NAOURI, LAURENT (b 1964 )

The baritone Laurent Naouri began his musical studies in 1986. Whilst he was still studying, the CNIPAL in Marseilles gave him the chance to perform the rôle of Guglielmo in Così fan tutte. These performances led to a number of concerts and recordings, including the Radio France and Montpellier Festivals. He completed his studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, where he sang several rôles, including those of the Theatre Director in Poulenc’s Les mamelles de Tirésias, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Ferdinand in Prokofiev’s Betrothal in a Monastery for Rostropovich.

His professional career began properly in 1992 in the title rôle of Milhaud’s Christopher Columbus at the opening of the Imperial Theatre in Compiègne. He has since performed in France, Italy, Holland, Belgium and Spain with a wide repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to contempory works and including such rôles as Eugene Onegin in Nantes, Tarquin in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at Tourcoing, Lully’s Roland at Montpellier and Bottom in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Lyon, with such conductors as Maurizio Benini, William Christie, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski and Kent Nagano. Other notable appearances include the four leading rôles in Offenbach’s Les contes d’Hoffmann in Metz and Tours, his Opéra Bastille début as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and as Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon, his Palais Garnier début as Theseus in Rameau’s Hippolyte et Aricie, Hidraot in Lully’s Armide in Nice, Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride in Amsterdam, Don Giovanni at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Fieramosca in Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini, with Ravel’s L’enfant et les Sortileges and Prokofiev’s War and Peace at the Opéra Bastille. Laurent Naouri gives frequent recitals and oratorio performances, and performances abroad include L’enfant et les sortileges with the Berlin Philharmonic under Simon Rattle. His recordings range from Lully and Rameau to Offenbach and Poulenc.

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BERLIOZ, H.: Benvenuto Cellini (Salzburg Festival, 2007) (NTSC)	2.110271
BIZET, G.: Carmen (Glyndebourne, 2002) (Blu-ray, NTSC)	OABD7015D
BIZET, G.: Carmen (Glyndebourne, 2002) (NTSC)	OA0868D
BIZET: Carmen (PAL)	OA0867D
OFFENBACH, J.: Belle Helene (La) (Chatelet, 2000) (PAL)	107000
OFFENBACH, J.: Orphee aux enfers (Lyon Opera, 1997) (NTSC)	107105
OFFENBACH: Belle Helene (La) (Chatelet, 2000) (PAL)	DV-OPLBH
OFFENBACH: Concert of Music (A) (Chatelet, 2001) (PAL)	DV-OPJOF
OFFENBACH: Hommage a Offenbach (PAL)	DV-BOXMINKOFF
OFFENBACH: Offenbach Gala (Chatelet, 2001) (PAL)	DV-OPJOFM
OFFENBACH: Orphee aux Enfers (Lyon Opera, 1997) (PAL)	DV-OPOAE
RAMEAU, J.P.: Les Boreades (Paris National Opera, 2003) (NTSC)	OA0899D
RAMEAU, J.P.: Paladins (Les) (Chatelet, 2004) (NTSC)	OA0938D
RAMEAU: Platee (Paris Opera, 2002) (PAL)	DV-OPPLT
RAVEL (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552125-26
RAVEL: Chansons (Songs)	8.554176-77