Lucie DEROÏAN, chant & Corine DUROUS, piano

Lucie Deroïan

Lucie Deroïan completed her full studies at the Conservatoire de Nancy, then at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris. She began her career as a vocal coach pianist (Centre de Formation Lyrique de l’Opéra de Paris), accompanying concerts, recitals, auditions, and productions, notably at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Radio France, as well as the Accentus and Les Éléments choirs. She then trained as a choral conductor (in Germany and Sweden) and as a singer. She served as assistant choral conductor at the Vienna State Opera, Austria, and sang in the choirs of the Salzburg (Austria) and Baden-Baden (Germany) opera festivals. She also performs as a soloist in recital and oratorio, and currently sings as an extra in the Paris Opera chorus.

Corine Durous

Passionate about voice and the opera world, Corine Durous was appointed vocal coach at the Opéra de Nantes at the age of 19. A laureate of the Menuhin Foundation, she subsequently spent 6 years as vocal coach at the Centre d'Études Musicales Supérieures de Toulouse for Andréa Guiot's vocal class. Invited by numerous theaters (Châtelet, Champs-Élysées, Opéra Comique, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Monte Carlo, Tokyo, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra de Lausanne, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, etc.), she has worked under the direction of prestigious conductors such as Pinchas Steinberg, Marc Minkowski, James Conlon, Georges Prêtre, Rudolf Bibl, Anton Guadagno, Evelino Pidò... She was also assistant to Christophe Rousset for several opera productions (Lausanne, Madrid, Bordeaux, Châtelet).

In 2003, she was appointed Vocal Coach at the Opéra National de Paris and at the Maîtrise de Radio France. Corine Durous performs regularly in recital, notably with sopranos Sandrine Piau and Monique Zanetti, and tenor Thomas Morris. She also collaborates with actors Michel Fau and Jean-Claude Dreyfus in musical performances. Pianist of the chamber choir Les Éléments (named Best Ensemble at the Victoires de la Musique, Liliane Bettencourt Prize), she has recorded several critically acclaimed albums with this ensemble (Diapason d'Or, 10 de Répertoire).

She also recorded "Douce et Barbe Bleue" by Isabelle Aboulker / Gallimard Jeunesse.

In 2025/2026 she performed in recital with Sandrine Piau (Auditorium de Lyon, Schloss Elmau), in recital with vocal quartet (Opéra de Paris), in concert at the Auditorium de Radio France, with the choir Les Éléments (Odyssud, Fondation Bettencourt), in recital with Rocio Ruiz Cobarro (Paris)…