Cassiopée Explained

Cassiopée
Birth Date:1977 10, df=y
Birth Place:Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Birth Name:Véronique Lapierre
Genre:Rock, Pop, Metal, Opera
Instrument:vocals
Occupation:Singer, performer
Associated Acts:Cirque du Soleil, Anemonia

Cassiopée (born 16 October 1977) is a francophone Canadian singer and entertainer. Since 2011, she has played the lead female character Lia in Cirque du Soleil show, Zarkana. She also plays three of the four other female parts in the production.

Biography

Born in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Cassiopée began her artistic training at the age of 4, with dance (jazz, ballet, tap and flamenco). At 14, she began her classical voice and music training and pop-rock singing. She also studied acting and many others relevant skills.

She started her professional career by performing in over 500 shows by the French-traditional cabaret company's Les Folie's de Paris in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada and then in Lille and Cannes, France, as a dancer, magician's assistant, entertainer, and lead singer, before moving to Montreal in 2000 as the star of another cabaret and musical company, La Troupe Paris Paris.[1]

In 2002, she was awarded Best Interpreter and Best On-Stage Presence at Le Festival International de la Chanson de Granby (FIGC) where she also received the "Étoile Galaxie" prize.[2] [3] In 2004, she won the "Félix du Spéctacle" prize for her interpretation of Don Juan, awarded by the Adisq trade association. In 2006, she was a judge at the FICG.[4] That same year she received the Radio-Star Fund.[5]

Following the release of her first album, she was invited to perform during the Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa in 2009.[6]

She is also known as the lead singer for the symphonic metal band Anemonia. Second among over a thousand candidates, she was short-listed to replace Tarja Turunen as singer of Nightwish.[7]

She has performed on stage more than 3,000 times for national and international events. Such presentations include Paris Paris,[8] Don Juan, Si Alys m'était chantée, Du Rock à l'Opéra, Show Harley, Joe Dassin, la Grande Fête Musicale,[9] Dracula, entre l'amour et la mort, Rencontres, Paris/Québec sous les Étoiles for the celebrations of Quebec City's 400th anniversary, Sherazade, and les 1001 Nuits.[10]

Since 2011, she has played the lead female character Lia in the Cirque du Soleil show, Zarkana. She also plays three of the four other female parts in the production and lends her voice to the fourth one.

Discography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cassiopée . ReverbNation . 28 June 2012.
  2. Web site: 34e Festival international de la chanson de Granby – Divinité grecque et drôle d'elfe au palmarès . Sylvain . Cormier . . 23 September 2002 . 26 November 2010.
  3. News: Jour de fête à Granby . Marie-Christine . Blais . La Presse . Cyberpresse . 20 September 2008 . 26 November 2010.
  4. Web site: Centrart.qc.ca . Centrart.qc.ca . 28 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315165008/http://www.centrart.qc.ca/voir.php/1482 . 15 March 2012 . dead .
  5. Web site: Fonds RadioStar . Fonds Radio-Star . 18 June 2012 .
  6. Web site: Patrimoine canadien – Le Canada en fête! Biographies des artistes . Pch.gc.ca . 28 May 2009 . 18 June 2012.
  7. http://www.ravenheartmusic.com/products-group-55.html
  8. Web site: Paris Paris . Surlenet.ca . 18 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071111092028/http://www.surlenet.ca/nouvelles/archives.asp?y=2002&m=9&d=23 . 11 November 2007 .
  9. Web site: Spectacle Joe Dassin . Spectacle Joe Dassin . 18 June 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120315165008/http://www.spectaclejoedassin.com/equipe_fr.aspx?cat=chanteurs . 15 March 2012 .
  10. http://www.sherazade1001nuits.com/htm/latroupe.htm Sherazade
  11. Web site: Les milles et une nuits : Sherazade – Divers genres | Archambault . Archambault.ca . 28 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120314143605/http://www.archambault.ca/sherazade-les-mille-et-une-nuits-(version-integrale)-ACH002533362-fr-pr . 14 March 2012 . dead .
  12. Web site: Distribution Select . 2 December 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071216233509/http://www.distributionselect.ca/fr/detail_produit.asp?ProductID=1750 . 16 December 2007 .
  13. News: Cassiopée : Archive vidéo : Vidéos . Videos.lcn.canoe.ca . 23 April 2009 .
  14. Web site: Critique de son album sur Radio-Canada . CBC/Radio-Canada . 18 June 2012.
  15. Web site: Don Juan – Don Juan (artistes variés) . Postedecoute.ca . 18 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110706200337/http://www.postedecoute.ca/catalogue/album/don-juan-artistes-varies-don-juan-1 . 6 July 2011 . dead .
  16. Web site: "L'Industrie de Noël" – Peu de CD d'artistes québécois en 2006 | Canoë . https://archive.today/20120712123749/http://fr.canoe.ca/divertissement/musique/nouvelles/2006/12/18/2858980-jdm.html . usurped . 12 July 2012 . Fr.canoe.ca . 18 December 2006 . 18 June 2012 .
  17. Web site: D/C Divers/Cité D/C . Diverscite.org . 28 June 2012 . dead . https://archive.today/20120804114053/http://www.diverscite.org/francais/mult.htm . 4 August 2012 .
  18. Web site: Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives – Anemonia – Moonlit Numina . The Metal Archives . 28 June 2012.
  19. Web site: Zarkana | New York & Las Vegas Show . Cirque du Soleil . 18 June 2012.

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