Nicolas Courjal
Nicolas Courjal studied with mezzo Jane Berbié. He was a memebr of the ensembles of Paris Opéra-Comique and of the Wiesbaden Hessisches Staatstheater.
He has since appeared at major operatic stages such as Paris Opéra-Bastille and Théâtre du Châtelet, Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Sferisterio di Macerata, Maestranza di Sevilla, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Chorégies d’Orange, Grand-Théâtre de Genève, Opéra de Lausanne, Opéra de Monte-Carlo and in Russia and Japan.
He sings all the lead roles of the bass repertoire including Filippo II/Don Carlo, King Mark/Tristan und Isolde, Hunding / Walküre, Gremin/Eugen Onegin, Fiesco/Simone Boccanegra, Pimen/Boris Godunov, Basilio/Il Barbiere di Siviglia. He is a recognized reference in the French repertoire, that he has extensively sung throughout the world : Narbal/Les Troyens, Gessler/Guillaume Tell, Méphisto /Faust and Damnation de Faust, Bertram/Robert le Diable, the 4 villains/Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Golaud and Arkel / Pellés et Mélisande… under the baton of Myung-Whun Chung, Antonio Pappano, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Michel Plasson, James Conlon, Alain Altinoglu, John-Elliot Gardiner…
Recently he sang the title role of Boito’s Mefistofele and Zaccaria / Nabucco at Capitole de Toulouse, Méphisto / Faust at Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Jeanne au Bûcher by Honegger at Paris Philharmonie, Hamburg Elbphilharmonie and Frankfurt Alte Oper, the Father / Louise by Charpentier at Aix-en-Provence Festival, Marcel / Les Huguenots in Marseille, Gremin / Eugen Onegin in Brussels, Damnation de Faust in Oslo and in Monte Carlo, Escamillo / Carmen in Rouen, Nilakantha / Lakmé in Strasbourg.
This season he makes his stage debut as Escamillo / Carmen at Teatro alla Scala di Milano, and sings Frère Laurent / Roméo et Juliette in Roma, Louise at Lyon Opera, the title roles of Don Quichotte in Lausanne and of Don Giovanni in Toulouse, L’Enfant et les sortilèges in Barcelona.
His vast discography includes Petitgirard’s Elephant Man, Joncières’ Dimitri, David’s Herculanum, Berlioz’s Les Troyens and Damnation de Faust (Warner) as well as the DVDs of Carmen and Guillaume Tell with the Royal Opera House.
Representation : General Management