Ludovic Tézier

As Conte d'Almaviva, Madrid 2010

Ludovic Tézier (born 1968 in Marseille ) is a French opera singer with a baritone voice .

life and work

Tézier was a member of the Lucerne theater company before he was accepted into the Atelier Lyrique de l'Opéra de Lyon . At the beginning of his career he was successful as Mozart's Count Almaviva and Don Giovanni , as well as in belcanto roles such as Donizetti's Belcore and Malatesta , but soon also as Marcello (in La Bohème ) and as Ford (in Falstaff ). His extensive repertoire today includes the title roles in Ambroise Thomas ' Hamlet , Eugen Onegin and Werther (in the baritone version), Wolfram in Tannhäuser - one of his favorite roles - and the Jeletzki in Pique Dame , Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor , and Alphonse XI in La favorite , the Méphistophélès La damnation de Faust , the Don Escamillo in Carmen and the Scarpia in Tosca , as well as the Verdi roles Renato , Don Carlo , Don Carlo di Vargas , Conte di Luna , Marchese di Posa and Giorgio Germont .

Today Ludovic Tézier is one of the internationally most sought-after singers in his vocal field and has made guest appearances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Vienna State Opera , the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Opéra National de Paris , the Paris Théâtre des Champs-Élysées , the Théâtre du Capitole Toulouse and the Opéra de Marseille , the Scala in Milan , the Theater de la Monnaie in Bruxelles and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, ​​at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence , the Chorégies d'Orange and in the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden . He also sang at the opera houses in Berlin, Bilbao, Bordeaux, Madrid, Monte Carlo, Montpellier, Munich and Turin.

At the Salzburg Whitsun Festival in 2012, the singer made his debut as Marc-Antoine in a concert performance of Massenet's Cléopâtre . In the spring of 2015 he gave Amonasro in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida in a concert performance alongside Jonas Kaufmann and Anja Harteros .

In 2013 he gave Don Carlo di Vargas in the premiere of La forza del destino at the Bavarian State Opera .

In 2015 he was nominated for the International Opera Award as best singer.

Discography (selection)

• Le comte Ory . Conductor: Andrew Davis ; London Philharmonic Orchestra and Glyndebourne Festival Chorus. With Marc Laho , Annick Massis , Diana Montague , Jane Shaulis , Ludovic Tézier, Julien Robbins . DVD: NVC Arts (Live) 1997
• La bohème . Conductor: Daniel Oren ; Opera Bastille choir and orchestra; Rodolfo: Roberto Alagna ; Mimì: Angela Gheorghiu ; Marcello: Ludovic Tézier; Colline: Erwin Schrott ; Schaunard: Stéphane Degout ; Musetta: Elena Evseeva ; Lyric 2001
• La bohème . Conductor: Nicola Luisotti ; Metropolitan Opera choir and orchestra; Rodolfo: Ramón Vargas ; Mimì: Angela Gheorghiu ; Marcello: Ludovic Tézier; Colline: Oren Gradus ; Schaunard: Quinn Kesley; Musetta: Ainhoa ​​Arteta; EMI 2008
• Werther . Conductor: Michel Plasson ; Opéra National de Paris . Werther: Jonas Kaufmann , Charlotte: Sophie Koch , Albert: Ludovic Tézier. 2010.

Web links

• Ludovic Tézier at Operabase (engagements and dates)
• Le don d'enfance, la passion d'un homme , interview of the artist in Le Soir (French)
• Salzburg Festival , short biography of the singer

Award

• 2014: International Opera Award , nomination as best singer

proof

1. ↑ Ludovic Tézier: Sa biography ( memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 22, 2014 
2. ↑ Helmut Pitsch "Major concert event" ( memento of the original from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Opera Network , accessed June 26, 2015.