce it at the end of August!) 😎 Living in a foreign country means I can’t see my friends and family that often, so I try to enjoy it as much as I can in the summer 🥰 1. Birthday with friends 🎂 2. Bretagne 🤩 3. Oldest friends 🥰 4. Seagull wondering why no one is letting it in 🤔 5. ❤️ 6. Sister with our nephew 🥰 7.🍦 8. Pavlova 🤤 9. Kaleidoscope Margot by @vilmabelisario 10. Moonrise / Blood moon (who has the reference?? 😏) • • • #julydump #photodump #summer #summerbreak #bretagne #sea #friends #love

Bye Despinetta! 🥹 Yesterday was the last Così fan tutte at the @musiktheaterimrevier… These costumes were designed by Bettina Walter, and I loved wearing them so much (although the wool coat on top of a wool dress in a 30°C heat nearly killed me), thanks dear Bettina! I will miss this production, singing this music with this awesome staging, surrounded by such talented colleagues/friends was a true privilege 🙏🙏 Hope to see you again dear Despina 🤞 Tonight is the Opernstudio NRW 5 years jubilee Gala, it’s gonna be a blast, don’t miss it !!💥 • • • #opera #operasinger #opernsängerin #soprano #sopran #mozart #costumes #operasingersofinstagram #sopranolife #cosifantutte

When you have to act like you’re scared of the corpse falling from the ceiling, but what actually terrifies you is the dust ☠️☠️☠️ I spoiled it a little, but I can assure you this production of Così fan tutte is going to be worth your while!! Time travelling through the first half of the 20th century, with way more interesting and deeper characters but still with one of the most beautiful music Mozart ever wrote (I SAID WHAT I SAID) ! Still 3 shows at the @musiktheaterimrevier Tonight (June 23rd), June 29th and July 5th! Conductor : Giuliano Betta / Mateo Peñaloza Cecconi Stage Director : David Hermann Stage Design Jo Schramm Costumes : Bettina Walter Choir Director : Alexander Eberle Lights : Patrick Fuchs / Fabrice Kebour Dramaturge: Rüdiger Schillig Fiordiligi : @rebeccadavissoftlyloud Dorabella : @lina.hoffmann.mezzo / Bele Kumberger Guglielmo : @semme01 Ferrando : @khanyiso_g / @benjaminleetenor Despina : Margot Genet Don Alfonso : @philippkranjc 📸 Sascha Kreklau • • • #opera #operasinger #operasingersofinstagram #opernsängerin #oper #classicalmusic #classicalmusicians #soprano #sopranolife #sopran #mozart #cosifantutte

With some delay, here are some nice pictures from our sold out concert 2 weeks ago during the @haendelhaus_halle with the great ensemble Castor, with which I sang for the first (and I hope not the last 🤞) time 😊 The program was really interesting, built around the Händel French (!) cantata “Sans y penser”, a beautiful little piece, very unexpected coming from Händel! We added other cantatas composed at the same time in France and some instrumental music, all of great quality. I especially loved singing Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre’s cantata “Sémélé”, which was a discovery for me. Such intense drama in the recitatives, and melodies that stayed in my head for days! When you know how history tends to erase women, I’m grateful that this gem made it through 😍 ! Singing in the very house where Händel lived for many years added to the symbol, and I sure made my best to honor his music. Thank you so much for the invitation @haendelhaus_halle 🙏🙏 and congrats again to my dear colleagues of the Ensemble Castor 👏👏 • • • #baroquemusic #haendel #händel #cantata #chambermusic #baroqueensemble #soprano #sopranolife #operasinger #opernsaengerin #opernsängerin #halle #hallesaale #händelhalle

I mean, how gorgeous is Strauss’ music, and especially this phrase?? 🤯 Manifesting my dream of singing Sophie in Rosenkavalier one day, but for now I’ll just sing this aria for every possible occasion 🫣 The rest of it is on my YouTube channel, in my Linktree in my bio 😇 Nice memory of a concert more than a year ago at the @philharmonie_essen , accompanied by the wonderful Robin Phillips 🎹 • • • #operasinger #operasingersofinstagram #operasingers #soprano #sopranolife #strauss #rosenkavalier #manifestyourdreams #opernsängerin #beautifulmusic

Working in a foreign country and language can be very challenging, but it is also a very common thing for us opera singers 😅. So I hope this helps a little bit if you want to develop your singing activities in Germany! I’ve been living here for 8 years, so I guess I know some stuff now 🤓 Pour les frenchies, j’ai aussi tout traduit en français 👌 Der Regisseur, die Regisseurin : 🇬🇧Stage director // 🇫🇷Metteur.euse en scène (faux ami!) Der Dirigent, die Dirigentin : Conductor // Chef.fe d’orchestre Der Intendant, die Intendantin : Head of the opera house // Directeur.ice de l’opéra Der Vertrag : Contract // Contrat Die Garderobe : Dressing room // Loge Rechts/Links : Stage right, stage left // Quand on est face à la scène, donc Cour -> Rechts et Jardin -> Links Die Maske : Make up // Maquillage Gast / Fest : Guest / fix member of the ensemble // Chanteur.euse invité.e ou en troupe Die Bühne : Stage // Scène Der Takt : Bar // Mesure Das KBB : The person responsible for the planning // Personne qui organise les plannings Die Gage : Fee // Cachet Der Urlaubsschein : The form you have to fill to be allowed to leave the theater’s area // Document qu’on doit remplir quand on veut partir des environs du théâtre Der Vorhang : Curtain // Rideau Der Tagesplan : Rehearsal schedule // Billet de service Das Requisit : Props // Accessoires Die Korrepetition : Coaching with a pianist // Coaching avec un.e pianiste Der Auftritt / Austritt : Entrance / exit // Entrée / Sortie Die Sitzprobe : Orchestra rehearsal // Italienne KHP : Piano dress rehearsal // Générale piano BO : Orchestra stage rehearsal // Scène Orchestre OHP : Pre dress rehearsal // Pré-générale GP : Dress rehearsal // Générale Die Vorstellung : Show // Spectacle Der Umzug / schnelle Umzug : Change / quick change // Changement / Changement rapide Die Besetzung : Cast (A cast, B cast…) // Distribution Der Inspizient, die Inspizientin : Stage manager // Regisseur.euse (faux ami donc!) What did I miss?? ⬇️⬇️ • • • #opera #operasinger #operasingersofinstagram #soprano #sopranolife #sopran #vocabulary #germanvocabulary #translation #stagevocabulary #stage #opernsängerin

It’s out 🥳!! Check out our Carmen (link in my bio), recorded live at the @elbphilharmonie on March 25th, conducted by the one and only René Jacobs! It’s such a great souvenir of this amazing tour in 6 wonderful halls and acoustics : @desingelartscentre @philharmoniedeparis @konzerthaus_do @koelnerphilharmonie @elbphilharmonie @teatro_real 😍 Hope you’ll enjoy it, don’t hesitate to tell me what you think about this « new » version of Carmen, the one Bizet wrote in 1874 before it premiered, with no Habanera for example 🙃 It was a true honour to be part of this stellar cast 🤩 : @brock_orchestra @choeurdechambredenamur Kinderchor der Opera Ballet Vlaanderen Gaëlle Arquez | Carmen François Rougier | Don José Sabine Devieilhe | Micaëla Thomas Dolié | Escamillo Margot Genet | Frasquita Séraphine Cotrez | Mercédès Grégoire Mour | Remendado Emiliano Gonzalez | Toro Dancaïre Yoann Dubruque | Moralès Frédéric Caton | Zuniga Karolos Zouganelis | Lillas Pastia Leitung | René Jacobs Many thanks to René, Roubina, and the B’Rock team for making it happen !