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Didier Henry
Didier Henry (born 1953) is a French baritone.He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris before joining the Opéra National de Lyon. He is well known for his French opera roles, including those by Massenet, Gounod, Debussy, and Ravel. He also starred in the notable recordings of Prokofiev's ''The Love for Three Oranges'' in French, under conductor Kent Nagano and Chabrier's ''Gwendoline'', under conductor Jean-Paul Penin. The baritone is regularly invited on international stages, as often for lyrical productions than for concerts or recitals.
His career was marked by the part of the male protagonist in Debussy's ''Pelléas et Mélisande''. He participated at the opera’s first performance in Moscow in 1987 under the baton of Manuel Rosenthal (recording for Decca with Charles Dutoit, awarded Grammy Awards and Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik 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 repertory also includes Oreste in ''Iphigénie en Tauride'' (Scala Milan), the title role in ''Eugene Onegin'', the Count Almaviva in ''Le Nozze di Figaro'' (or Don Alfonso in ''Così fan tutte''), Marcello in ''La Bohême'', ''Manon'' by Massenet, ''Hamlet'' by Ambroise Thomas, Posa in ''Don Carlos'', and Einsenstein (Gaillardin) in ''Die Fledermaus''. He has also has been conducted by Riccardo Muti, Myung-whun Chung, and Michel Plasson.
Henry is also a mélodie interpreter (he recorded Ravel, Poulenc, Saint-Saëns, Barraud, d’Ollone, Hahn, Berlioz, Lazaro, Enesco, Duparc) and stage director ("Monsieur Beaucaire" by André Messager at the Metz Opera, "Sophie Arnoult" by Gabriel Pierné, "La Grand’Tante" and "Cendrillon" by Massenet, "Hamlet" by Thomas, "Dialogues des Carmélites" by Poulenc, "Béatrice et Bénédict" by Berlioz, "Pelléas et Mélisande" by Debussy, or "Roméo et Juliette" by Gounod). He has also taught French mélodie with pianist Anne Le Bozec since October 2006 at the Hochschule de Karlsruhe. In addition, he is Maguelone’s record label manager. Provided by Wikipedia
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1Gwendoline: [opéra en 2 actes]Published 1996Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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2Psaume 136Published 2001Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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3Requiem pour la paix: (1945) ; à tous les martyrs de la Résistance et à tous ceux qui sont morts pour la FrancePublished 1998Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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4Amadis: opéraPublished 1989Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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5Der Freischütz: version française avec les récitatifsPublished 1999Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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6Cléopâtre: [opéra en quatre actes]Published 1992Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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7GrisélidisPublished 1994Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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8Dialogues des Carmélites: opera in three acts and twelve scenesPublished 1999Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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9Pelléas et MélisandePublished 1991Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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10L' enfant et les sortilègesPublished 1995Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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11L' amour des trois oranges: opera in four acts with a prologuePublished 1989Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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12Amadis: opéra légendaire en 4 actes dont 1 prologue ; poème de Jules Clarétie ; premier enregistrement mondialPublished 1989Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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13Cléopâtre: opéra en quatre actesPublished 1992Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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14Pelléas et MélisandePublished 1991Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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15Pelléas et MélisandePublished 1991Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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16Grisélidis: conte lyrique en 3 actes, avec un prologuePublished 1994Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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17Grisélidis: opera in 3 actsPublished 1994Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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18Dialogues of the carmelites: opéra en trois actes et 12 tableaux ; Cette pièce a été inspirée par une nouvelle de Gertrude von Le Fort ... ; libretto enclosedPublished 1999Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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19L'amour des trois orangesPublished 2006Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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20L' amour des trois oranges: [opera in four acts with a prologue] = The love for three oranges = Die Liebe zu den drei OrangenPublished 1989Other Authors: “…Henry, Didier 1953-…”
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