Marie-Louise Gilles [SEP] voice type
Marie-Louise Gilles
Marie-Louise Gilles (or Marie-Luise Gilles, born 1937) is a German mezzo-soprano in opera and concert, also a professor of voice and stage director of opera.
Career.
Born in Düren, Gilles studied at the Folkwangschule in Essen with Hilde Wesselmann. After a first engament at the Stadttheater Oberhausen, she was a member of the Staatstheater Wiesbaden from 1961 to 1964, where she appeared as Dorabella in Mozart's "Così fan tutte" and performed trousers roles in
Notable alumni.
- Suzanne Beaubien, pianist
- Pierre Beaudry, trombonist
- Marie Bédard, violinist
- Pierre-Michel Bédard, organist and composer
- Gilles Bellemare, conductor and composer
- Marie-Andrée Benny, flautist
- Danièle Bourget, flautist
- Murielle Bruneau, double bass player
- Gilles Carpentier, clarinetist
- Claudine Côté, opera singer
- Marie Gélinas, cellist
- Sylvie Lambert, cellist
- Louise Pellerin, oboist
- Denise Trudel, pianist