Biography

Stéphane Degout

The French baritone Stéphane Degout studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon and was a member of the opera studio of the Opéra National de Lyon. Following his debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence as Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) he soon celebrated successes at the world’s leading opera houses, and made a name for himself as a concert singer in Baroque, Classical and Romantic repertory. In addition, thanks to his varied interpretations of French mélodies and German Lieder (a repertory that he has worked on with Ruben Lifschitz) he performs to international acclaim as a recitalist.

The opera houses and festivals at which Stéphane Degout has performed include the Paris Opéra, the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Berlin State Opera, La Monnaie in Brussels, the Theater an der Wien, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Metropolitan Opera, La Scala, Milan, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Bavarian State Opera, and the Salzburg, Glyndebourne and Ravinia Festivals. His roles include Thésée (Hippolyte et Aricie), Hercule in Lully’s Alceste, Oreste (Iphigénie en Tauride), Count Almaviva (Le nozze di Figaro), Valentin (Faust), Raimbaud (Le Comte Ory), Wolfram (Tannhäuser), Albert (Werther), Rodrigue (Don Carlos), Chorèbe (Les Troyens), Ford (Falstaff) and the title roles of Hamlet, Eugene Onegin, L’Orfeo, Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria and Wozzeck. He has also appeared in numerous world premieres, including Benoît Mernier’s La Dispute, Philippe Boesmans’s Au Monde and Pinocchio and George Benjamin’s Lessons in Love and Violence.

His engagements of the 2024/25 season include Wozzeck in Lyon and Michael in Mark-Anthony Turnage’s new opera Festen at Covent Garden. He will also appear in numerous recitals and concerts, including performances with Ensemble Pygmalion and the Munich Philharmonic.

In 2012 Stéphane Degout was awarded the title of Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. At the Victoires de la Musique Classique in 2012 and 2019 he was named Opera Singer of the Year.

Alongside several DVD recordings, his discography includes CD recordings for the label B Records (the Poulenc / Ravel album Histoires Naturelles and Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde) and for Harmonia Mundi (including Bach’s St Matthew Passion, Berlioz’s Le Nuits d’été and the albums Enfers, Mein Traum, Harmonie du soir and Epic).

Stéphane Degout is Master in Residence of the vocal section of the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in Waterloo.

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