Before reinventing the repertoire of Claude Nougaro, in an album released on November 15 titled "On the black screen of my sleepless nights" produced by Sony Classical, Natalie Dessay has long been a lyrical singer. A great lyrical singer. Guest of Matthieu Noël in The wild equiped Thursday on Europe 1, the French soprano answered the question that everyone asks: how much wins a lyrical singer.
"I do not know what it is today, but in my day, what was called the top fee, that is to say the highest stamp, was around 15,000 euros for an evening ", reveals Natalie Dessay at the microphone of Matthieu Noël. A sum that must be multiplied by the number of representations, "between five and eight times per production", she points out, or seals between 75,000 and 120,000 euros per production.
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But it's not about net money, as she explains in stride. "There is everything that is not said to be taken into account." When I go to New York, I pay for the apartment I rent for two months. All this is huge fees for something that almost nobody in the world can do at this level, "says Natalie Dessay.
There is also the expense of learning to add to that. "These are endless singing lessons, lessons with pianists to teach you the roles, we are the ones who pay all the expenses", continues the opera singer before concluding: "I have very good earned my life, but I earn less money today than when she was a lyrical singer.