From Classical Music…

Geraldine was born in 1985 and began studying music at the age of 4. She started at preschool musical education, then flute and choral singing, which gave her a solid musical base. She practiced choir until 2001, when at age 14, she discovered opera singing while pursuing an Arts History course in high school, and dedicated herself to it.

She has trained with different teachers since 2002, including Aline Martin in 2007 and Sophie Norton from 2012. This led her to work in the lyric soprano register. Throughout her training she performed as a soloist including works such as “Involami Ernani” by Verdi, “Donde lieta usci” by Puccini, “Habanera” by Bizet and “O toi qui prolongeas mes jours” by Gluck.

In 2015 she began developing a piano-vocal duo called Lyricandises with her friend Anthony Da Silva. The duo aims to facilitate private ceremonies but also to give recitals performing French music of the late nineteenth century (Gabriel Fauré, Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Reynaldo Hahn …).

… To Rock !

Geraldine featured as a guest artist in bands such as Heavenly (Carpe Diem, 2009), Fairyland (Score to a New Beginning, 2009) and Magic Kingdom (Symphony of War, 2010). However, it is in her own symphonic-progressive metal band, Benighted Soul that she has the opportunity to reveal her rock side.

At the beginning of Benighted Soul her lyrical technique was influenced by bands as Nightwish and Epica. Over the years she developed a more spontaneous musical personality that influenced her interpretation and lead her to explore other singing techniques through working with François Valade and especially with Asphodel (Penumbra, Chenille).

This evolution in her voice is discernable throughout the band’s discography, from the EP Anesidora (2008) to Start from Scratch (2011) and on the recent concept album Kenotic (2014). In Kenotic she has a raw color that is more incisive, while her operatic training allows for a wide range of vocal colors.

Geraldine has performed over a hundred concerts with Benighted Soul, allowing her to exercise her talent alongside bands as Cradle of Filth, Evergrey, Delain and Lacuna Coil. This includes two European tours supporting Tarja Turunen (formerly of Nightwish). These experiences and her work in residency allowed her to gain knowledge of the scene she could implement in renowned theaters in France and Europe, such as the Bataclan (Paris, FR), the Rockhal ( Esch-sur-Alzette, LUX), Laiterie (Strasbourg, FR), the Effenaar (Eindhovern, NL) or the Orpheum (Graz, AT).