Stéphane Degout
The versatile operatic baritone Stéphane Degout has been a frequent sight on operatic stages in his native France, the U.S., Italy, and elsewhere since coming on the scene in the late '90s. In addition to mainstream Italian, German, and French opera, he has also appeared in early music productions and is adept in French song repertory.
Degout was born in Bourg-en-Bresse in eastern France on June 9, 1975, and grew up in nearby Saint-Jean-de-Niost. He attended the Lycée Saint-Exupéry in Lyon, went on to the National Conservatory of Music and Dance, and has continued to live in France's second city. His debut major role came in 1998 at the Opéra National in Lyon, as Pagageno in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, and he reprised the role in Aix-en-Provence in 1999. Degout studied with Margreet Honig at the conservatory and took master classes with Régine Crespin and Gundula Janowitz, among other prominent singers. A second prize in the 2002 Plácido Domingo Competition boosted his profile beyond his home region, and since then, he has appeared at many of the world's top houses.
At the Theater an der Wien, Degout has sung Guglielmo in Mozart's Così fan tutte and the title role in Monteverdi's Orfeo. At London's Covent Garden, he has been seen as Dandini in Rossini's La Cenerentola and as Mercutio in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. He has also made multiple appearances at both the Metropolitan Opera in New York and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In the early music field, he has worked under conductors René Jacobs, William Christie, and Emmanuelle Haïm, among others. Degout also lists several premieres of contemporary operas among his credits; he was cast in the premiere of Benôit Mernier's La Dispute in 2013 and in three operas by composer Philippe Boesmans: Au monde (2014) and La monnaie and Pinocchio (2017). The year 2018 saw the release of no fewer than three Degout recordings: a Pinocchio recording was issued on the Cypres label; the aria recital Enfers (with Raphaël Pichon) appeared on Harmonia Mundi; and he was the baritone soloist in Charpentier's Leçons de Ténèbres under conductor Jonathan Cohen on the Hyperion label. Degout was nominated for a Best Opera Recording Grammy Award in 2019 for George Benjamin: Lessons in Love and Violence. He continued to record for Harmonia Mundi and had a busy schedule in 2019 and 2020 that was interrupted only briefly by the coronavirus pandemic. In March of 2020, he issued the album Epic: Lieder & Balladen with pianist Simon Lepper. Degout returned in 2022 with a pair of releases, an appearance on the group Pygmalion's recording of Bach's Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, and another on an album of Ravel works featuring pianist Cédric Tiberghien. Degout was made a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2012.
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Discografia
13 álbum(ns) • Ordenado por Mais vendidos
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Ravel: Concertos pour piano - Mélodies
Cédric Tiberghien, Stéphane Degout, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth
Concertos - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 20 de mai. de 2022
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Mein Traum. Schubert, Weber, Schumann
Pygmalion, Raphaël Pichon, Stéphane Degout
Opera - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 7 de out. de 2022
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Nadia & Lili Boulanger: Les Heures claires (The complete Songs)
Lucile Richardot, Anne de Fornel, Stéphane Degout, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Raquel Camarinha, Sarah Nemtanu
Mélodies - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 24 de fev. de 2023
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Berlioz : Harold en Italie (Live) - Les Nuits d'été
Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Tabea Zimmermann, Stéphane Degout
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 18 de jan. de 2019
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Brahms: La belle Maguelone (Live)
Stéphane Degout, Marielou Jacquard, Alain Planès, Roger Germser
Classical - Lançado por B Records em 6 de out. de 2023
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Poème d'un jour (Live at Théâtre de l'Athénée)
Classical - Lançado por B records em 8 de mar. de 2019
Gramophone Editor's Choice24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Debussy: Harmonie du soir, mélodies & songs
Alain Planès, Eugene Asti, Sophie Karthäuser, Stéphane Degout
Classical - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 24 de ago. de 2018
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Lieder & Balladen
Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Lançado por harmonia mundi em 6 de mar. de 2020
5 de Diapason24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mélodies Françaises (Oeuvres de Debussy, Duparc, Saint-Saëns, Chabrier, Hahn, Ravel)
Art Songs, Mélodies & Lieder - Lançado por naïve classique em 17 de jan. de 2011
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Histoires naturelles (Poulenc - Apollinaire - Ravel) (Live at Théâtre de l'Athénée)
Stéphane Degout, Cédric Tiberghien
Classical - Lançado por B records em 27 de out. de 2017
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Philippe Boesmans : Au monde
Patricia Petibon, Stéphane Degout, Yann Beuron
Opera - Lançado por Cypres em 24 de fev. de 2015
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Brahms: A German Requiem
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Watts, Stéphane Degout, Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Neville Creed
Masses, Passions, Requiems - Lançado por London Philharmonic Orchestra em 1 de abr. de 2010
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Fauré: La Bonne Chanson - L'Horizon chimérique - Ballade - Mélodies
Mélodies - Lançamento no dia 17 de mai. de 2024 por harmonia mundi
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