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SEBASTIEN GUEZE - Tenor

Sébastien Guèze is a classical singer: French Tenor, born 28 July 1979 in Lyon, as young artist is received widespread recognition as one of the most promising tenors of his generation. He sings the french and italian romantic repertory including Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Gounod, Bizet and Massenet. The tenor Sebastien Gueze has come to international attention for his performances in countries, cities and theaters including Paris, Venezia, Roma, São Paulo, Dresden, Brussels, Lyon, Valencia, Spoleto, Warsaw, Austin, Miami, Amsterdam, Japan, Mexico and many others.

Biography
French Tenor, Born in Lyon, France, he grew up in the Ardèche mountains in south of France, he studied singing at the conservatory of Nîmes, doing a Master in Business at the University of Montpellier, then he came to the National Conservatory of Music of Paris that he finished First Prize with «Jury congratulations».

In 2006, he won the Audience Prize and the Second Prize at international contest of Placido Domingo - Operalia.

He started titles roles with Rodolfo in La Bohème in 2008 at the National Opera of Athens staged by Graham Vick, then receiving widespread recognition as one of the most promising tenors of his generation. French Tenor Sebastien Gueze has come to international attention for his performances in theaters including the Semperoper Dresden, Theatre Royale de le Monnaie Brussels, La Fenice Venezia, Roma Santa Cecilia, Paris Opera Comique, Paris Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Opera de Marseille, Opera de Bordeaux, Teatro São Pedro São Paulo, Opera de Nuevo León Mexico, The Warsaw Opera, the Florida Grand Opera in Miami and many others.

Prizes

 * Audience Prize and Second Prize, Contest Plácido Domingo - Operalia, 2008
 * First Prize at Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris avec "Félicitations du Jury", 2008
 * First Prize European Voice Contest of Arles, 2004
 * Silver Voice (First Prize Man) at "Tournoi de Metz", France, 2003

Nominations

 * 2006 : L'ADAMI (National Administration for artists and musicians), named Lyric Artist Revelation
 * 2009 : Victoires de la musique classique, catégory Lyric Artist Revelation of the year''.

Main Theaters, Concert Halls and Festivals

 * La Fenice Venezia, Semperoper Dresden, La Monnaie De Munt Brussels, Roma Santa Cecilia, Paris Opera Comique, Théâtre des Champs Elysées Paris, Miami Florida Grand Opera, Long Center Austin Opera, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia Valencia, Opera de Marseille, Opera de Bordeaux, Teatro São Pedro São Paulo, Opera de Nuevo León Mexico, Theatr Wielki Warsaw...
 * Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Oji Hall Tokio, Walt Disney Concert Hall Los Angeles, Salle Pleyel Paris, Grand Hall Philharmonia Saint Petersburg...
 * Festival des Chorégies d'Orange, Festival de Spoleto (Italie), Festival de Schwetzingen, Festival de Nuremberg, Festival de Radio France, Festival "Un violon sur le sable", Festival International des Arts d’Harare (Zimbabwe), Festival des Alizés Maroc...

Main Roles

 * La Boheme - RODOLFO (15 Productions : La Fenice Venezia, La Monnaie Brussels, Köln, Athens, Austin Texas, Helsinki Finland, Liège Belgium, Dessau, Vichy, Saint-Etienne, Vilnius, Leeds, Manchester, Wiesbaden, Bordeaux)
 * La Traviata - ALFREDO (4 Productions : Dresden Semperoper, La Monnaie De Munt Bruxelles, Theatr Wielki Warsaw, Louisville - USA)
 * Roméo et Juliette - ROMEO (3 Productions : Miami, Amsterdam, Monterrey - Mexico)
 * Faust - FAUST (3 Productions : Pampelune - Spain, Reims, Toulon - France)
 * Madama Butterfly - PINKERTON (3 Productions : Avignon, Festival de Chartres, Festival Musiques au Coeur Antibes)
 * Rigoletto - IL DUCA (2 Productions: Mantova - Italy, Guadalajara - Mexico)
 * Les Contes d'Hoffmann - HOFFMANN (2 Productions: Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Bonn Oper)
 * L'Elisir d'Amore - NEMORINO (São Paulo, Brazil)
 * Les Pêcheurs de Perles - NADIR (Strasbourg Mulhouse Opera du Rhin)
 * Pelléas et Mélisande - PELLEAS (Opéra de Nice, France)
 * Manon - Chevalier DES GRIEUX (Marseille, France)

Soprano

 * Patrizia Ciofi (Manon)
 * Sabine Devieilhe (Dialogues des Carmélites)
 * Elizabeth Futral (La Traviata)
 * Anne-Catherine Gillet (Les Mousquetaires)
 * Eglise Gutiérrez (Rigoletto)
 * Ermonela Jaho (Madama Butterfly, La Traviata, La Boheme)
 * María Katzarava (Roméo et Juliette)
 * Elena Kelessidi (La Boheme)
 * Adriana Kučerová (Amelia al Ballo)
 * Aleksandra Kurzak (La Traviata)
 * Nathalie Manfrino (La Boheme, Lodoïska, La Chartreuse de Parme)
 * Annick Massis (Les Pêcheurs de Perles)
 * Julia Novikova (Rigoletto)
 * Sandrine Piau (Pelléas et Mélisande)
 * Anna Princeva (Jérusalem)

Mezzo

 * Kate Aldrich (Salammbô)
 * Karine Deshayes (Andromaque)
 * Sophie Koch (Le Roi D'Ys)
 * Isabel Leonard (La Périchole)
 * Béatrice Uria Monzon (La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein)

Baryton

 * Marc Barrard (Madama Butterfly, Marius et Fanny)
 * David Bizic (La Bohème)
 * Michael Chioldi (Rigoletto)
 * Placido Domingo (Rigoletto)
 * Etienne Dupuis (Pearl Fishers, Manon)
 * Franck Ferrari (Le Roi D'Ys, Pelléas et Mélisande)
 * Scott Hendricks (La Traviata)

Bass

 * Askar Abdrazakov (Faust)
 * Nahuel Di Pierro (La Bohème)
 * Franz Hawlata (Jérusalem)
 * Ruggero Raimondi (Rigoletto)
 * Willard White (Pelléas et Mélisande)

Conductor

 * Alain Altinoglu (Orphée aux Enfers)
 * Ádám Fischer (La Traviata)
 * Lawrence Foster (La Chartreuse de Parme)
 * Alain Guingal (Madama Butterfly)
 * Michael Helmrath (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
 * Antony Hermus (Faust, La Bohème)
 * Will Humburg (Jérusalem)
 * Alexander Joel (La Bohème, Manon)
 * Guido Maria Guido (Roméo et Juliette)
 * Zubin Mehta (Rigoletto)
 * Iliych Rivas (La Bohème)

Stage Director

 * Marco Bellocchio (Rigoletto)
 * Andrea Breth (La Traviata)
 * Garnett Bruce (La Bohème)
 * Jérôme Deschamps (Les Mousquetaires au Couvent)
 * Paul Emile Fourny (Faust)
 * Andreas Homoki (La Bohème)
 * Christophe Honoré (Dialogues des Carmélites)
 * Laurent Laffargue (La Bohème)
 * Georges Lavaudant (Andromaque)
 * David Lefkowich (Roméo et Juliette)
 * Phyllida Lloyd - Michael Barker (La Bohème)
 * Francesco Micheli (La Bohème)
 * Jakob Peters-Messer (Les Contes d'Hoffmann)
 * Francisco Negrin (Jérusalem)
 * Mariusz Trelinski (La Traviata)
 * Graham Vick (La Bohème)

Chronology : Operas / Roles / Productions

 * 2016 : Jérusalem by Giuseppe Verdi, role Gaston, conductor Will Humburg, stageFrancisco Negrin, Opera Bonn, Germany
 * 2015 : Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, role il Duca, conductor Marco Parisotto, stage Ragnar Conde, Teatro Degollado Guadalajara, Mexico
 * 2015 : Manon by Jules Massenet, role Des Grieux, with Patrizia Ciofi, conductor Alexander Joel, stage Renée Auphan / Yves Coudray, Opera Marseille, France
 * 2015 : Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, role Hoffmann, conductor Hendrik Vestmann / Johannes Pell, stage Renaud Doucet / André Barbe, Opera Bonn, Germany
 * 2015 : Les Mousquetaires au couvent by Louis Varney, role "Gontran de Solanges" stage Jérôme Deschamps, conductor Laurent Campellone, Opéra Comique, Paris, France
 * 2015 : Les Contes d'Hoffmann by Jacques Offenbach, role Hoffmann, conductor Michael Helmrath, stage Jakob Peters-Messer, Opera Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany
 * 2014 : Romeo et Juliette by Charles Gounod, role Roméo, conductor Guido Maria Guido, stage Raúl Falcó, Opera de Nuevo Leon Monterrey Mexico, Mexico
 * 2014 : Un Amour En Guerre by Caroline Glory, role Jacques, conductor Jacques Blanc, stage Patrick Poivre D'Arvor, Opera de Metz, France
 * 2014 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Zsolt Hamar, stage Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson, Opera de Wiesbaden, Germany
 * 2014 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Paul Daniel, stage Laurent Laffargue, Opera National de Bordeaux, France
 * 2014 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Andreas Delfs - Ilyich Rivas, stage Phyllida Lloyd - Michael Barker-Caven, Opera North Leeds Manchester, England
 * 2014 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Gintaras Rinkevicius, stage Dalia Ibelhauptaitė, Vilnius City Opera, Lituania
 * 2014 : Concert Opera Gala Saint Petersburg Philharmonia, with Julia Novikova, conductor Jean Ferrandis, Grand Hall Philharmonia Saint Petersburg, Russia
 * 2013 : Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, role Pinkerton, with Ermonela Jaho, stage Mireille Laroche, conductor Alain Guingual, Opéra d'Avignon
 * 2013 : Les Mousquetaires au couvent by Louis Varney, role "Gontran de Solanges" stage Jérôme Deschamps, conductor Philippe Béran, Opéra de Lausanne
 * 2013 : Dialogues des carmélites by Francis Poulenc, role "Chevalier de La Force", with Hélène Guilmette, Sabine Devieilhe, stage Christophe Honoré, conductor Kasushi Ono, Opéra national de Lyon
 * 2013 : Les pêcheurs de perles by Georges Bizet, role Nadir, conductor Patrick Davin, stage Vincent Boussard, Opéra de Strasbourg, France
 * 2013 : Le Roi d'Ys by Edouard Lalo, role Mylio, conductor Patrick Davin, Opéra-Comique Paris
 * 2013 : La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, role Alfredo Germont, stage Andreas Homoki,conductor Julian Kovatchev, Semperoper Dresden
 * 2013 : Pelléas et Mélisande by Claude Debussy, role "Pelléas", conductor Philippe Auguin, stage René Koering, Opéra de Nice
 * 2012 : La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, role Alfredo Germont, conductor Ádám Fischer, stage Andrea Breth, Théâtre royal de la Monnaie
 * 2012 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, stage Claude Stratz, Opéra de Vichy, France
 * 2012 : L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti, role Nemorino, stage director Walter Neiva, conductor Emiliano Patarra, Opéra Teatro São Pedro São Paulo, Brésil
 * 2012 : Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod, role Roméo, conductor Joseph Mechavich, stage David Lefkowich, Florida Grand Opera, Miami, USA
 * 2012 : Faust by Charles Gounod, role Faust, conductor Dominique Trottein, stage Paul Emile Fourny, Opéra de Reims, France
 * 2012 : La Chartreuse de Parme by Henri Sauguet, role Fabrice del Dongo, conductor Lawrence Foster, stage Renée Auphan, Opéra municipal de Marseille, France
 * 2011-2012 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Antony Hermus, stage Roman Hovenbitzer, Anhaltisches Theater, Germany
 * 2011 : Faust by Charles Gounod, role Faust, conductor Antony Hermus, stage Paul Emile Fourny, Opéra de Toulon
 * 2011-2012 : La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein de Jacques Offenbach, role Fritz, conductor Cyril Diedrich, stage Omar Porras, Opéra de Lausanne, Switzerland
 * 2011 : "Amelia al ballo" by Gian Carlo Menotti, role L'amante, conductor Placido Domingo, stage Jean Louis Grinda, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia, Spain
 * 2011 : "Amelia al ballo" by Gian Carlo Menotti, role L'amante,conductor Johannes Debus, stage Giorgio Ferrara, Festival dei due mondi Spoleto Italia
 * 2011 : "Cyrano de Bergerac" by David DiChiera, role Christian, conductor Mark Flint, stage Bernard Uzan, Florida Grand Opera, Miami, USA
 * 2011 : La Bohème de Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Juraj Valčuha et Matteo Beltrami, stage Francesco Micheli, Venise La Fenice, Italy
 * 2011 : La Bohème de Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, direction musicale de, mise en sène de, Opéra Helsinki Finland
 * 2010 : La Bohème de Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Carlo Rizzi, stage Andreas Homoki, Théâtre royal de la Monnaie
 * 2010 : La Bohème de Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Paolo Arrivabeni et Andriy Yurkevych, stage Jean-Louis Pichon, Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Liège, Belgium
 * 2010 : Lodoïska de Luigi Cherubini, role Floreski, conductor Jérémie Rhorer, TCE Théâtre des Champs-Élysées Paris, Venise La Fenice, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Italy
 * 2010 : "Andromaque" by André Ernest Modeste Grétry, role Pyrrhus, conductor Hervé Niquet, stage Georges Lavaudant, Festival de Montpellier, Festival de Schwetzingen, Palais des Beaux-Arts (Bozar) Bruxelles
 * 2010 : Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, role Pinkerton, conductor Pierre-Michel Durand, stage Jean-François Vinciguerra, Festival de Chartres
 * 2010 : Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi, role il Duca, conductor Zubin Mehta, stage Marco Bellocchio, Mantoue
 * 2010 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Laurent Campellone, stage Jean Louis Pichon, Sylvie Auget, Opéra-théâtre de Saint-Étienne, France
 * 2010 : "Andromaque" by André Ernest Modeste Grétry, role Pyrrhus, conductor Hervé Niquet, stage Georges Lavaudant, Festival of Schwetzingen
 * 2010 : La Traviata de Giuseppe Verdi, role Alfredo Germont, conductor Miguel Gomez-Martinez, stage Mariusz Treliński, Wielki Theater, Warsaw, Poland
 * 2010 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Karytinos, stage Graham Vick, Greek Natonal Opera of Athens
 * 2009-2010 : Marius et Fanny de Vladimir Cosma, role Marius, conductor de Dominique Trottein, stage Jean-Louis Grinda, Opéra d'Avignon
 * 2009 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Alexander Joel, Stage Director Willy Decker, Opera Koln, Germany
 * 2009 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Richard Buckley, Stage Director Garnett Bruce, Opera Long Center, Austin, Texas, États-Unis
 * 2009 : "Andromaque" by André Ernest Modeste Grétry, role Pyrrhus, conductor Hervé Niquet, Paris
 * 2009 : Marius et Fanny by Vladimir Cosma, role Marius, conductor Jacques Lacombe, stage Jean-Louis Grinda, Opéra municipal de Marseille
 * 2009 : La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi, role Alfredo Germont, conductor Kelly Kuo, stage James Marvel, Opera Louisville, Kentucky États-Unis
 * 2009 : "Mireille" by Charles Gounod, role Vincent, conductor Cyril Diedrich, stage Robert Fortune, Opéra municipal de Marseille
 * 2009 : Faust by Charles Gounod, role Faust, conductor Vincent Monteil, stage Opéra de Pampelune, Espagne
 * 2009 : La Périchole by Jacques Offenbach, role Piquillo, conductor Pablo Heras-Casado, stage Omar Porras, Opéra national de Bordeaux, France
 * 2008 : Le Roi d'Ys by Edouard Lalo, role Mylio, conductor Patrick Davin, stage Jean-Louis Pichon, Opéra royal de Wallonie, Liège, Belgium
 * 2008 : Madama Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini, role Pinkerton, stage Ève Ruggiéri, Festival Musiques au Cœur d'Antibes
 * 2008 : Romeo and Juliet by Charles Gounod, role Roméo, conductor Giuliano Carella, Radio Kamer Filharmonie, Concertgebouw Amsterdam
 * 2008 : La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini, role Rodolfo, conductor Karytinos, stage Graham Vick, Opéra d'Athènes, Grèce
 * 2008 : Salammbô by Ernest Reyer, role de Schahabarim, conductor Lawrence Foster, stage Yves Coudray, Opéra municipal de Marseille, France
 * 2007 : Djamileh by Georges Bizet, role Haroun, conductor Miquel Ortega, stage Pierre Jourdan, Théâtre Impérial de Compiègne
 * 2007 : Eugene Oneguin by Piotr Ilitch Tchaïkovski, role Lensky, stage Emmanuelle Cordoliani, Paris Cité de la musique CNSMDP

Operas

 * Bizet : Les Pêcheurs De Perles (Nadir) / Djamileh (Haroun)
 * Cherubini : Lodoïska (Floreski)
 * Cosma : Marius Et Fanny (Marius)
 * Debussy : Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas)
 * DiChiera : Cyrano de Bergerac (Christian)
 * Donizetti : L'Elisir D'Amore (Nemorino)
 * Glory : Un Amour En Guerre (Jacques)
 * Gounod : Roméo Et Juliette (Roméo) / Faust (Faust) / Mireille (Vincent)
 * Grétry : Andromaque (Pyrrhus)
 * Lalo : Le Roi D'Ys (Mylio)
 * Massenet : Manon (Chevalier Des Grieux)
 * Menotti : Amelia Al Ballo (L'Amante)
 * Offenbach : La Périchole (Piquillo) / La Grande-duchesse de Gérolstein (Fritz) / Les Contes d'Hoffmann (Hoffmann)
 * Poulenc : Dialogues Des Carmélites (Chevalier de La Force)
 * Puccini : La Bohème (Rodolfo) / Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
 * Reyer : Salammbô (Schahabarim)
 * Sauguet : La Chartreuse De Parme (Fabrice Del Dongo)
 * Tchaïkovski : Eugène Onéguine (Lensky)
 * Varney : Les Mousquetaires Au Couvent (Solanges)
 * Verdi : Rigoletto (Il Duca) / La Traviata (Alfredo)

Oratorio / Symphony

 * Berlioz : Requiem
 * Mahler : Das Lied Von Der Erde
 * Mozart : Grande Messe en Ut Mineur
 * Puccini : Messa Di Gloria
 * Saint-Saëns : Le Déluge

Debuts

 * Bach : Cantate du Café (Tenor)
 * Donizetti : Lucia Di Lammermoor (Arturo)
 * Leoncavallo : Pagliacci (Beppe)
 * Offenbach : La Vie Parisienne (Gardefeu 2003, Bobinet) / Orphée aux Enfers (Orphée)
 * Verdi : Rigoletto (Borsa) / La Traviata (Gastone) / Il Trovatore (Ruiz)

Discography

 * Lodoïska (Opéra: Cherubini), Naïve Ambroisie (2013)
 * Andromaque (Opéra: Grétry), Glossa (2010)
 * Songs, Naïve (2011)

Video, DVD

 * La Bohème: Live in cinemas CGR from Opera National de Bordeaux 2014, Bordeaux, France
 * La Traviata: Arte Web Live - Théâtre Royal de La Monnaie De Munt, Dec 2012, Bruxelles, Belgium
 * La Bohème: Live in cinemas from Teatro La Fenice February 2011, Venezia, Italy
 * Le Roi d’Ys: Lalo, DVD Dynamic (2009), enregistré à l'Opéra Royal de Wallonie à Lièges, Belgium
 * La Boite à Musique de Jean-François Zygel, DVD Naïve (2007) (vol.1)
 * Il Trovatore, Live au Théâtre Antique d'Orange with Roberto Alagna, Les Chorégies d'Orange, July 2006

Links

 * Site officiel
 * Sébastien Guèze sur Operabase
 * Interview et Photos dans le magazine Tutti Magazine
 * Interview dans le journal Le Soir
 * Interview on Romeo (Miami) in "Knight Arts"
 * English Interview in "Voix des Arts - A Voice for the Arts"