A rising star in her native France, the mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet is making her US orchestral debut with a work that she acknowledges may seem unusual. Druet, whose voice has been given high praise by prominent conductor Leonard Slatkin, will sing works by impressionist composer Maurice Ravel starting Thursday night with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Druet called the work "a bit peculiar," but said that she first was drawn to it in her days at the Paris Conservatory. "It moved me tremendously to see that a composer could grasp the spirit of the music that was deeply traditional but at the same time manage to bring in his own originality," Druet said in an interview.
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