Didier Henry, Date of Birth

    

Didier Henry

French opera singer

Date of Birth: 24-May-1953

Profession: singer, opera singer

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Didier Henry

  • Didier Henry (born 24 May 1953) is a French baritone. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris before joining the OpĂ©ra National de Lyon.
  • He is well known for his French opera roles, including those by Massenet, Gounod, Debussy, and Ravel.
  • He also starred in a notable recording of Prokofiev's The Love for Three Oranges in French, under conductor Kent Nagano.
  • The baritone is regularly invited on international stages, as often for lyrical productions than for concerts or recitals. His career was marked by PellĂ©as's part.
  • He has been in charge of the opera’s creation in Moscow in 1987 with the management of Manuel Rosenthal (recording for Dacca with Charles Dutoit, awarded Grammy Awards and Preis Deutschen Schallplatten Kritik in Germany).
  • He performs the role in France, as well as abroad (Buenos-Aires with Frederica von Stade and Armin Jordan, Tokyo, and United States). His directory also includes "Oreste in IphigĂ©nie en Tauride" (Scala de Milan), Eugène OnĂ©guine, the "Comte des Noces di Figaro" (or "Don Alfonso in Cosi fan tutte"), Marcello in La BohĂŞme, Manon Lescaut from Massenet, Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas, Posa by Don Carlos, and Einsenstein (Gaillardin) in Die Fledermaus.
  • He has also has songs conducted by Riccardo Muti, Myung Wung Chung, and Michel Plasson. Henry is also a mĂ©lodie writer and stage director ("Monsieur Beaucaire" by AndrĂ© Messager at the Metz Opera, "Sophie Arnoult" by Gabriel PiernĂ©, and "Le Portrait de Manon" by Massenet and PellĂ©as).
  • He has also taught French mĂ©lodie with pianist Anne Le Bozec since October 2006 at the Hochschule de Karlsruhe.
  • In addition, he is Maguelone’s record label manager.

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