André Heyboer (born in 1971 in

Brive-la-Gaillarde Brive-la-Gaillarde (; Limousin dialect of ), commonly known as simply Brive, is a commune of France. It is a sub-prefecture and the largest city of the Corrèze department. It has around 46,000 inhabitants, while the population of the aggl ...

) is a French contemporary

baritone A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the ...

. In 1992, he entered the . In 2005, he began a career as a baritone. Today, he performs in works from the 19th century French and Italian repertoire (Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Massenet) without neglecting contemporary creation (''La Métamorphose'' by Michaël Levinas).

Biography

Heyboer began his musical apprenticeship at the age of eleven when he began practicing singing in the choirs of

Terrasson-Lavilledieu Terrasson-Lavilledieu (; , before 1997: ''Terrasson-la-Villedieu'') is a commune in the Dordogne department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine in southwestern France. The commune was created in 1963 by the merger of the former communes Terrasson and Laville ...

and the Camerata Vocal of Brive. He sang Renaissance, French, Italian and German Baroque repertoires in the festivals of la

Vézère The Vézère (; ) is a 211-km-long river in southwestern France. It is an important tributary to the Dordogne (river), Dordogne. Its source is in the northwestern part of the elevated plateau known as the Massif Central. It flows into the Dordog ...

La Chaise-Dieu La Chaise-Dieu (; Auvergnat: ''La Chasa Dieu'') is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Its inhabitants are called ''Casadéens'', from the Latin name of the city. Geography La Chaise-Dieu occupies a 1082 m butte ...

and the . He studied classical guitar for eight years. He moved from choral singing to the roles of soloist, and developed his technique through private teaching. He met artists such as

José van Dam Joseph, Baron Van Damme (born 25 August 1940 in Brussels), known as José van Dam, is a Belgian bass-baritone, described as having "a magnificent resonant and expressive voice" and being "an excellent actor". Life and career At the age of 17, h ...

. He followed the

master class ''Master Class'' is a 1995 play by American playwright Terrence McNally, presented as a fictional master class by opera singer Maria Callas near the end of her life, in the 1970s. The play features incidental vocal music by Giuseppe Verdi, Giac ...

es of the "Master of Music" and took part in several concerts alongside him. At the

Capitole de Toulouse The Capitole de Toulouse (; ), commonly known as the ''Capitole'', is the heart of the municipal administration and the city hall of the France, French city of Toulouse. It was designated a ''monument historique'' by the French government in 1840 ...

he was a soloist in Charpentier's '' Louise'' (direction by

Nicolas Joel Nicolas Joel or Joël (6 February 195318 June 2020) was a French opera director and administrator of opera houses. He was general manager of the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse from 1990 to 2009 and of the Paris Opera from 2009 to 2014. He d ...

, conductor

Michel Plasson Michel Plasson (born 2 October 1933, Paris, France) is a French conductor. Plasson was a student of Lazare Lévy at the Conservatoire de Paris. In 1962, he was a prize-winner at the International Besançon Competition for Young Conductors. ...

). He played Pristav in ''

Boris Godunov Boris Feodorovich Godunov (; ; ) was the ''de facto'' regent of Russia from 1585 to 1598 and then tsar from 1598 to 1605 following the death of Feodor I, the last of the Rurik dynasty. After the end of Feodor's reign, Russia descended into t ...

'', Noah in

Britten Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, o ...

's ''

Noye's Fludde ''Noye's Fludde'' is a one-act opera by the British composer Benjamin Britten, intended primarily for amateur performers, particularly children. First performed on 18 June 1958 at that year's Aldeburgh Festival, it is based on the 15th-centu ...

'' and a Flemish Member of Parliament in ''

Don Carlos ''Don Carlos'' is an 1867 five-act grand opera composed by Giuseppe Verdi to a French-language libretto by Joseph Méry and Camille du Locle, based on the 1787 play '' Don Karlos, Infant von Spanien'' (''Don Carlos, Infante of Spain'') by Fried ...

''. From 2006 to 2010, he sang with some noted interpreters ( Neil Schicoff, Roberto Scianduzzi,

Violeta Urmana Violeta Urmanavičiūtė-Urmana (born 19 August 1961) is a Lithuanian opera singer who has sung leading mezzo-soprano and soprano roles in the opera houses of Europe and North America. Life and career Urmana was born in Kazlų Rūda, a small t ...

, Dennis O Neill,

Annick Massis Annick Massis (born Jacqueline Dubreuil; ; born 31 January 1958) is a French operatic soprano whose career is primarily based in Europe. She performed roles from various classical music eras, spanning from baroque, operas by Mozart, to 19th-centur ...

Natalie Dessay Natalie Dessay (; born 19 April 1965) is a French soprano, best known as an opera singer before her retirement from the opera stage in 2013. She gained wide recognition after her portrayal of Olympia in ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' in 1992, and then ...

Sophie Koch Sophie Koch (born 19 February 1969) is a French operatic mezzo-soprano who made an international career, performing Rosina in Rossini's '' Il barbiere di Siviglia'' at the Royal Opera House, the Composer in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' by Richard Stra ...

, Ludovic Tezier). At the

he sang Wagner in ''

Faust Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...

'', Jahel in '' Le roi d'Ys'' and Roucher in Giordano's '' Andrea Chenier''. At the

Paris Opera The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

he sang Rugierro in

Fromental Halévy Jacques-François-Fromental-Élie Halévy, usually known as Fromental Halévy (; 27 May 179917 March 1862), was a French composer. He is known today largely for his opera ''La Juive''. Early career Halévy was born in Paris, son of the cantor ...

's ''

La Juive ''La Juive'' (, ) is a grand opera in five acts by Fromental Halévy to an original French libretto by Eugène Scribe; it was first performed at the Opéra National de Paris, Opéra de Paris, on 23 February 1835. Composition history ''La Juive'' ...

'' (2007) and De Bretigny in ''

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 f ...

'' (2012). In 2009 he sang on the land of his Dutch ancestors at the Amsterdam Opera House, performing ''La Juive''. He sang Melot in ''

Tristan und Isolde ''Tristan und Isolde'' (''Tristan and Isolde''), WWV 90, is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner set to a German libretto by the composer, loosely based on the medieval 12th-century romance ''Tristan and Iseult'' by Gottfried von Stras ...

'' at the same time as he took on the role of Kurwenal at the Forum de Montpellier. In

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

, he played ''

Macbeth ''The Tragedy of Macbeth'', often shortened to ''Macbeth'' (), is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, estimated to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the physically violent and damaging psychological effects of political ambiti ...

'' (2008), Enrico in ''

Lucia di Lammermoor ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel '' The Bride of Lammermoor''. ...

'' (2009), Valentin in Gounod's ''

'' (2007). He took part in the premiere of Michaël Levinas's ''La Métamorphose'' at the Opéra de Lille, a production which won the "Grand Prix of the Academie Charles Cros" in 2012 and the "Prix de l'Académie lyrique du disque". In 2012 he played Zurga at the

Opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...

in 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 performan ...

'' with

Sonya Yoncheva Sonya Yoncheva (; born 25 December 1981) is a Bulgarian operatic soprano, producer and founder of SY11 Productions company and Bulgarian Artist magazine. Early life Yoncheva was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. She studied piano and voice at the Nation ...

and Dmitri Korshak and

Nicolas Testé Nicolas Testé (born November 28, 1970) is a French opera singer in the bass and baritone vocal range. Career Born in Paris, Testé first studied piano, bassoon and music history in Paris. He studied singing at the Paris Opéra and the "Centr ...

. At the end of that same year, he took part in the recording CD of Catel's ''

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'', and (Olkar) in Sofia at the

Centre de musique romantique française The Centre de musique romantique française ("centre for French Romantic music") is a French-administered cultural institution, research centre and concert hall, in Venice, in north-eastern Italy. It is housed in the Palazzetto Bru Zane, an annex t ...

. In 2013, he was Padre Camoine in Mascagni's '' Amica'' at the

Opéra de Monte-Carlo The Opéra de Monte-Carlo is an opera house which is part of the Monte Carlo Casino located in the Monaco, Principality of Monaco. With the lack of cultural diversions available in Monaco in the 1870s, Charles III, Prince of Monaco, Prince Charl ...

. In April of the same year, he sang, accompanied by Éloïse Urbain, an opera recital as part of the "Great Performers" season of the Sinfonia festival in

Périgord Périgord ( , ; ; or ) is a natural region and former province of France, which corresponds roughly to the current Dordogne department, now forming the northern part of the administrative region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is divided into f ...

. For the 2013–2014 season, he took the role of Nilakhanta in ''

Lakmé ''Lakmé'' is an opera in three acts by Léo Delibes to a French libretto by Edmond Gondinet and Philippe Gille. The score, written from 1881 to 1882, was first performed on 14 April 1883 by the '' Opéra-Comique'' at the (second) Salle Fa ...

''at the . At the Paris Opéra, Sonora in '' La fanciulla del West'' at Bastille, and finally Alfio at the Capitole de Toulouse in ''

Cavalleria Rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 Cavalleria rusticana (short story), short story of the same name and subsequent ...

''. He took part in ''

Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...

'' in the Dutch National Opera. In the 2017–2018 season, he sang the cycle of the ''

Winterreise ''Winterreise'' (, ''Winter Journey'') is a song cycle for voice and piano by Franz Schubert (Schubert Thematic Catalogue, D. 911, published as Opus number, Op. 89 in 1828), a setting of 24 Poetry, poems by German poet Wilhelm Müller. It is the ...

'' accompanied by Éloïse Urbain in the season of the great interpreters of Sinfonia in Périgueux. At the opera, he was Sharpless in ''

Madame Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lut ...

'' at the , Count Ludorf in Gounod's '' La Nonne sanglante'' at the

Opéra Comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular ''opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Théâtre de la foire, Fair Theatres of St Germain and S ...

, ''Germont'' in '' La Traviata'' at the

, and finally the Great Priest in '' Samson and Delilah'' at the

Roles

2021

Edison:

Philippe Hersant Philippe Hersant (born 21 June 1948 in Rome) is a French composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris. Selected works :: Hersant's works are largely published by Éditions Durand. ;Stage * ''Le Château des Carpathes (opera), Le Châtea ...

's ''

Les Éclairs ''Les Éclairs'' (''The Lightning Flashes'') is an opera in four acts to a libretto by Jean Echenoz with music by Philippe Hersant. It was premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris on 2 November 2021. Based on a 2010 novel by Jean Echenoz,Jean Ec ...

'',

Opéra-Comique The Opéra-Comique () is a Paris opera company which was founded around 1714 by some of the popular Théâtre de la foire, theatres of the Parisian fairs. In 1762 the company was merged with – and for a time took the name of – its chief riva ...

, Paris.

2018

Paolo Albiani: Gounod's '' La Nonne sanglante'',

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Laurence Equilbey Laurence Equilbey (born 6 March 1962) is a French conductor, known for her work in the choral repertoire, and more recently as the founder and music director of the Insula Orchestra. She also founded the chamber choir Accentus in 1991, and has ...

Sharpless: Puccini's ''

'', Opéra de Limoges, conductor: Robert Tuohy

2017

Paolo Albiani: Verdi's ''

Simon Boccanegra ''Simon Boccanegra'' () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play ''Simón Bocanegra'' (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play ''El trovador'' had bee ...

'',

, conductor:

Pinchas Steinberg Pinchas Steinberg (; born 13 December 1945) is an Israeli-German conductor and violinist. He is currently the Chief Conductor of the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra. Early career Steinberg studied violin in the USA under Jascha Heifetz and Jo ...

Paolo Albiani: Verdi's ''

Théâtre des Champs-Élysées The Théâtre des Champs-Élysées () is an entertainment venue standing at 15 avenue Montaigne in Paris. It is situated near Avenue des Champs-Élysées, from which it takes its name. Its eponymous main hall may seat up to 1,905 people, while th ...

, conductor:

Trivia: Viva Verdi, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, conductor: Giampaolo Bisanti

2016

*Great priest of Dagon: Camille Saint-Saëns's ''

Samson et Dalila ''Samson and Delilah'' (), Op. 47, is a grand opera in three acts and four scenes by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Ferdinand Lemaire. It was first performed in Weimar at the (Grand Ducal) Theater (now the Staatskapelle Weimar) on 2 ...

'', Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, conductor:

Roberto Abbado Roberto Abbado (born 30 December 1954 in Milan) is an Italian opera and symphonic music conductor. Currently he is an Artistic Partner of The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. In 2015 he has been appointed music director of Palau de les Arts Reina ...

*Nabucco: Verdi's ''

Nabucco ''Nabucco'' (; short for ''Nabucodonosor'' , i.e. "Nebuchadnezzar II, Nebuchadnezzar") is an Italian-language opera in four acts composed in 1841 by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Temistocle Solera. The libretto is based on the biblic ...

'', Opéra-théâtre de Saint-Étienne, conductor: David Reiland. *Sciarrone: Puccini's ''

La Tosca ''La Tosca'' is a five-Act (drama), act drama by the Nineteenth-century theatre, 19th-century Theatre of France, French playwright Victorien Sardou. It was first performed on 24 November 1887 at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin in Paris, wi ...

'',

Opéra Bastille The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's '' Grands Travaux'', it became the main facility of the Paris N ...

, conductor:

Dan Ettinger Dan Ettinger (; born 1971) is an Israeli conductor, opera singer and pianist. Biography Ettinger is descended from Romanian immigrants to Israel, as his father and grandmother are Holocaust survivors. He grew up in the Tel Aviv suburb of Holon. ...

2015

*Baritone: Chausson's ''

Poème de l'amour et de la mer The ''Poème de l'amour et de la mer'' (literally, ''Poem of Love and the Sea''), Op. 19, is a song cycle for voice and orchestra by Ernest Chausson. It was composed over an extended period between 1882 and 1892 and dedicated to Henri Duparc. ...

'', Rouen Opera House, conductor: Leo Hussain *Baritone: Berlioz's ''

Lélio ''Lélio, ou Le retour à la vie'' (English: ''Lélio, or the Return to Life''), Op. 14b, is a work incorporating music and spoken text by the French composer Hector Berlioz, intended as a sequel to his '' Symphonie fantastique''. It is written ...

'', Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia with Mario Zeffiri, Nacho Fresneda, conductor:

*Athanaël: Massenet's ''

Thaïs Thaïs (; ; ) was a Greek who accompanied Alexander the Great on his military campaigns. Likely from Athens, she is most famous for having instigated the burning of Persepolis, the capital city of the Achaemenid Persian Empire, after it was con ...

'',

Theatro Municipal (São Paulo) Municipal Theatre of São Paulo is a theatre in São Paulo, Brazil. It is regarded as one of the landmarks of the city, significant both for its architectural value as well as for its historical importance, having been the venue for the Week of ...

with

Ermonela Jaho Ermonela Jaho (born July 18, 1974) is an Albanian operatic soprano. She was described in ''The Economist'' as "the world’s most acclaimed soprano". The ''Financial Times'' said "Ermonela Jaho throws heart and soul into her singing... Don't eve ...

, Sara Rossi Daldoss, Lado Ataneli, conductor: Alain Guingal *Paolo Albiani: Verdi's ''

'' with Dario Solari, Celia Costea, and Hector Sandoval, Opéra de Toulon, conductor: Giuliano Carella *Le Viconte de Fontrailles: Gounod's '' Cinq Mars'' with Charles Castronovo,

Véronique Gens Véronique Gens (born 19 April 1966) is a French operatic soprano. She has spent much of her career recording and performing Baroque music, Baroque music. Gens was born in Orléans, France, and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, winning fir ...

and Melody Louledjian,

Royal Opera of Versailles The Royal Opera of Versailles () is the main theatre and opera house of the Palace of Versailles. Designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel, it is also known as the Théâtre Gabriel. The interior decoration by Augustin Pajou is constructed almost entirel ...

, conductor:

Ulf Schirmer Ulf Schirmer (born 1959) is a German conductor and opera house administrator. Biography Born in Eschenhausen, Lower Saxony, Schirmer studied at the Bremen Conservatory, and also at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hamburg, with György Lig ...

2014

*Sciarrone: Puccini's ''

'' with Martina Serafin,Martina Serafin
(Paris Opera)

Béatrice Uria-Monzon Béatrice Uria Monzon (born 28 December 1963 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne)) is a French mezzo-soprano. Biography Daughter of the Spanish painter Antonio Uria-Monzon, Béatrice Uria Monzon studied at the secondary school Joseph Chaumié, at the Berna ...

Ludovic Tézier Ludovic Tézier (born 1968 in Marseille) is a French operatic baritone. Biography Ludovic Tézier trained at the Paris Opéra’s École d’Art lyrique and at the Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques. He was a prize winner at Operalia, The ...

, Marco Berti,

, conductor: Daniel Oren, Evelino Pidò *Alfio: Mascagni's ''

Cavalleria rusticana ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 Cavalleria rusticana (short story), short story of the same name and subsequent ...

'' with Elena Bocherova, Nicolaï Schukoff, Sarah Jouffroy, Elena Zilio, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, conductor:

Tugan Sokhiev Tugan Taymurazovich Sokhiev (; ; born 21 October 1977, Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR) is a Russian conductor. Biography Sokhiev began piano studies at age 7. He first conducted at age 17, inspired by Anatoly Briskin, the conductor of the ...

*Sonora: Puccini's '' La fanciulla del West'' with

Nina Stemme Nina Maria Stemme (born Thöldte, 11 May 1963) is a Swedish dramatic soprano opera singer. Stemme "is regarded by today's opera fans as our era's greatest Wagnerian soprano". In 2010, Michael Kimmelman wrote of one of Stemme's performances in ...

, Marco Berti and Claudio Sgura,

Opéra de Paris The Paris Opera ( ) is the primary opera and ballet company of France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the , and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully and officially renamed the , but continued to be kn ...

, conductor Carlo Rizzi

2013

*Camoine: ''Amica'' by

Pietro Mascagni Pietro Mascagni (7 December 1863 – 2 August 1945) was an Italian composer primarily known for his operas. His 1890 masterpiece '' Cavalleria rusticana'' caused one of the greatest sensations in opera history and single-handedly ushered in the ...

with Amarilli Nizza, Enrique Ferrer, and Lucio Gallo,

, conductor

Gianluigi Gelmetti Gianluigi Gelmetti OMRI, (11 September 1945 – 11 August 2021) was an Italian-Monégasque conductor and composer. Early life Gianluigi Gelmetti was born on 11 September 1945 in Rome, Italy. When 16 years old, Sergiu Celibidache let him conduct ...

*Nilakantha: Delibes's ''

'' with Marie-Eve Munger, Cyrille Dubois, Opéra-théâtre de Saint-Étienne, conductor Laurent Campellone

2012

*The father: Michaël Levinas's ''La Métamorphose'', with Magalie Leger, Simon Bailey,

Opéra de Lille The Opéra de Lille is a neo-classical opera house, built from 1907 to 1913 and officially inaugurated in 1923. Closed for renovation in 1998 it reopened in 2003 for Lille 2004. The Opéra de Lille is a member of the European Network for Opera, ...

, conductor Georges-Elie Octors *Zurga: Bizets ''

'' with

, Dmitry Korchak and

, Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, conductor Léo Hussain *De Brétigny: Jules Massenet's ''

'', with

, Giuseppe Filianoti, Jean François Borras, Marianne Fiset, Franck Ferrari,

Paul Gay Paul Gay (born 8 November 1968
Accessed August 10, 2009.) is a French bass-baritone who sings opera and other classic ...

and Luca Lombardo,

, conductor Evelino Pido *Valentin: Gounod's ''

'',

Festival d'Avignon The ''Festival d'Avignon'', or Avignon Festival (), is an annual arts festival held in the France, French city of Avignon every summer in July in the courtyard of the Palais des Papes as well as in other locations of the city. Founded in 1947 by ...

with Nathalie Manfrino, Florian Laconi and Nicolas Cavallier, conductor Dominique Trottein, and Opéra de Reims with Guylaine Girard, Sébastien Guèze and Nicolas Cavallier *Olkar: Charles-Simon Catel's ''

'', (in concert in Sofia, Bulgaria) with Chantal Santon, Philippe Do, Mathias Vidal, Katia Velletaz, Kareen Durand, Elodie Méchain, Eric Martin-Bonnet, Frédéric Caton, conductor: Didier Talpain

2011

*Cristiano: Verdi's '' Un Ballo in Maschera'' with Violeta Urmana,

, Elisabetta Fiorillo,

, conductor Daniele Callegari *Garrido: Massenet's ''

La Navarraise ''La Navarraise'' (, "The Woman of Navarre") is an opera in two acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Jules Claretie and Henri Cain, based on Claretie's short story ''La cigarette'' (1890). It was first performed at Royal Opera House, Co ...

'' with Marie Kalinine, Opéra-théâtre de Saint-Étienne, conductor Laurent Campellone *Alfio : Mascagni's ''

'' with Marie Kalinine, Opéra-théâtre de Saint-Étienne, conductor Laurent Campellone

2010

*Roucher: Giordano's ''

Andrea Chénier ''Andrea Chénier'' () is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story is based loosely on the life of the French poet An ...

'' with Irène Cerboncini, Zoran Todorovich, Marco Di Felice,

Opéra de Marseille The Opéra de Marseille, known today as the Opéra Municipal, is an opera company located in Marseille, France. In 1685, the city was the second in France after Bordeaux to have an opera house, which was erected on a tennis court. However, the ...

, conductor Fabrizio Maria Carminati *Lescaut: Massenet's ''

'' with Nathalie Manfrino and Florian Laconi, Marcel Vanaud, Opéra de Hong Kong, conductor Nicola Colabianchi

2009

*Roucher: Giordano's ''

'' with Marcello Alvarez, Micaela Carosi and Sergei Murzaev,

, conductor Daniel Oren *Ruggiero: Halévy's ''

'' with Dennis O'Neil, Annick Massis, Angeles Blancas Gulin, John Osborn and Alistair Miles, Opéra d'Amsterdam, conductor

Pierre Audi Pierre Audi (9 November 1957 – 3 May 2025) was an English-Lebanese theatre director and artistic director. Early life Audi was born on 9 November 1957, the eldest of three children born to Lebanese banker Raymond Audi and Andrée Michel Fatt ...

*Wagner: Gounod's ''

'' with

Inva Mula Inva Mula (born 27 June 1963) is an Albanian opera lyric soprano. She began her soprano career at a very early age. Her father ( Avni Mula) and mother () were also opera singers. She is also known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna i ...

, Giuseppe Filianoti and Orlin Anastasov, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, conductor Emmanuel Plasson *Enrico: Donizetti's ''

'' with Burcu Uyar, Andrea Giovannini and Jean Teitgen, Auditorium de Dijon, conductor Claude Schnitzler

2008

*Macbeth: Verdi's ''

'', with Cécile Perrin and Jérôme Varnier (Auditorium de Dijon), conductor: Dominique Trottein *Spendius: Ernest Reyer's ''Salammbô'' with Kate Aldrich, Gilles Ragon, Wojtek Smilek, Sebastien Guèze and Jean-Philippe Lafont,

, conductor

Lawrence Foster Lawrence Foster (born October 23, 1941) is an American conductor of Romanian ancestry. Early life Foster was born in Los Angeles, California, to Romanian parents. His father died when Foster was three years old. He was later adopted by his step ...

2007

*Rigoletto: Verdi's ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had c ...

'' (with Philippe Do, Liliana Faraon, Sédières, conductor Jérôme Devaud *Valentin: Gounod's ''

'' with Fiorella Buratto, Nicolas Cavallier, Jean Pierre Furlan, Auditorium de Dijon, conductor Claude Schnitzler *Jahel: Édouard Lalo's '' Le Roi d’Ys'' with

Paul Gay Paul Gay (born 8 November 1968
Accessed August 10, 2009.) is a French bass-baritone who sings opera and other classic ...

and

, Franck Ferrari,

, conductor

Yves Abel Yves Abel (born 1963) is a Canadian conductor. Career Abel was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of French parents. He made his professional debut as a boy, singing solo in Mozart's ''The Magic Flute'' at the Canadian Opera Company. He studie ...

2006

The jailer, the 2nd commissioner: Poulenc's ''

Le Dialogue des carmélites ' (, ''Dialogues of the Carmelites''), FP 159, is an opera in three acts, divided into twelve scenes with linking orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956. Poulenc wrote the libretto for his second o ...

'' with Barbara Ducret, Manon Feubel, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Gilles Ragon,

, conductor

Patrick Davin Patrick Davin (16 February 1962 – 9 September 2020) was a Belgian orchestra conductor. Biography Davin began studying violin at the Académie de Huy, then at the Royal Conservatory of Liège, where he took courses in violin, piano, harmonics ...

*Marullo: Verdi's ''

'' with Giuseppe Gipali and Carlos Almaguer,

, conductor Paolo Arrivabeni *Marco: Puccini's ''

Gianni Schicchi () is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Puccin ...

'' with

Juan Pons Joan Pons Álvarez ( Ciutadella, Spain, 8 August 1946) is a Spanish operatic baritone, known internationally as Juan Pons. He is most famous for his Verdi roles.Salazar, David. ''Artist Profile: Spanish baritone Juan Pons, Verdi specialist''. Oper ...

, Anne-Catherine Gillet and Ismaël Jordi,

, conductor Marco Armiliato *Le Mandarin: Puccini's ''

Turandot ''Turandot'' ( ; see #Origin and pronunciation of the name, below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini left the opera unfinished at the time of his death in 1924; it ...

'' with Cynthia Makris and Jean-François Borras,

, conductor

Daniel Klajner Daniel Klajner (born 26 December 1963) is a Swiss conductor. Life Born in Bülach (Switzerland), Klajner studied conducting and musical composition in Vienna. He completed his musical training with Gary Bertini (in Salzburg), Moshe Atzmon (in ...

2005

*Noé: Benjamin Britten's ''Arche de Noé'',

, conductor Christophe Larrieu *Pristav: Modeste Mussorgski's ''

'' with Anatoli Kotcherga and Alexander Anisimov,

Philip Langridge Philip Gordon Langridge (16 December 1939 – 5 March 2010)Millington (7 March 2010) was an English tenor, considered to be among the foremost exponents of English opera and oratorio. Early life Langridge was born in Hawkhurst, Kent, educ ...

, conductor Bernhard Kontarsky *Un député flamand: Verdi's ''Don Carlos'', with

, Fabio Armiliato,

Daniela Dessì Daniela Dessì (14 May 1957 – 20 August 2016) was an Italian operatic soprano. Life and career Born in Genoa, Italy, Dessì completed her studies at the Arrigo Boito Conservatory in Parma and the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena. She ...

and Roberto Scandiuzzi,

, conductor Maurizio Benini *Melot: Wagner's ''

'', Hedwig Fassbender and

Corum (Montpellier) Montpellier's Corum is a building that houses both a conference centre and an opera house (Opéra Berlioz), and is located in the centre of the city in southern France. It was designed by Claude Vasconi and opened to the public in 1988. The build ...

, conductor Friedemann Layer *Giorgio Germont: Verdi's '' La Traviata'', with Svetlana Doneva, Marc Laho and Sebastien Guèze,

Discography

* Catel's ''Les bayadères'', Ensemble Solamentene Naturali, direction Didier Talpain, éditions Singulares * Michaël Levinas's ''La Métamorphose'', Ensemble Ictus, direction Georges-Elie Octors, éditions Aeon

References

External links

Official website

André Heyboer - Les pêcheurs de Perles - Duo Leila Zurga
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Heyboer, Andre French operatic baritones 21st-century French singers 1971 births Living people People from Brive-la-Gaillarde 21st-century French male singers