Bernard Deletré is a French operatic

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- baritone .

Life

After studying flute and singing in the North of France, followed by a first prize in singing at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

, Deletré performed with the Groupe Vocal de France before embarking on a career as a soloist. He also performs

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, with the Atelier Lyrique du Rhin or the

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. He has sung Monteverdi, Purcell, Cesti, Cavalli, Lully, Charpentier, Rameau, Handel or Mozart, and also Verdi, Bellini, Massenet, Offenbach, Janáček. Deletré has performed in the United States and Canada (

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, Berkeley Festival,

New York City Opera The New York City Opera (NYCO) is an American opera company located in Manhattan in New York City. The company has been active from 1943 through 2013 (when it filed for bankruptcy), and again since 2016 when it was revived. The opera company, du ...

Boston Early Music Festival The Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) is a non-profit organization founded in 1980 in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. to promote historical music performance. It presents an annual concert series in Boston and New York City, produces opera recordi ...

, Opera Lafayette Washington DC, Florence Gould Hall of New-York, Festival de Musique ancienne de Montréal), and also collaborates with the Dutch national company Reisopera and the

Grand Théâtre de Genève Grand Théâtre de Genève is an opera house in Geneva, Switzerland. As with many other opera houses, the Grand Théâtre de Genève is both a venue and an institution. The venue is a majestic building, towering over Place Neuve, offici ...

. Deletré worked extensively in the 1980s and 1990s with the ensemble of Baroque music Les Arts Florissants, led by William Christie. He has participated in more than forty radio and CD recordings for

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France, Adda, Opus 111,

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labels ... He sings in both in the field of Baroque music and in the traditional opera repertoire: Giorgio in Bellini's ''

I puritani ' (''The Puritans'') is an 1835 opera by Vincenzo Bellini. It was originally written in two acts and later changed to three acts on the advice of Gioachino Rossini, with whom the young composer had become friends. The music was set to a librett ...

'' in Nantes, Schlemil in Offenbach's ''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died i ...

'' (Oeser version) in Geneva directed by

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, Dikoï in Janáček's ''

Káťa Kabanová ''Káťa Kabanová'' (also known in various spellings including ''Katia'', ''Katja'', ''Katya'', and ''Kabanowa'') is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by the composer based on '' The Storm'', a play by Alexander ...

'' in Geneva, Bartolo in Mozart's ''

The Marriage of Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' ( opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It pre ...

'' in Tourcoing and Orléans, the priest in Janáček's ''

The Cunning Little Vixen ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' (original title ''Příhody lišky Bystroušky'' or ''Tales of Vixen Sharp-Ears'' in English), is a three-act Czech-language opera by Leoš Janáček completed in 1923 to a libretto the composer himself adapted from a ...

'' in Geneva, Arkel in ''

Pelléas and Mélisande ''Pelléas and Mélisande'' (french: Pelléas et Mélisande) is a Symbolist play by Maurice Maeterlinck about the forbidden, doomed love of the title characters. It was first performed in 1893. The work never achieved great success on the stage, a ...

'' on tour in the Netherlands. In 2005, he wrote, directed, conducted and performed the show ''La Fontaine Incognito'' to music by

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for the Grand Théâtre de Limoges. He was heard in Massenet's ''

Hérodiade ''Hérodiade'' is an opera in four acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Paul Milliet and Henri Grémont, based on the novella ''Hérodias'' (1877) by Gustave Flaubert. It was first performed at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussel ...

'' (Phanuel) and Bizet's ''

Les pêcheurs de perles ' (''The Pearl Fishers'') is an opera in three acts by the French composer Georges Bizet, to a libretto by Eugène Cormon and Michel Carré. It was premiered on 30 September 1863 at the Théâtre Lyrique in Paris, and was given 18 performances ...

'' (Nourabad) at the

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, Massenet's ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was fi ...

'' (comte des Grieux) on tour in the Netherlands, Cherubini's ''

Médée ''Médée'' is a dramatic tragedy in five acts written in alexandrine verse by Pierre Corneille in 1635. Summary The heroine of the play is the sorceress Médée. After Médée gives Jason twin boys, Jason leaves her for Creusa. Médée e ...

'' (Creon) on tour in the Netherlands, Massenet's ''

Don Quichotte ''Don Quichotte'' (''Don Quixote'') is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Massenet's ''comédie-héroïque'', like many dramati ...

'' (title role) and Gounod's '' Roméo et Juliette'' (Frère Laurent) in Limoges, Stravinsky's ''

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'' with the Orchestre national de Lille, a revival of ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' in Geneva, ''La Veuve et le Grillon'', a work by Daniel Soulier,Daniel Soulier
on Babelio ''

The Love for Three Oranges ''The Love for Three Oranges'', Op. 33, also known by its French language title ' (russian: Любовь к трём апельсинам, links=no, ''Lyubov' k tryom apel'sinam''), is a satirical opera by Sergei Prokofiev. Its French libretto ...

'' in Dijon and Limoges, Mozart's ''

'' in Tourcoing and the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Busoni's ''

Turandot ''Turandot'' (; see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, posthumously completed by Franco Alfano in 1926, and set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. ''Turandot'' best-known aria is " Nessun dorma", ...

'' Dijon, revival of Lully's '' Atys'' in Paris, Caen, Bordeaux, Versailles and New-York, Janáček's ''

Jenůfa ''Její pastorkyňa'' (''Her Stepdaughter''; commonly known as ''Jenůfa'' ) is an opera in three acts by Leoš Janáček to a Czech libretto by the composer, based on the play ''Její pastorkyňa'' by Gabriela Preissová. It was first performed ...

in Rennes and Limoges. Among other projects, Deletré continues his collaboration with the American company Opera Lafayette: in the staging (and interpretation of the character of Baskir) for Félicien David's opera '' Lalla-Roukh'' in Washington and New York in January 2013, in the role of Don Alfonso in ''

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'' in October 2013 (reprise at the Château de Versailles on 30 January, 2 and 3 February 2014).

Selected discography

Operas

* 2013: ''Lalla Roukh'' by Félicien David (Baskir)- Dir.

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– Naxos * 2007: '' Ulysse'' by

Jean-Féry Rebel Jean-Féry Rebel (18 April 1666 – 2 January 1747) was an innovative French Baroque composer and violinist. Biography Rebel, a child violin prodigy, was the most famous offspring of Jean Rebel, a tenor in Louis XIV's private chapel. He lat ...

(Urilas) - Dir. Reyne - AC Production * 2005: ''Isis'' by Lully (Jupiter) - Dir. Reyne - AC Production * 2004: ''Orfeo'' by Monteverdi (Plutone) - Dir. Malgoire - Dynamic * 2003: ''Agrippina'' by Haendel (Pallante) - Dir. Malgoire - Dynamic * 1997: ''La Dame blanche'' by Boëldieu (Mac Irton) - Dir. Minkowski - EMI * 1996: ''Calisto'' by Cavalli (Giove) - Dir. J.Glover - (live) BBC World * 1995: ''

'' by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (Créon) - Dir. Christie - Erato * 1993: ''Armide'' by Lully (Hidraot, Ubalde) - Dir. Herreweghe - Harm.M. * 1992: ''Idoménée'' by

André Campra André Campra (; baptized 4 December 1660 – 29 June 1744) was a French composer and conductor of the Baroque era. The leading French opera composer in the period between Jean-Baptiste Lully and Jean-Philippe Rameau, Campra wrote several '' tra ...

(title role) Dir. Christie - Har.M. * 1992: ''Le Baigneur'' by Denis Levaillant (title role) - Thésis * 1991: ''Les Indes galantes'' by Rameau (Huascar, Alvar) - Dir. Christie Har.M. * 1991: ''Orfeo'' by Rossi (Augure, Pluton) - Dir. Christie - Har.M * 1990: ''Alcyone'' by Marin Marais (solos divers) - Dir. Minkowski - Erato * 1990: ''Iphigénie en Aulide'' by Glück (Patrocle) - Dir. Gardiner - Erato * 1989: ''Le Malade imaginaire'' Molière/Charpentier - Dir. Minkowski - Erato * 1989: ''Platée'' by

Jean-Philippe Rameau Jean-Philippe Rameau (; – ) was a French composer and music theorist. Regarded as one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the 18th century, he replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera ...

(Momus, Cithéron) - Dir. Minkowski - Erato * 1989: ''

The Fairy-Queen ''The Fairy-Queen'' (1692; Purcell catalogue number Z.629) is a semi-opera by Henry Purcell; a " Restoration spectacular". The libretto is an anonymous adaptation of William Shakespeare's comedy ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''. First performed ...

'' by Henry Purcell (Drunken poet, Corydon, Hymen) - Dir. Christie Har.M. * 1988: ''

David et Jonathas ''David et Jonathas'' (''David and Jonathan''), H. 490, is an opera in five acts and a prologue by the French composer Marc-Antoine Charpentier, first performed at the Collège Louis-le-Grand, Paris, on 28 February 1688. The libretto, by ...

'' by

Marc-Antoine Charpentier Marc-Antoine Charpentier (; 1643 – 24 February 1704) was a French Baroque composer during the reign of Louis XIV. One of his most famous works is the main theme from the prelude of his ''Te Deum'', ''Marche en rondeau''. This theme is still u ...

(Vx de Samuel, Achis) - Dir. Christie - Har.M. * 1988: ''Giasone'' by Cavalli (Oreste) - Dir. R. Jacobs - Har.M. * 1987: ''Comédie-ballets'' by Lully (various) Minkowski - Erato * 1987: '' Atys'' by

Jean-Baptiste Lully Jean-Baptiste Lully ( , , ; born Giovanni Battista Lulli, ; – 22 March 1687) was an Italian-born French composer, guitarist, violinist, and dancer who is considered a master of the French Baroque music style. Best known for his operas ...

(Le Temps, Phobétor, Sangar) - Dir. Christie - Harmonia Mundi

Oratorios - various

* 1990 : * 2005: ''

L'Homme et son désir ''L'Homme et son désir'', Op. 48, is a ballet composed by Darius Milhaud from 1917–18, based on a scenario of Paul Claudel. It was written in Brazil, where Milhaud had accompanied Claudel as a secretary when the latter was appointed ambassado ...

'' by

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- Orch. Nal de Lille - Dir.

Jean-Claude Casadesus Jean-Claude Probst (born 7 December 1935), known professional as Jean-Claude Casadesus, is a French conductor. Biography Casadesus was born in Paris on 7 December 1935, the son of actress Gisèle Casadesus and her husband Lucien Pascal. He be ...

- Naxos * 1996: ''La Fontaine-un portrait musical'' - Dir. Hugo Reyne - EMI * 1996:

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s by

(solo bass) - Dir. Niquet * 1995: ''Messe du couronnement'' by

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(solo bass) - Dir. Patrick Marco - Verany * 1995: ''Thétis'' secular cantata by

(solo bass) - Dir. Coin * 1995: Motets by Pierre Robert (solo bass) - Dir. Schneebeli * 1993: ''Salve Regina'' by Haydn (solo bass) - Dir. Gester - Opus 111 * 1992: Motets by

Sébastien de Brossard Sébastien de Brossard, pronounced e.bɑs.tjẽ də brɔ.saːr (12 September 1655 – 10 August 1730) was a French music theorist, composer and collector. Life Brossard was born in Dompierre, Orne. After studying philosophy and theology ...

(solo bass) - Dir. Gester - Opus 111 * 1991: Motets by

Michel-Richard de Lalande Michel Richard Delalande e Lalande'' (; 15 December 1657 – 18 June 1726) was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV. He was one of the most important composers of grands motets. He also wrote or ...

(solo bass) - Dir. Colléaux - Erato * 1990:

, ''Les Quatre Saisons'' H.335 - 338, ''Psaumes de David'' H.174, H.231, H.179, Le Parlement de Musique, clavecin, orgue et direction Martin Gester. CD Opus 111. * 1990: "Motets" de Marc-Antoine Charpentier (solo bass) - Dir. Olivier Schneebeli - Adda * 1989: ''Messe'' by de la Rue (ens.Cl.Janequin) - Har.M. * 1989: ''

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'' H.146 by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (solo bass) - Dir. Christie - Har.M. * 1989 : Psaumes by

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (; 9 October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto ...

(solo bass) - Dir. Mercier - Adda * 1983 : ''Antifonia'' by Scelsi (Groupe Vocal de France) - Dir. Tranchant

Videos, radio and television

* DVDs: ** ''Agrippine'' by Haendel - Dir. Malgoire - 2004 ** ''Orfeo'' by Monteverdi - Dir Malgoire – 2006 ** ''Turandot'' by Busoni – Dir Kawka – 2011 ** ''Atys'' by Lully – Dir. Christie - 2011 * Radio : ** ''L'homme qui avait...'' by Edith Lejet (

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) ** ''Scherzo'' by Bruno Gillet (Radio France) ** ''Barca di Venetia'' by Banchieri (Radio France/Péniche-opéra) ** ''O comme eau'' by Claude Prey (Radio France/Péniche-opéra) ** ''L'Arrache-Cœur'' by Elisabeth Sikora (Radio France) ** ''Les Chambres de Cristal'' by Reibel (Radio France/Péniche- * Television: ** ''Le Malade Imaginaire'' Molière/Charpentier - La sept - ** ''Fairy Queen'' by Purcell - La Sept - ** ''Giasone'' by Cavalli - Télévision autrichienne - ** ''Atys'' de Lully - La Sept -

Stagings

* 1986 – ''Le Cirque volant'' by Jean Absil - Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais * 1997 - ''Le joueur de flûte'' by - translation of the booklet, adaptation, staging - Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais * 1998 - ''Le Paradis des chats'' by Vladimir Kojoukharov - adaptation, staging - Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais * 2002 - ''La Querelle des muses'' by Alexandros Markeas - Script, libretto, staging - Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais * 2005 - ''Atchafalaya'' by Isabelle Aboulker - staging - Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais, Montréal (Canada) * 2005 - ''La Fontaine et le Corbeau'' by Isabelle Aboulker - Adaptation, staging - Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais, Dijon * 2005 - ''La Fontaine incognito'' to a music by Isabelle Aboulker - Script, libretto, staging – Opéra-Théâtre de Limoges * 2007 - ''Les enfants du Levant'' by Isabelle Aboulker - Adaptation, staging - Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais * 2011 – Appointed director of the Atelier lyrique du conservatoire d'Hellemmes-Lille * 2012 - ''Autour de Beaumarchais'' to musics by Mozart and Rossini and texts by Beaumarchais - script, staging – Atelier lyrique d'Hellemmes * 2013 - ''Lalla-Roukh'' by Félicien David - Adaptation, staging - With the American company "Opera Lafayette" - Washington, New-York * 2013 - ''Lalla-Roukh'' by Félicien David - Adaptation, staging - Atelier lyrique d'Hellemmes * 2014 - ''Le Médecin malgré lui'' by Molière/Gounod - Adaptation, staging - Atelier lyrique d'Hellemmes * 2015 - ''L'Etoile'' by Emmanuel Chabrier - Adaptation, staging - Atelier lyrique d'Hellemmes * 2016 - ''La Fille de Madame Angot'' by Charles Lecocq - Adaptation, staging - Atelier lyrique d'Hellemmes * 2016 - ''Une éducation manquée'' by Emmanuel Chabrier - Adaptation, staging - With the American company "Opera Lafayette" - Washington, New-York * 2017 - ''La Flûte enchantée'' by Mozart - Adaptation, staging - Atelier lyrique d'Hellemmes. * 2018 (project) - ''Véronique'' by André Messager - Adaptation, staging - Atelier lyrique d'Hellemmes.

References

External links

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Biography on Bach Cantatas Website

Bernard Deletré
on Opéra national de Bordeaux
Discography
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