Jean-François Gardeil

Jean-François Gardeil is a French baritone and theatre director. He is also the founder and artistic director of the ''Chants de Garonne''.''Chants de Garonne''
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Biography

Originally from Agen, Gardeil, after studying at the Lycée Fermat and a Master of Arts at Toulouse University, studied singing at the Lausanne Conservatory, then at the École d'Art Lyrique of the Opéra de Paris. A prizewinner of the Ravel Academy, the Toulouse International Competition (French Melody Prize) and the Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, he was first known as a performer of Baroque music and Mozartian repertoire.

Baritone

With William Christie and Les Arts Florissants, he made manyconcert tours around the world, singing in thirty countries. In particular, he played one of the leading roles in '' Atys'' by Lully, at the Opéra-Comique, Florence and New York in 1987, 1989 and 1992. He was also Straton in '' Alceste'' by Lully at Versailles and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, production Martinoty- Malgoire, La Hire in '' La fée Urgèle'' by Favart at the Opéra-Comique, with Jean-Marie Villégier and Christophe Rousset, Saül in ''David et Jonathas'' by M.A. Charpentier (tour in concert version in France and England) with William Christie, also sang in Karlsruhe and Schwetzingen in ''Tarare'' by Salieri (prod Martinoty-Malgoire), played the title role in ''Les surprises de l'Amour'' by Rameau at Montpellier (Barrat-Christie)…

He sang the three roles of '' Don Giovanni'' (theater in Rennes), Leporello ( Opéra-Comique) and Masetto ( Angers-Nantes Opéra) in the same year 1987. In the 1990s, he also sang Guglielmo then Don Alfonso (''Cosi fan tutte'') in various productions.

In French opéra comique, he has notably sung the roles of Moralès and Le Dancaïre in '' Carmen'' (at Limoges and Besançon) Frédéric in ''Lakmé'' (Opéra-Comique, Nancy), Brétigny in '' Manon'' (Opéra-Comique).

Gardeil also sang and recorded with Gustav Leonhardt, Michel Corboz, Emmanuel Krivine, Armin Jordan, Michel Plasson, Serge Baudo, Lothar Zagrosek, Alan Curtis, Friedman Layer, and worked with directors such as Antoine Vitez, Pier-Luigi Pizzi, Jean-Marie Villégier, Jean-Louis Martinoty, Nicolas Joel, Pierre Barrat, Goran Järvefelt, Antoine Bourseiller, Christian Gangneron.

Jean-François Gardeil is also fond of French melody: Associated with the pianist Billy Eidi, with whom he gives concerts in France and abroad, he has received the Grand Prix of the Académie Charles Cros, and that of the New Disk Academy for their integral of the melodies by Honegger (at Timpani). A specialist in Poulenc, Ravel and Debussy, he is also a specialist in the music of les Six. He performed the discographic creation of the Darius Milhaud cycle ''Tristesses'' (at Maguelone), and recorded the mélodies by Ernest Chausson, Maurice Delage, Guy Sacre, Aubert Lemeland and Henri Sauguet (Timpani).

Teacher

Interested in teaching, he founded in 1991 "Les Chants de Garonne", and in 2000 "Opéra de Gascogne", a light lyrical structure that contributes to the detection of singers and the broadcasting of shows in south-western France. He is also a jury member at the Conservatoire de Genève, of Toulouse and the Ravel Academy in Saint-Jean-de-Luz.

Director

Finally, Jean-François Gardeil is also passionate about mise en scène.

To his credit, a tour of ''L'Orfeo'' by Claudio Monteverdi with Gilles Ragon, Claire Brua and Fernand Bernadi, first stage adaptation of ''La descente d'Orphée aux Enfers'' by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, and '' King Arthur'' by Henry Purcell.

In 2000, he created the opera ''La Voie Écarlate'' by Jacques Castérède.

In 2002 and 2003, two Offenbach works, ''La Belle Hélène'' and ''La Périchole'', with Anna Holroyd. This latter work will be revived in 2004 in Toulouse and Tarbes. In January 2002, he also staged a chamber opera performance in Bordeaux and the Aquitaine Region, which brought together '' Le pauvre matelot'' by Darius Milhaud and Jean Cocteau, '' Le Piège de Méduse'' by Érik Satie, and '' The Telephone'' by Gian Carlo Menotti, in a coproduction Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux -OARA- Chants de Garonne.

2004 saw the creation of ''Fleurs, flèches and flammes'', a show - of which he is the author. - after madrigals by Claudio Monteverdi, but also a new production of '' Ciboulette'' by Reynaldo Hahn.

In 2005 Gardeil staged ''L'Enfant et les Sortilèges'' by Maurice Ravel and Colette in Toulouse (production du CNR) and ''Le voyage dans la lune'' by Jacques Offenbach at Condom, Toulouse (Cité de l’Espace) and Agen. In 2006, ''Masques'', creation by Marc Bleuse, ''Dido and Aeneas'' by Henry Purcell with Guillemette Laurens, at Toulouse, Périgueux, Condom and Agen, as well as a new production of ''Trois coups'' by Fabien Prou and '' Monsieur Choufleuri'' by Offenbach in several cities in the southwest.

The year 2008 saw the creation of ''Blanche'' at the Agen theatre, adapted by J.F Gardeil from the ''Dialogues des Carmélites'', by Francis Poulenc and Georges Bernanos, revived in summer 2008 in the Gers. Also the staging of '' Véronique'' by André Messager, a scenic adaptation of oratorios by Giacomo Carissimi and Marc-Antoine Charpentier in the cathédrale Saint-Caprais d'Agen, and most recently ''The Magic Flute'' by Mozart.

Discography

Under the direction of William Christie ( Les Arts Florissants)

* Célénus in ''Atys'' by Lully (Harmonia Mundi)
* Saül in ''David et Jonathas'' by M-A. Charpentier (HM)
* Dorilas in ''Le Malade imaginaire'' by Charpentier-Molière (HM)
* Comus in ''Les Plaisirs de Versailles'' by Charpentier ( Erato)
* Apollon and Titye in ''La Descente d'Orphée aux enfers'' by Charpentier (Erato)
* ''Te Deum'' and ''Messe "Assumpta est"'' by Charpentier (HM)
* Cantates de Campra (''Les Femmes'', ''Eneas and Dido'') (HM)
* Cantates de Montéclair ( ''Pyrame et Thisbé'') (HM)

Under the direction of

Jean-Claude Malgoire

* Straton in ''Alceste'' by Lully (Astrée)
* Momus in ''Platée'' by Rameau (CBS)
* ''Carmen Saeculare'' by Philidor (Erato)
* ''Messe à quatre chœurs'' by Charpentier (Erato, reissued at Apex)

Others

* At Lira d'Arco, under the direction of Michel Laplénie: ''Messes des Morts'' by Charles Levens
* At Ama Deus Musique Production, under the direction of Joël Péral: ''Cantate sur l'Europe'' by Jean-Paul Lécot
* At Forlane with organist Jean-Paul Lécot: L'orgue "Renaissance" of Saint-Savin in Lavedan
* At Cybélia (reissued at Arion), under the direction of Jonathan Darlington: the friend in '' Le pauvre matelot'' by Milhaud

French mélodie

With pianist Billy Eidi

* ''Hommage à Cocteau'' (melodies by Satie, Honegger, Milhaud, Sauguet, Auris, Sacre…) (Adda) (reissued at Accord)
* ''Mélodies'' by Ravel and Poulenc (''Histoires naturelles'', ''Mélodies populaires grecques'', ''Don Quichotte à Dulcinée'' by Ravel, '' Banalités'', ''Montparnasse'' and other melodies by Poulenc on poems by Apollinaire) (Adda)
* ''Mélodies'' by Debussy and Roussel (''Le promenoir des deux amants'', ''les ballades de Villon'', ''Les Fêtes Galantes'' by Verlaine, the sonnets by Mallarmé by Debussy and various melodies by Roussel) (Adda)
* Integral of Arthur Honegger's melodies (Timpani label)
* Integral of Ernest Chausson's melodies (2 CD) (Timpani)
* Integral of Maurice Delage's mélodies (Timpani)
* ''Mélodies'' by Guy Sacre (Timpani)
* ''Mélodies'' by Henri Sauguet (Timpani)

Others

* Chez Maguelone, with pianist Irène Kudela: ''Mélodies'' by Darius Milhaud (''Tristesses'', ''les soirées de Pétrogrades'' and ''Le catalogue de fleurs'')
* Chez Intégral, with guitarist Alain Prévost: ''Mélodies'' by Aubert Lemeland

References

External links

"Les Chants de Garonne"

Site des Nuits musicales en Armagnac

Extrait "la Vie Parisienne... ou Presque" par les Chants de Garonne
on YouTube

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People from Agen
French operatic baritones
French theatre directors
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century French male opera singers
20th-century French male opera singers
Lausanne Conservatory alumni