Stéphane Degout
Stéphane Degout (born June 9, 1975 ) is a French opera singer with a baritone voice .
Life
Degout grew up in Saint-Jean-de-Niost and then lived in Lyon until 1995 , where he completed his vocal training at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon and was then accepted into the Atelier Lyrique de l'Opéra de Lyon .
Stage roles
After his triumphant debut as Papageno at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence in 1999, invitations to almost all major opera houses in the western world soon followed - the Opéra National de Paris , the State Opera Unter den Linden in Berlin, the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels, the Theater an der Wien , the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Lyric Opera of Chicago , the Metropolitan Opera in New York, the Grand Théâtre de Genève and the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, as well as the Festival from Glyndebourne , Holland , Orange and Salzburg .
Degout has a relatively narrow repertoire, but has repeatedly been seen and heard in model productions by important directors and conductors - for example as Guglielmo in Patrice Chéreaus Così fan tutte ( Aix-en-Provence 2005), in the title role of Olivier Pys Hamlet ( Theater an der Wien 2012) or as Pelléas in Robert Wilson's Pelléas et Mélisande , a production that was developed for the Salzburg Festival in 1997 , but which the singer did not join until the 2010s. Degout also sings Monteverdi's L'Orfeo , two Rameau parts and the Oreste in Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride , Mozart's Papageno, Guglielmo and Conte di Almaviva, the Oronte in Cherubini's Médée , the Raimbaud in Rossini's Le comte Ory and the Mercutio in Gounods Roméo et Juliette , Wolfram von Eschenbach in Wagner's Tannhäuser and Schaunard in Puccini's La Bohème . He also worked with Katie Mitchell , Joël Pommerat , Robert Wilson , Philippe Jordan and William Christie , among others .
A continuous collaboration connects the singer with the Theater an der Wien , where he first appeared in a guest performance by Chéreaus Così fan tutte in 2006 , returned as Orfeo in 2007 and sang Pelléas in a Laurent Pelly production (with Bertrand de Billy at the podium) in 2009 , Created Hamlet in 2012 and achieved great personal success in 2014 as Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride .
As a concert singer
Degout regularly gives recitals in Paris, Montpellier, Brussels, London, Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam and New York. He sings regularly with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti . Fauré's Requiem and Brahms' German Requiem are among the few choral orchestral works that Degout counts in his repertoire . However, he recorded the latter twice, once in a piano version and once in an orchestral version.
In 2011 he sang the title role in concert performance in Orlando paladino under René Jacobs (in Edinburgh and Brussels), in 2013 under Sir Colin Davis he sang Joseph in L'enfance du Christ (in Paris).
Awards
- 2002: Second prize in the Operalia competition
- 2012: Chevalier de l ' Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
- 2012: Victoires de la Musique Classique , Lyrical Artist of the Year
- 2013: Austrian Music Theater Prize , nomination in the category Best Male Leading Role ( Hamlet in Theater an der Wien)
- 2014: International Opera Award , nomination as best singer
- 2016: International Opera Award , nomination as best singer
Discography (selection)
Operas
- Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande . D: Bertrand de Billy , R: Laurent Pelly . With Natalie Dessay (Mélisande), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Geneviève), Beate Ritter (Yniold), Laurent Naouri (Gollaud), Philip Ens (Arkel), Tim Mirfin (le médecin et le berger), Stéphane Degout (Pelléas). (DVD Virgin Classics 2009; Theater an der Wien)
- Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande . D: Philippe Jordan , R: Robert Wilson . With Elena Tsallagova (Mélisande), Anne Sofie von Otter (Geneviève), Julie Mathevet (Yniold), Vincent Le Texier (Gollaud), Franz-Josef Selig (Arkel), Jérôme Varnier (le médecin et le berger), Stéphane Degout (Pelléas ). (DVD Naïve 2013; Opéra national de Paris)
- Massenet: Werther . D: Michel Plasson . With Susan Graham (Charlotte), Sandrine Piau (Sophie), Thomas Hampson (Werther), Stéphane Degout (Albert). (DVD Virgin Classics 2004; Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris)
- Mozart: Così fan tutte . D: Daniel Harding , R: Patrice Chéreau , with Ruggero Raimondi (Don Alfonso), Barbara Bonney (Despina), Erin Wall (Fiordiligi), Elīna Garanča (Dorabella), Shawn Mathey (Ferrando), Stéphane Degout (Guglielmo). (DVD Virgin Classics 2005; Festival d'Aix-en-Provence)
- Mozart: Così fan tutte . D: Manfred Honeck , R: Ursula and Karl-Ernst Herrmann . With Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso), Helen Donath (Despina), Ana Maria Martinez (Fiordiligi), Sophie Koch (Dorabella), Shawn Mathey (Ferrando), Stéphane Degout (Guglielmo). (DVD DECCA 2006; Salzburg Festival)
- Puccini: La Bohème . D: 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)
- Puccini: La Bohème . Bertrand de Billy ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Rodolfo: Rolando Villazón ; Mimì: Anna Netrebko ; Marcello: Boaz Daniel ; Colline: Vitalij Kowaljow ; Schaunard: Stéphane Degout; Musetta: Nicole Cabell . (DG 2007; Munich)
- Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie . D: William Christie , D: Jonathan Kent . With Christiane Karg (Aricie), Ed Lyon (Hippolyte), Sarah Connolly (Phèdre), François Lis (Pluton), Stéphane Degout (Thésée). (DVD Opus Arte 2013; Festival de Glyndebourne)
- Rameau: Les Boréades . D: William Christie , R: Robert Carsen . With Barbara Bonney (Alphise), Paul Agnew (Abaris), Laurent Naouri (Borée), Toby Spence (Calisis), Nicolas Rivenq (Adamas et Apollon), Stéphane Degout (Borilée). (DVD Opus Arte 2004; Palais Garnier, Paris)
- Rossini: Le comte Ory . D: Maurizio Benini , R: Bartlett Sher . With Juan Diego Flórez (le Comte Ory), Diana Damrau (La Comtesse Adèle), Joyce DiDonato (Isolier), Michele Pertusi (Le Gouverneur), Susanne Resmark (Dame Ragonde), Monica Yunus (Alice), Stéphane Degout (Raimbaud). (DVD Virgin Classics 2011 or 2012, live from the Metropolitan Opera)
Choir / orchestral works
- Brahms: A German Requiem , Op. 45th piano version with Boris Wadimowitsch Beresowski , Sandrine Piau , Brigitte Engerer . D: Laurence Equilbey . (Naive 2003 or 2004)
- Brahms: A German Requiem . D: Yannick Nézet-Séguin . With Elizabeth Watts , London Philharmonic Orchestra . (London 2009)
- Fauré, Requiem . D: Laurence Equilbey . With Sandrine Piau . (Naïve 2008; Paris)
More shots
- Mélodies , French songs, with Hélène Lucas (piano). (Editions Naïve 2011)
- Une Fête Baroque , concert recording on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of Le Concert d'Astrée . D: Emmanuelle Haïm . (Virgin Classics 2012; Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris)
Web links
- Stéphane Degout at Operabase (engagements and dates)
Individual evidence
- ^ Operalia: Winner 2002 . Retrieved May 24, 2015.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Degout, Stéphane |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French opera singer with a baritone voice |
DATE OF BIRTH | June 9, 1975 |