Belgian opera singer Jodie Devos died of cancer on Sunday at the age of 35, the agency that represented her announced. “It is with infinite sadness that we inform you of the death of our artist Jodie Devos, which occurred on June 16, 2024 in Paris,” wrote the Intermezzo agency, which had managed her career since 2016, on Facebook.
The soprano, considered “one of the most talented lyrical artists of her generation”, died “from breast cancer which forced her to cancel several commitments”, explained Intermezzo in a press release. . Thus, she was normally scheduled to sing from June 20 in the opera “L’Olimpiade” by Antonio Vivaldi at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
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Jodie Devos, born in 1988 in Libramont, was trained in Namur, London and at the Académie de l’Opéra-Comique in Paris and has performed on numerous stages in Europe as well as in Mumbai and Quebec.
At the Trifolion in Echternach
Visitors to the Echternach festival certainly remember the Belgian singer. She came there in 2014, after winning second prize in the Queen Elisabeth Competition that same year. It was with the Korean Sumi Hwang, winner of the competition at the time, that Devos performed on the Trifolion stage. The two coloratura singers were accompanied by the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Ulrich Windfuhr. Our music critic wrote at the time: “The soprano’s sophisticated technique was very well revealed in Gilda’s famous aria from ‘Rigoletto’, ‘Dolce nome’, and in Donizetti’s no less prestigious counterpart in ‘Linda di Chamounix’ (an arioso jewel of the purest water)”.
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This article was originally published on the website of Luxemburger Wort.
Adaptation: Simon Martin
