Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
French tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt is one of the leading singers on the early music scene and one of the most successful performers of the high tenor (in French haute-contre) roles in French Baroque opera. He began studying music at the age of ten and initially chose the saxophone as his main area of concentration. He became a professional saxophonist, teaching on the university level and actively performing. Then, after a brief period as a conductor, he had a fortuitous meeting with the soprano Cathy Berberian, who urged him to devote himself to singing full time. Around the same time, he met conductor William Christie, who in the mid-'80s was just beginning to attract attention by reviving French Baroque operas. Fouchécourt has collaborated with Christie and his ensemble, Les Arts Florissants, in numerous performances and recordings. Fouchécourt has also worked with other early music specialists, including Martin Gester, Herve Niquet, Philippe Herreweghe, Rene Jacobs, Nicholas McGegan, Christophe Rousset, and Marc Minkowski. Under the baton of Minkowski, Fouchécourt sang the role of Hippolyte in a recording of Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie (nominated for Gramophone's Best Early Opera Award). He has appeared in major international opera houses and concert halls, including the Opéra de Paris, the Théâtre du Chatelet, the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Théâtre de Lausanne, the Opera de Lyon, Amsterdam Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York, and the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffman and he recorded Poulenc's Les mamelles de Tirésias with Seiji Ozawa. He received international attention for his interpretation of the title role in Rameau's Platée ou Junon jalouse in a joint production of the Edinburgh Festival and the Royal Opera House Covent Garden. Other projects include a disc of French romances from the nineteenth century. Fouchécourt also formed the Novalis Vocal Quartet with his colleagues from the Paris Baroque scene Bernard Deletré, Veronique Gens, and Brigitte Vinson, and taught at the Paris Conservatory from 1994 to 1997.
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Discography
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Mondonville: Titon et l'Aurore, Op. 7
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Catherine Napoli, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 7 Oct 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Véronique Gens, Bernarda Fink, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski
Classical - Released by Archiv Produktion on 13 Jun 1995
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Berlioz: Roméo & Juliette
Catherine Robbin, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Gilles Cachemaille, Monteverdi Choir, Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique, John Eliot Gardiner
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mélodies
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Sonia De Beaufort, Alain Jacquon
Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) - Released by Timpani on 1 Jan 1998
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
L'art de Jélyotte
Classical - Released by Naxos on 1 Sep 2007
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Zélindor, roi des Sylphes
Classical - Released by Naxos on 28 Sep 2009
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Rameau - Pigmalion
Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Choral Music (Choirs) - Released by Warner Classics on 4 May 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Clairs de lune
Quatuor Manfred, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Classical - Released by Paraty on 31 May 2019
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo -
Orphee et Euridice
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Catherine Dubosc, Suzie le Blanc, Opera Lafayette Chorus, Opera Lafayette Orchestra, Ryan Brown
Opera - Released by Naxos on 1 Mar 2005
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Clairs de lune
Quatuor Manfred, Jean-Paul Fouchécourt
Classical - Released by Paraty on 31 May 2019
24-Bit 88.2 kHz - Stereo