International Classical Music Awards
2024
Nominated - Vocal Music

Presto Recordings of the Year
Winner 2023

International Opera Awards
2023
Nominated - Recording (Solo Recital)

Cyrille Dubois (tenor), Orchestre National de Lille, Pierre Dumoussaud

Auber: Asile où règne le silence (from La barcarolle)
Godard, B: Combien de fois j'ai rêvé d'elle (from Pedro de Zalamea)
Thomas, Ambroise: Ah ! Vive Dieu !. . . Suprême puissance (from Le roman d'Elvire)
Boieldieu: Maintenant, observons… viens, gentille dame (from La Dame blanche)
Halévy: Enfin un jour plus doux se lève (from Les mousquetaires de la reine)
Clapisson: Rêvons qu'un plus beau jour (from Gibby la cornemuse)
Donizetti: Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête! (from La Fille du Régiment)
Gounod: Je portais dans une cage (from Le Médecin Malgré Lui)
Luce-Varlet: De ses illusions… Viens, ô mélodie (from L'élève de Presbourg)
Bizet: C'est donc ici… ô cruelle (from La jolie fille de Perth)
Dubois, T: Au clair matin (from Xavière)
Silver, C: Seul, ai-je dit (from Myriane)
Thomas, Ambroise: Adieu, Mignon! Courage! (Mignon)
Delibes: Prendre le dessin d'un bijou…Fantaisie, ô divin mensonge (from Lakmé)
Thomas, Ambroise: Fils de roi… point de pitié (from Raymond)
Saint-Saëns: Humble et pauvre… demande à l'oiseau (from Le timbre d'argent)
Clapisson: Non, vous n'aurez pas… Adieu, toi ma pauvre mère (from Le Code noir)

‘SO Romantique!’ illustrates the ‘profoundly sentimental’ side of French opera from the 1830s to the 1900s, which gradually came to be judged overwrought and was condemned to partial oblivion. ‘I am convinced that this is because the principals of interpretation were lost’, says the tenor Cyrille Dubois. ‘I have therefore put together this programme, which gives pride of place to rarities while highlighting the theatrical character and the use of registers so emblematic of the French ténor de grâce, in the hope of restoring this precious French heritage to its former glory.’ The sleuthing skills of the Palazzetto Bru Zane have assembled these treasures by Bizet, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Auber, Halévy, Donizetti, Thomas and Delibes, the less well-known Godard, Dubois and Silver, and the virtually unknown Luce-Varlet and Clapisson. With the Orchestre National de Lille conducted by Pierre Dumoussaud, the French tenor deploys the full range of his artistry, the impressive high notes, the luminous tone and the graceful phrasing that is ‘so Cyrille’!

"Dubois is an incredibly tasteful singer and I can’t imagine any other tenor of today being as stylish an advocate for these unknown scores." - Gramophone Magazine, April 2023