Clarisse Planchais pursued her early studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris before graduating from the Prince Claus Conservatoire in Groningen, where she worked with Hanneke de Wit. She is a recipient of the Miluska Duffková Scholarship and the Excellence Scholarship from the Fonds Koninklijk Conservatorium for her studies with the Dutch National Opera Academy. She was also distinguished with the Young Hope Prize and the Prize from the French Centre for Lyrical Promotion at the 4th International Opera Competition Raymond Duffaut, France.

Performance credits range from Baroque to Contemporary music, with roles such as Dido (Dido and Aeneas), Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Musetta (La Bohème), Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel) and  Anne Trulove (The Rake’s Progress). She has appeared in productions including Raskatov’s Animal Farm at Dutch National Opera and the Wiener Staatsoper, Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas with the Luthers Bach Ensemble, and Puccini’s Suor Angelica with the Nootstroom Orchestra. Concert engagements include a French Baroque recital with the Noordelijk Barokensemble and Duparc songs with orchestra at De Oosterpoort in Groningen and De Harmonie in Leeuwarden. Repertoire at DNOA includes Pergolesi’s La serva padrona, Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg’s NIGHTTOWN and Leoš Janáček’s Cunning Little Vixen.

Concert engagements include a French Baroque recital with the Noordelijk Barokensemble, as well as performances of Duparc songs with orchestra at De Oosterpoort in Groningen and De Harmonie in Leeuwarden.

Repertoire at the DNOA includes Serpina in Pergolesi’s La serva padrona, The Nymph in the European premiere of Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg’s Nighttown, and Pepík, Forester’s Grandson / Mrs. Páskova / Owl in Leoš Janáček’s Příhody lišky Bystroušky (The Cunning Little Vixen).