Sabine Devieilhe (born 12 December 1985, Ifs, Calvados, France) is a French operatic soprano. Biography Devieilhe was born in Ifs, near Caen, France, on 12 December 1985 in a non-musician family - her parents are specialized educators, only her older sister teaches singing and violin. Training She began her musical apprenticeship at the Ifs school of music before entering the Caen Conservatory (fr) at the age of twelve in order to study the cello. Influenced successively by conductor Valérie Fayet, and singing teachers Jocelyne Chamonin (Caen Concervatory), Martine Surais (Rennes Conservatory (fr)), Pierre Mervant, Malcolm Walker and Elène Golgevit (Conservatoire .