Camille Delaforge
Artistic Director: Ensemble Il Caravaggio
Described by Forum Opera as “dynamic and inspired”, Camille Delaforge is a French conductor and harpsichordist specialising in the baroque repertoire.
In the 2026/27 season, Delaforge undertakes a range of engagements including conducting the Bayreuth Baroque production of Handel’s Flávio at Staatstheater Meiningen, alongside debuts with Kristiansand Symphony Orchestra and Real Filharmonía de Galicia. She also conducts Rameau’s Les Boréades for Irish National Opera with Irish Baroque, including performances at the Linbury Theatre, Covent Garden, marking the first presentation of a work by Rameau by the Royal Opera. Further engagements include appearances with Ensemble Il Caravaggio at Festival d’Ambronay, the Erasmus klingt! Festival, Théâtre de Caen, Händel-Haus Halle and the Berliner Philharmonie, as well as performances of Rameau’s Platée at Opéra de Rennes, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and Opéra Royal de Versailles, among others.
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Recent engagements have included Orphée et Eurydice with Capella Cracoviensis and a baroque programme of works by Lully, Rameau, Handel and Bach with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Other notable highlights include Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas at Dutch National Opera and Bach’s St John Passion with Orchestre de Chambre de Paris. In summer 2024, she was a resident conductor at Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, working alongside Emmanuelle Haïm.
Delaforge is the founder and artistic director of Ensemble Il Caravaggio, a period ensemble specialising in French and Italian lyrical repertoire. Under her direction, the ensemble has appeared at venues and festivals including Opéra Angers Nantes, La Seine Musicale, Festival de Saint-Denis, Festival International de Beaune, Festival de Pâques Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Sablé, Festival La Folia (Switzerland), Théâtre-Sénart, Musikfest Bremen, De Bijloke, Festival de Bilbao and the Stockholm Early Music Festival.
Prior to establishing her conducting career, Delaforge performed extensively as a harpsichordist with ensembles including Le Poème Harmonique, Le Concert de la Loge and Orfeo 55. Her performances have taken her to venues including the Philipszaal in The Hague, Wigmore Hall in London, the Salzburger Festspiele and Victoria Hall in Geneva. Her work with vocal repertoire has included collaborations with opera singers at Festival Radio France (Montpellier), the Potager du Roi in Versailles, the Oude Muziek Festival (Utrecht), Rosa Bonheur Festival and Agapé Festival (Geneva). She has maintained a longstanding collaboration with French bass-baritone Guilhem Worms, with whom she has developed a number of chamber music programmes, including Mozart and Salieri for piano four hands with Karolos Zouganelis, La Dame de mes Songes, devoted to Franco-Spanish repertoire of the 20th century, and Near My Heart, a programme of French mélodies.
Alongside her performing career, Delaforge has developed a number of educational and cultural initiatives, with a particular focus on widening access to music. Projects include teaching underprivileged children in Ecuador and, with Ensemble Il Caravaggio, leading cultural mediation projects in schools and for disadvantaged communities in Val‑d’Oise, Essonne and Plaine Saint-Denis.
Delaforge has recorded for Alpha Classics, Warner, Klarthe and Château de Versailles Spectacles.
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“Everything in this opera was fresh and beautiful thanks to her stimulating way of conducting…”
“Camille Delaforge’s precise and supple gestures illuminate the refinement of a score that blends the Italian comedic style with French theatrical elegance. Moreover, her cohesive and seductive interpretive approach elevates Campra to his rightful stature, bridging the noble grandeur of Lully, the graceful energy of Handel, and foreshadowing the immense Rameau.”
“Meticulously examining every corner of the score, she leads her ensemble Il Caravaggio with full and vibrant sonorities, blending vigor, lyricism, and humour.”
“This diversity of styles flows naturally under the spirited and refined direction that Camille Delaforge brings to her musicians of Il Caravaggio. From the pit rises a bouquet of sonorities — woody and soft, diaphanous and robust.”
“Our first duty is to applaud the ensemble Il Caravaggio and the remarkable leadership of Camille Delaforge. She fully dedicates herself to bringing a score to life with the brilliance of a fireworks display. Camille Delaforge’s attentiveness to the singers (we often see her singing along with them) creates a successful symbiosis between both sides of the podium. Her dynamic and inspired conducting ensures the success of the evening.”
“The ensemble Il Caravaggio rises to the highest level, leaving its mark and easily holding its own against well-known references.”
“Camille Delaforge, who remains at the harpsichord, breathes life into everything the ensemble performs. Her expressive gestures, involving her entire body, are reminiscent of another great conductor, Emmanuelle Haïm, at the start of her brilliant career.”
“Mozart manages to transcend this doctrinal imbroglio with striking virtuosity, as evidenced by the lively performance of the musicians under Camille Delaforge’s inspired direction.”
“Under the precise yet enthusiastic direction of Camille Delaforge, the young ensemble delivers what is undoubtedly one of its finest performances since its inception.”





