Natalie Dessay: Soprano Le Concert d'Astree Emmanuelle Haim: Harpsichord, Direction High-flying French coloratura soprano Natalie Dessay has scored another triumph with this exquisite disc of three Italian Cantatas by George Frideric Handel. As ideal in the romantic roles of Donizetti, Gounod, Strauss, and Offenbach as in the earlier music of Mozart, Monteverdi, and Handel, Dessay sings with.