Charles Hardouin

Charles Hardouin (1694 in Brittany, fl. Paris – 1718) was a French operatic baritone (basse taille).

Beginning his career as a cathedral singer, Hardouin was engaged by the Paris Opéra as a principal singer around 1693–1694, though from 1697 onwards he was eclipsed by the more powerful Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard. He was still singing in 1718 when he was acclaimed as Poliphème in Lully's Acis et Galatée.

Roles created

 * The grand priest in Destouches's Issé (Paris, 1697)
 * Mars in Desmarets' Vénus et Adonis (Paris, 1697)
 * Argante in André Campra's Tancrède (Paris, 1702)
 * Cadmus in Marin Marais's Sémélé (Paris, 1709)
 * Filindo/Héraclite in Campra's Les fêtes vénitiennes (Paris, 1710)
 * Eole/Arbas in Campra's Idoménée (Paris, 1712)