Jean-François Gardeil is a French baritone and theatre director. He
is also the founder and artistic director of the Chants de
Garonne.[1]Originally from Agen, Gardeil, after studying at the Lycée
Fermat and a Master of Arts at Toulouse University, studied singing at
the Lausanne Conservatory, then at the École d'Art Lyrique of the
Opéra de Paris. A prizewinner of the Ravel Academy, the Toulouse
International Competition (French Melody Prize) and the Yehudi Menuhin
Foundation, he was first known as a performer of Baroque music and
Mozartian repertoire.With William Christie and Les Arts Florissants,
he makes numerous concert tours around the world, singing in thirty
countries. In particular, he played one of the leading roles in Atys
by Lully, at the Opera Comique, Florence and New York in 1987, 1989
and 1992. He was also Straton in Alceste by Lully at Versailles and
the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, production Martinoty-Malgoire, La
Hire in La fée Urgèle by Favart at the Opéra-comique, with
Jean-Marie Villégier and Christophe Rousset, Saül in David et
Jonathas by M.A. Charpentier (tour in concert version in France and
England) with William Christie, also sang in Karlsruhe and
Schwetzingen in Tarare by Salieri (prod Martinoty-Malgoire), played
the title role in Les surprises de l'Amour by Rameau at Montpellier
(Barrat-Christie)…He sang the three roles of Don Giovanni (theater
in Rennes), Leporello (Opéra-Comique) and Masetto (Angers-Nantes
Opéra) in the same year 1987. In the 1990s, he also sang Guglielmo
then Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte) in various productions.
is also the founder and artistic director of the Chants de
Garonne.[1]Originally from Agen, Gardeil, after studying at the Lycée
Fermat and a Master of Arts at Toulouse University, studied singing at
the Lausanne Conservatory, then at the École d'Art Lyrique of the
Opéra de Paris. A prizewinner of the Ravel Academy, the Toulouse
International Competition (French Melody Prize) and the Yehudi Menuhin
Foundation, he was first known as a performer of Baroque music and
Mozartian repertoire.With William Christie and Les Arts Florissants,
he makes numerous concert tours around the world, singing in thirty
countries. In particular, he played one of the leading roles in Atys
by Lully, at the Opera Comique, Florence and New York in 1987, 1989
and 1992. He was also Straton in Alceste by Lully at Versailles and
the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, production Martinoty-Malgoire, La
Hire in La fée Urgèle by Favart at the Opéra-comique, with
Jean-Marie Villégier and Christophe Rousset, Saül in David et
Jonathas by M.A. Charpentier (tour in concert version in France and
England) with William Christie, also sang in Karlsruhe and
Schwetzingen in Tarare by Salieri (prod Martinoty-Malgoire), played
the title role in Les surprises de l'Amour by Rameau at Montpellier
(Barrat-Christie)…He sang the three roles of Don Giovanni (theater
in Rennes), Leporello (Opéra-Comique) and Masetto (Angers-Nantes
Opéra) in the same year 1987. In the 1990s, he also sang Guglielmo
then Don Alfonso (Cosi fan tutte) in various productions.
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