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| Stephane Degout |
Perhaps the surprise hit at the Metropolitan Opera this year has been Rossini's "Le Comte Ory," which has received universal acclaim. It would be tough to beat a cast that included Juan Diego Florez, Joyce DiDonato and Diana Damrau, especially when you add Rossini's music to the mix. We've received a bunch of email about the Raimbaud in the production, French barihunk Stephane Degout.
It's a mystery even to us why we haven't posted him before, as he perfectly fits our criteria of sexy and talented. Degout came to the opera world's attention in 1999 as Papageno at the Festival Aix-en-Provence. He has performed all over at Europe's leading opera houses, including Vienna, Paris, Salzburg and London in roles ranging from Orfeo to Pelleas. He has three performance of Le Comte Ory remaining, including tonight, and April 18 and 21. He appeared earlier at the Met this season in Debussy's "Pelleas et Melisande." You can hear a clip of him singing the Act 4 duet with Magdalena Kožená HERE.
After the Met, he will be returning to his native France to perform the title character in Hamlet with the Opéra national du Rhin from June 9-28.
He has released his first CD entitled 'Mélodies', which is dedicated to the French repertoire.
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Mr Degout has a fine voice, but he just stands there.
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ReplyDeleteI have enjoyed his vocals but find his performance bland.
ReplyDeleteStephane Degout as Raimbaud was excellent!
ReplyDeleteI was ELECTRIFIED by his Hamlet in Brussels. Beautiful and plentiful voice absolutely. Technique masterfully inconspicuous. But he used words like Olivier, his dramatic intensity is riveting and his presence is absolutely unique among baritones. A STAR in every way. And sexy too. Huge crush on Stephane Degout!
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