Emma Shapplin

French soprano

Emma Shapplin
Emma Shapplin in May 2011
Background information
Birth name	Crystêle Madeleine Joliton
Born	(1974-05-19) 19 May 1974 (age 50)
Origin	Savigny-le-Temple, France
Genres	Neoclassical Electronic Operatic pop
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Nimue Music

Website	www.emmashapplin-official.com

Musical artist

Emma Shapplin (born Crystêle Madeleine Joliton^[1] on 19 May 1974, in the Paris suburb of Savigny-le-Temple^[2]) is a French soprano.

Discography

Albums

Carmine Meo (1997, Pendragon Records/EMI)
Etterna (2002, Ark 21 Records/Universal Music Group)
Macadam Flower (2009, Nimue Music/Universal Music Group/Sony Music)
Dust of a Dandy (2014)
Venere (2019)

Other releases

Discovering Yourself (EP, 1999, Coeur de lion)
Spente le Stelle (Opera Trance) – The Remixes – Part One (remix album, 2000, Radikal Records)
The Concert in Caesarea (live DVD/CD, 2003, Pendragon Records/EMI)
The Macadam Flower Tour – live concert in Athens DVD (June 2011)

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Career

When she was 18, singer Jean-Patrick Capdevielle convinced her to return to taking classical lessons so as to improve her singing technique. She discovered that although rock had given her more artistic freedom and hedonistic lifestyle than classical music, it was still not enough for her, so she decided to create her own style.^[4] This became a combination of early opera, modern trance and pop music. Shapplin and Capdevielle subsequently worked together on her first release, Carmine Meo,^[5] written by Capdevielle.

References

^ (in Russian and French) Interview video with Emma Shapplin for the Russian TV channel TVC.
^ "Emma Shapplin: A Vocal and Commercial Phenomenon". FRI Musique. 17 January 2003. Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
^ "Spoken like a true artist; Emma Shapplin, accomplished soprano". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
^ (in English) English-language interview video with Emma Shapplin on the Etterna CD.
^ "Emma Shapplin biographie". Archived from the original on 27 July 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2009.