Internationally-acclaimed French baritone Stephane Degout graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon and then became a member of the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Lyon.

Degout gained international attention when he made a triumphant debut as Papageno at the Festival dAix-en-Provence in 1999. Since then, he has appeared at the Opera de Paris (La Bohème, Die Zauberflöte, Ariadne auf Naxos), the Berlin Staatsoper (Orfeo), the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie (Orfeo, Pelléas et Mélisande, Cosi fan Tutte), the Theater an der Wien (Orfeo, Pelléas et Mélisande) and the Metropolitan Opera (Romeo et Juliette). In 2006 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival (Cosi fan tutte) and with the Glyndebourne Festival the year following (Cosi fan tutte).

During the 2007-2008 season, Degout made his debut with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (La Cenerentola) and returned to the Metropolitan Opera (Die Zauberflöte, Pelléas et Mélisande and Le Comte Ory), and the Paris Opera (Iphigénie en Tauride, Nozze di Figaro, Die Tote Stadt).

Equally renowned as a recitalist and concert singer, Stéphane Degout has performed both with the Orchestre Philharmonique and Orchestre National de France. In February 2004 he made his New York recital debut at Lincoln Center. Last season, he gave recitals at the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, at the Wigmore Hall London and the Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

Last season, Mr. Degout made his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in Die Zauberflöte with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Riccardo Muti. This season he will return to the Paris Opera and make his debut at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich.

Mr. Degout has recorded Werther and Cosi fan tutte (in the production of Patrice Chéreau for the Aix Festival), Pelléas et Mélisande along with Le Comte Ory (Metropolitan Opera) in DVD format for Virgin Classics. He has recorded Brahms’Deutsches Requiem (piano version) and the Fauré Requiem for Naïve as well as La Bohème for Deutsche Grammophon.

‘Mélodies’, dedicated to the French repertoire, is the first CD he has recorded in the context of a new collaboration with Naïve Records.

Stéphane Degout was awarded the prize ‘Lyrical Artist of the Year’ at the Victoires de la Musique Classique 2012. He was also appointed ‘Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres’ in September 2012; a prestigious award which recognises ‘significant contribution to the enrichment of French cultural inheritance’.

2012 – 2013 Season
Last updated 30th November 2012