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Chœur de Femmes Calliope

The name of Calliope, one of the very few exclusively female French choirs, refers to the muse of eloquence. This relationship between text and music is at the heart of this ensemble founded in 1997 by Régine Théodoresco. "By choosing a female choir, I knew that I was tackling a demanding repertoire and that I would have to fight against the clichés that confine us to the voices of angels, ethereal stuff... everything that I hate. I prefer maturity, violence, human feelings, such as women experience them in life. With a hard core of six voices (soprano, mezzo and alto, in pairs) Calliope tackles "little jewels, preferably taken from the French repertoire, little known or little played". Six programs and 25 to 30 concerts per year, the choir is recognized. “We are still struggling to pass the bar of major festivals where a male choir sells better to the public.