Biography

Laurent Naouri studied at the CNIPAL in Marseille and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.

His broad repertory includes about forty roles, from the early baroque to contemporary opera.

Among these and most notably are the Four Vilains (The Tales of Hoffmann) in Paris, New York, Madrid, Orange, Zurich, Milano, Barcelona and Munich, Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande) in Paris, Glasgow, Salzburg, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Aix en Provence, Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di Figaro) in Aix-en-Provence and Tokyo, the title role of Falstaff in Lyon, Santa Fe and Glyndebourne, Pandolfe (Cendrillon) in Barcelona, Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) at the New York Metropolitan Opera, Fieramosca (Benvenuto Cellini) in Amsterdam, Méphistophélès (La Damnation de Faust) at the Opéra de Lyon and with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra as well as the Marquis de la Force (Dialogue des Carmélites) at the Bayerische Staatsoper of Munich, Germont (La Traviata) in Santa Fe, Tokyo and Dallas.

More recently, he has sung the role of Ruprecht in Prokofiev’s The Fiery Angel and Mamma Agata (Viva la Mammà) at the Opéra de Lyon, Somarone (Béatrice et Bénédict) and Vautrin in the premiere of Luca Francesconi’s Trompe la Mort at the Opera de Paris, Capulet (Roméo et Juliette), the parts of the Four Vilains (The Tales of Hoffmann), Pandolfe (Cendrillon) and The Grand Prêtre (Samson et Dalila)at the Met, Don Gaspar (L'Ange de Nesida) at the London Royal Opera House, The Grand Prêtre (Samson et Dalila), Germont (Traviata) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, Mamma Agata (Viva la Mammà) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande) in Helsinki in the revival of the Katie Mitchell’s production, Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) Four Vilains (Les Contes d'Hoffmann), King Ignace (Yvonne de Bourgogne) at the Paris National Opera, Grand prêtre (Oedipe) at the Paris National opera, Pandolfe (Cendrillon) at the Metropolitan Opera, Don Alfonso (Cosi fan Tutte) at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and in Caen,  Don Pasquale in Dijon, Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande) in Tokyo,  Scarpia (Tosca) and Tomsky (the Queen of Spades)  in Brussels, Don Andres de Ribeira (La Périchole)  and  ​ The Directeur de Théâtre (les Mamelles de Tiresias)  & the Chambellan (Rossignol)at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the Comte Des Grieux (Manon) at the Liceu, Capulet (Roméo et Juliette), Don Pasquale, Pandolphe (Cendrillon), Créon (Médée) at the Paris National Opera.

He also sings in Recital with Natalie Dessay and Maciej Pikulski in a repertoire of French Songs.

He will sing  le chef des Carabiniers (Les Brigands) at the Paris National Opera, Golaud (Pelléas et Mélisande), at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Ham (Fin de Partie) at the Berlin  Staatsoper, Capulet (Roméo et Juliette) at the Madrid Teatro Real ...

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