NAOURI, LAURENT 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 Poulencs Les mamelles de Tirésias, Ford in The Merry Wives of Windsor, and Ferdinand in Prokofievs Betrothal in a Monastery for Rostropovich.
His professional career began properly in 1992 in the title rôle of Milhauds 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 Brittens The Rape of Lucretia at Tourcoing, Lullys Roland at Montpellier and Bottom in Brittens A Midsummer Nights 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 Offenbachs Les contes dHoffmann in Metz and Tours, his Opéra Bastille début as Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro and as Des Grieux in Massenets Manon, his Palais Garnier début as Theseus in Rameaus Hippolyte et Aricie, Hidraot in Lullys Armide in Nice, Glucks Iphigénie en Tauride in Amsterdam, Don Giovanni at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Fieramosca in Berliozs Benvenuto Cellini, with Ravels Lenfant et les Sortileges and Prokofievs War and Peace at the Opéra Bastille. Laurent Naouri gives frequent recitals and oratorio performances, and performances abroad include Lenfant 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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