Barihunk Cyril Rovery featured in Men's Health

Cyril Rovery

The European edition of Men's Health magazine recently featured French barihunk Cyril Rovery in a feature called "Baryton Man." He's new to this site.

Rovery studied at the Marseilles Conservatoire graduating in 2000. In 1999, he won 1st Prize at the Symphonies d’Automne International Competition in Mâcon and in 2002 he won the Siena International Competition for Singers.

Men's Health featuring Cyril Rovery

He made his professional debut in 2001 as Germont at the Avignon Opera House with Patricia Cioffi in Verdi's La Traviata.  He subsequently appeared as Golaud in Debussy's Pelleas and Melisande at the Massy Opera house and Puccini's Madame Butterfly at the Marseilles Opera House. His performance in Richard Strauss' Salome at the Montpellier Opera House was recorded by Universal Music.

Cyril Rovery

Earlier this year he appeared at l’Opéra de Marseille as Giocanto Castriconi in the premiere of Jean-Claude Petit's Colomba, about a Mediterranean heroine with an insatiable desire for vengeance. He's been a regular at Marseille singing Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca, the Duke of Verona in Roméo et Juliette and Monterone in Verdi's Rigoletto.

His career has been primarily centered in France.

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