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Georges GAUTIER |
Georges Gautier started his career
at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence singing Don Curzio in «Le Nozze
di Figaro» and immediately after joined the Opera Studio, where
he is engaged for the part of Tamino in the staging made by Louis Erlo.
He becomes member of the Opera Company in Lyon, then 1980 member of the
Paris Opera Company, where he was particularly acclaimed for his incredible
performance as «Dardanus» by Rameau.
After his triumph as Ouf 1er in «L’Etoile» by Chabrier
(recorded by Erato under the baton of John-Elliott Gardiner), he is considered
as one of the best tenor «de caractère», though he
creates the part of Frère Massée in «Saint François
d’Assise» by Messiaen at the Paris Opera under Seiji Ozawa,
as well as «Noces de Sang» by Charles Chaynes (Montpellier
1988).
In 1985 and 1986 he goes back
to Aix-en-Provence for Scaramuccio («Ariadne auf Naxos») and
in 1989 he sings and records (for Virgin Classics) Truffaldino in «The
Love of the Three Oranges» with Kent Nagano. This recording got
a Grammy awards.
He sings also «Eugen Oneguin» (Monsieur Triquet) and «Les
Contes d’Hoffmann» at the Liceo in Barcelona and has recorded
the four tenor parts in «Les Contes d’Hoffmann» with
Jeffrey Tate (for Philips).
He also recorded (for Decca) «L’Enfant et les Sortilèges»
with Charles Dutoit and the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal.
Singing «Les Troyens» he also opened the Bastille Opera, where he regularly returns («Les Contes d’Hoffmann»,»Carmen», «Tosca», «Madame Butterfly», «Les Brigands», «Nabucco», «Salomé», «Eugen Oneguin», «Le Nozze di Figaro», «L’Enfant et les Sortilèges». He was also called by the Châtelet for «Hänsel und Gretel», Nantes for «Don Quichotte» and «Jenufa». He performed also «Manon» in Düsseldorf, «Saint François d’Assise in Cologne», «L’Homme de la Mancha» at the Opéra de Wallonie, «L’Amour des trois Oranges» in Lyon, Ravenna, and San Francisco «Adriana Lecouvreur» in Amterdam, «Carmen» at the Arena di Verona, and was also invited by the Saito Kinen Festival for «Dialogues des Carmélites» under Maestro Osawa, in Brussels for «L’Homme de la Mancha», in Hambourg for «Les Contes d’Hoffmann», in Avignon for «Dialogues des Carmélites».
In June 1997, he performed «L’Heure Espagnole» with the L.S.O. (conducted by André Prévin), this work being recorded for the Deutsche Grammophon label.
During the last seasons, he was
called for «Werther» in Amsterdam, «Le Nozze di Figaro»
and «Dialogues des Carmélites» at the Opera Garnier,
«L’Amico Fritz» in Strasbourg, «Manon» in
Bilbao, «Le Nozze di Figaro» in Liège , «Carmen»
and «L’Atlantide» (by Henri Tomasi) in Marseille, «Carmen»
in Naples and Reykjavik, «Les Contes d’Hoffmann» in
Trieste - Maestro Daniel Oren conducting,
«Le Nozze di Figaro» in Antibes etc…
Among highlights of the 2001/2002
season, «Turandot» in Strasbourg, «Ariadne auf Naxos»
in Marseille, as well as the part of Ouf 1er in the co-production of «l’Etoile
«by Chabrier in Tours
and Rennes, «L’Enfance du Christ» in Spain etc…
The Deutsche Oper Berlin
invited him for «Les Contes d’Hoffmann» in October 2002.