Marc Laho

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In Lausanne (Switzerland), December 2007

Marc Laho (born January 15, 1965 in Seraing , Belgium ) is a Belgian opera singer ( tenor ).

Life

He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Liège (Conservatoire Royal de Liège) , which he graduated with the Premier Prix in the subjects of trumpet and singing. In September 1987 he won the Prix ​​de la vocation at the Verviers singing competition (Concours de Chant de Verviers) . This award enabled him to continue his studies in Italy with Luigi Alva and in France with Alain Vanzo.

In 1989 he made his debut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in the role of officer in Thérèse by Jules Massenet and was engaged there for two years. In 1992 he was a finalist in the Luciano Pavarotti Competition in Philadelphia .

He sang Gérald in Lakmé alongside Natalie Dessay in Avignon, Paris in La belle Hélène in Zurich under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt , Le comte Ory at the Glyndebourne Festival and the London Proms and Elvino in La sonnambula at the Opéra-Comique and the Vienna State Opera .

In 2008 he played his first Hoffmann at the Grand Théâtre de Genève under the direction of Olivier Py and confirmed his interpretation under the direction of Nicolas Joel at the Teatro Regio in Turin . He was also heard in the Requiem by Hector Berlioz at the Festival of Saint-Denis, conducted by Sir Colin Davis and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysees in Lélio Berlioz under the baton of Riccardo Muti .

In recent years he has appeared in Hoffmann's Stories at the Národní divadlo in Prague , L'attaque du moulin in Bern, Die Fledermaus in Montpellier, La rondine in Toulon , La sonnambula in Bonn, as Le comte Ory in Marseille and Le duc d'Albe to experience in Antwerp and Ghent.

At the beginning of the 2012/2013 season he played the title role of César Franck's Stradella , a world premiere for the reopening of the Opéra Royal de la Wallonie in Liège. In February 2013 Marc Laho appeared as Fernand in Donizetti's La favorite at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.

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Discography

  • Les Contes d'Hoffmann , Offenbach, director: Patrick Davin, staging: Olivier Py, Grand Théâtre de Genève, DVD: Bel Air Media, 2008
  • Lucie de Lammermoor , Donizetti, conductor: Evelino Pidò , Opéra National de Lyon, CD: EMI 2002, DVD: Bel Air Media 2002
  • Le comte Ory , Rossini, director: Andrew Davis, staging: Jérôme Savary, Glyndebourne Festival, DVD: NVC Arts (Warner), 1997
  • Symphony No. 3 , Ropartz, conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce, CD: Timpani, 2011
  • Comala / Clair de lune , Jongen, conductor: Jean-Pierre Haeck, CD: Musique en Wallonie, 2003
  • Freyhir , Mathieu, conductor: Jean-Pierre Haeck, CD: Musique en Wallonie, 2007

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Festival de l'Operette - Aix-les-Bains, biography
  2. ^ Národní divadlo Praha, Hoffmanns stories
  3. ↑ ARTE Live Web, live recording of Stradella by César Franck ( Memento of the original from October 30, 2012 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. Retrieved January 15, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / liveweb.arte.tv
  4. ↑ Théâtre des Champs Elysées, La favorite ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 16, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.theatrechampselysees.fr
personal data
SURNAME Laho, Marc
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian opera singer (tenor)
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Seraing , Belgium