Eric Huchet
Éric Huchet (born December 1, 1962 in Torcé-en-Vallée ) is a French opera singer ( lyric tenor ).
Life
Huchet studied at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Paris and graduated with First Prize in 1992. In the same year, the Fondation pour la vocation Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet awarded him a scholarship, which enabled him to continue his studies with Walter Berry at the Vienna University of Music .
Since then, Huchet has performed at numerous French opera houses, at the Zurich Opera House and at the Grand Théâtre de Genève , as well as at the Opéra de Monaco . His repertoire includes the Mozart roles Belmonte , Ferrando and Monostatos , Count Almaviva in Barbiere di Siviglia , Jaquino in Fidelio , Merlot in Tristan and Isolde and Heinrich the Schreiber in Tannhäuser , as well as Bardolfo , Beppe , Maler and Chevalier de la Force . Huchet has also appeared in a number of world premieres, including Vladimir Cosmas Marius et Fanny and Philippe Fénélon's Faust .
Huchet's repertoire also includes operas comiques and operettas : Directed by Jérôme Savary , he appeared more than 150 times in La Périchole at the Théâtre national de Chaillot and at the Opéra-Comique , and he also sang in La vie parisienne and La Mascotte von Edmond Audran . He was also seen and heard in all Jacques Offenbach productions of the lead duo Marc Minkowski and Laurent Pelly - as Aristée-Pluton on Orphée aux enfers in Geneva and Lyon, as Achille La Belle Hélène and as Le Prince Paul in La Grande- Duchesse de Gérolstein at the Théâtre du Châtelet , as well as Spalanzani in Les Contes d'Hoffmann in Lausanne.
Other roles of the singer are Count Elemer Arabella and Truffaldino in The Love of the Three Oranges , the four servant roles in Les Contes d'Hoffmann , Normanno , Harry and First Armor at the Opéra National de Paris , King Ouf I in Chabriers L'étoile in Nancy and a number of smaller roles in Bordeaux. In 2014 Huchet made his debut at the Salzburg Festival . In the world premiere of Marc-André Dalbavie's opera Charlotte Salomon , he sang the Pope, the Propaganda Minister, the Art Professor, the First Nazi, a Man, and the Second Emigrant. The composer conducted it.
In the concert hall, Éric Huchet sang under the conductors Marc Minkowski , Semjon Bytschkow , Eliahu Inbal and John Nelson .
Games (selection)
- Achille in La Belle Hélène , Théâtre Musical de Paris, 2000
- Le Prince Paul in La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein , Théâtre Musical de Paris, 2004
- Cochineal in Les Contes d'Hoffmann , Grand Théâtre de Genève , 2008
- Graf Elemer in Arabella , Opéra National de Paris , 2012
- Franz in Les Contes d'Hoffmann , Opéra National de Paris, 2012
- Monostatos in the Magic Flute , Angers-Nantes Opéra, 2014
- Alfred in the bat , Opéra de Tours , 2014
Web links
- Èric Huchet Homepage
- Éric Huchet in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Eric Huchet at Operabase (engagements and dates)
Individual evidence
personal data | |
---|---|
SURNAME | Huchet, Eric |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer (lyric tenor) |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Torcé-en-Vallée |