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11/05/2026

Meet Jupiter's mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre! 💫

Praised by the New York Times for bringing 'life and beauty to everything she touched', Lea Desandre's achievements also include being awarded Singer of the Year at the Opus Klassik 2022.

She has performed across the world with critically acclaimed orchestras and ensembles and has been a part of many successful opera productions, performing roles ranging from Baroque to contemporary.

Among the highlights of recent years, she distinguished herself in the title role of Médée (Charpentier) at the Palais Garnier and made her mark internationally with the role of Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), which she has performed in seven different productions since her debut in 2021: Aix-en-Provence Festival, Paris National Opera, Liceu in Barcelona, Zurich Opera House, Lausanne Opera, Ravenna Opera and Salzburg Festival.

She has been part of Jupiter since the beginning, and sings in the titular role of Handel's "Theodora", along with many of our different programmes as a core soloist, as well as paying tribute to Julie Andrews as the star of our "Chasing Rainbows" programme.

We asked Lea what being in Jupiter means to her. 🎵

Photo: Eric Nehr

26/04/2026

✨ Theodora Sunday — Episode XVI: “Queen of summer” ✨🍷🌸👑

The second act opens in a world of celebration.

The Romans are gathered for a great public feast, getting ready to honor Jove with ceremony, wine, and song. Everything feels abundant, festive, and full of sensual pleasure. 🍷✨

They invoke Flora, the queen of summer, and the goddess of love, while raising their voices for Caesar, king of men. It is a moment of splendour, beauty, and power, where pleasure and politics come together in one dazzling scene. 🌸👑

But after everything we have just lived through with Theodora, Irene, and Didymus, this celebration feels almost unsettling too. The joy is real, but so is the decadence. And that contrast makes the scene all the more striking. ⚔️

« Ye men of Antioch, with solemn pomp
Renew the grateful sacrifice to Jove!
And while your songs ascend the vaulted skies,
Pour on the smoking altar floods of wine,
In honour of the smiling deities,
Fair Flora, and the Cyprian queen.

Queen of summer, queen of love,
And thou cloud-compelling Jove:
Grant a long and happy reign
To great Caesar, king of men! »

A brilliant, glittering opening to Act II, where the Roman world is once again on full display in all its beauty, excess, and power. ✨

Lea Desandre - Theodora
Avery Amereau, contralto - Irene
Hugh Cutting - Didymus
Laurence Kilsby - Septimius
Alex Rosen, bass - Valens

🎻 Jupiter Choir and Orchestra

🎼 Artistic direction
Thomas Dunford

🎙️Choir
Alysia Hanshaw
Yerin Lächli
Neïma Fischer
Sam Cobb
Clémence Faber
Iris Korfker
Lorna Price
Attila Varga-Tóth
Patrick Kilbride: Tenor
Richard Pittsinger
Kevin Arboleda Oquendo
Stuart O’Hara
Matthew Knickman
Ben Kazez

🎻 Violins
Louise Ayrton
Magdalena Sypniewski
Andrew Wong
Augusta McKay Lodge
Manami Mizumoto
Valentine Pinardel
Koji Yoda

🎻 Violas
Jasper Snow
Jeff Girton
Ivan Saez Schwartz

🎻 Cellos
Cyril Poulet
Arthur Cambreling
Julien Hainsworth

🎻 Doublebasses
Chloe Lucas
Youen Cadiou
Ismael Campanero

🎹 Harpsichord and organ
Tom Foster

🎶 Flutes
Anne Parisot
Georgia Browne
Clémence Bourgeois

🎶 Oboe
Neven Lesage
Jon Olaberria

🎶 Bassoons
Evolène Kiener
Niels Collins Cooppalle

📯 Horns
Félix Polet
Armand Dubois

🎺 Trumpets
Jean-Daniel Souchon
Jean Bollinger

🗣️ English coaching
Sophie Daneman

🎭 Stage manager
Frédéric Mazin

📋 General manager
Anaïs Le Fur

21/04/2026

We’re so excited to make our BBC Proms debut this summer 🎉✨

📍 Royal Albert Hall - 21st July

We’ll be bringing a very special evening of music, from Dowland, Purcell and Handel to some of our own songs… and we’d love to make it a real shared moment with you, getting the whole Royal Albert Hall singing together 🎶✨

Tickets go on sale on 16th May 🎫

More about the programme in the link in bio.

Can’t wait to share this with you 💛

Jupiter
Thomas Dunford, lute 🎸, artistic direction
Laurence Kilsby, tenor 🎤
Louise Ayrton, violin 🎻
Ruiqi Ren, violin 🎻
Ivan Saez Schwartz, viola 🎻
Bruno Philippe, cello 🎻
Doug Balliett, double bass 🎻
Violaine Cochard, harpsichord, organ 🎹
Sylvain Fétis, saxophone 🎷
Sébastien Brebbia, trumpet 🎺
Keyvan Chemirani, percussion 🥁
Stéphane Huchard, drums 🥁

05/04/2026

✨ Theodora Sunday — Episode XIII: “Angels ever bright and fair” ✨⚔️🕊️

After Septimius arrives, everything suddenly becomes very real.

Theodora remains calm, grounded in her faith. For her, praying is not rebellion, it is simply a truth she cannot deny, even if it means death. 🤍

But what he announces is worse than death, a fate that would take away her dignity and everything she holds sacred.

In that moment, everything becomes still. 🌙

She does not resist, she turns inward, toward something higher, with a quiet strength that feels almost beyond the situation itself.

She calls for the angels, not out of fear, but with deep trust, as if she already belongs somewhere else. 🕊️✨

« Deluded mortal! call it not rebellion,
To worship God; it is His dread command,
His, whom we cannot, dare not disobey,
Though death be our reward.

Death is not yet thy doom,
But worse than death to such a virtuous mind!
Lady, these guards are order’d to convey you
To the vile place, a pr******te, to devote your charms.

Oh worse than death indeed! Lead me, ye guards,
Lead me, or to the rack, or to the flames,
I’ll thank your gracious mercy!
Angels, ever bright and fair,
Take, oh take me to your care!
Speed to your own courts my flight,
Clad in robes of virgins white,
Take me,
Angels….. »

There is something deeply peaceful in this moment, as if her faith is already protecting her and carrying her beyond it. 🤍🕊️

Lea Desandre - Theodora
Avery Amereau, contralto - Irene
Hugh Cutting - Didymus
Laurence Kilsby - Septimius
Alex Rosen, bass - Valens

🎻 Jupiter Choir and Orchestra

🎼 Artistic direction
Thomas Dunford

🎙️Choir
Alysia Hanshaw
Yerin Lächli
Neïma Fischer
Sam Cobb
Clémence Faber
Iris Korfker
Lorna Price
Attila Varga-Tóth
Patrick Kilbride: Tenor
Richard Pittsinger
Kevin Arboleda Oquendo
Stuart O’Hara
Matthew Knickman
Ben Kazez

🎻 Violins
Louise Ayrton
Magdalena Sypniewski
Andrew Wong
Augusta McKay Lodge
Manami Mizumoto
Valentine Pinardel
Koji Yoda

🎻 Violas
Jasper Snow
Jeff Girton
Ivan Saez Schwartz

🎻 Cellos
Cyril Poulet
Arthur Cambreling
Julien Hainsworth

🎻 Doublebasses
Chloe Lucas
Youen Cadiou
Ismael Campanero

🎹 Harpsichord and organ
Tom Foster

🎶 Flutes
Anne Parisot
Georgia Browne
Clémence Bourgeois

🎶 Oboe
Neven Lesage
Jon Olaberria

🎶 Bassoons
Evolène Kiener
Niels Collins Cooppalle

📯 Horns
Félix Polet
Armand Dubois

🎺 Trumpets
Jean-Daniel Souchon
Jean Bollinger

🗣️ English coaching
Sophie Daneman

🎭 Stage manager
Frédéric Mazin

📋 General manager
Anaïs Le Fur

30/03/2026

Our album Songs of Passion is officially 6 months old, and we’ve been taking a moment to reflect on what it has meant to us ✨

It was a very special recording, made with a lot of care, sincerity, and love for this music. We poured our hearts into it, simply hoping to share something honest and meaningful 🤍

Over these past months, hearing your messages, your thoughts, and feeling your presence during concerts has meant so much to us. Thank you for listening so deeply and for embracing this album the way you have 🎻

We are also truly grateful for the recognition Songs of Passion has received 💿

Thank you to the The New York Times for naming it one of the Best Classical Music Albums of 2025 🎵
Thank you to Gramophone for the Editor’s Choice 🎶
Thank you to Presto Music for Classical Recording of the Year 🎧
And thank you to ICMA for the award in the Baroque Vocal category 🎙️

More than anything, we hope this music continues to stay with you and move you ✨

What has been your favourite piece on Songs of Passion?

Thomas Dunford
Lea Desandre
Warner Classics & Erato
Erato - Warner Classics France

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