Céline Scheen studied flute and singing at the conservatory in Verviers. Although the Belgian’s childhood dream was to become a French chanson or rock singer, she studied classical concert and opera singing at the Royal Conservatory in Mons. She continued her studies at the Brussels Conservatory, at the Brussels Chapelle musicale Reine Elisabeth and at the Guildhall School of Music in London with Vera Rosza, who persuaded her to devote herself to early music. Scheen came to prominence when she took part in a highly acclaimed recording of Gérard Corbiau’s film ‘Le Roi Danse’ with Musica Antiqua Köln under the direction of Reinhard Goebel for the Deutsche Grammophon label. Since then, she has appeared with a broad repertoire in numerous opera productions at the Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg, Théâtre de Caen and Opérra du Rhin, among others, in the roles of Thérèse in Poulenc’s ‘Les mamelles de Tirésias’, Frasquita in Bizet’s “Carmen”, Grilletta in Haydn’s ‘Lo speziale’, Zerlina in Mozart’s ‘Don Giovanni’ and Philonoé in Lully’s ‘Bellérophon’. Under the direction of René Jacobs, she was heard at the Brussels opera house La Monnaie in Gluck’s ‘Alceste’, Cavalli’s “Eliogabalo” and Mozart’s ‘The Magic Flute’.
As a concert singer, she has sung solo parts in works ranging from Bach and Mozart to Fauré and Orff. She has performed with ensembles such as Musica Antiqua Köln, Il Fondamento, Ricercar Consort, Capella Mediterranea, La Fénice, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel, Les Talens Lyriques, L’Arpegggiata and Le Concert des Nations as well as with musicians such as Leonardo García-Alarcón, Jean Tubéry, Andrea Marcon, Christophe Rousset, Jordi Savall and Christina Pluhar. Concert tours have taken the singer to the musical centres of Europe, New Zealand and New York’s Carnegie Hall.