Laurent Naouri
Initially beginning his education at the École Centrale de Lyon, Naouri decided to concentrate on opera in 1986 and continued his musical studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. His professional career in France began in 1992 with performances in the title role of Darius Milhaud’s Christophe Colomb (Christopher Columbus) for the opening of the Imperial Theatre in Compiègne. Progressing rapidly, his career quickly comprised a very varied repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to contemporary composers under such conductors as Maurizio Benini, William Christie, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, and Kent Nagano. Naouri made his debut at the Opéra Garnier in the role of Thésée in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, followed by Eugene Onegin at the Opéra de Nancy, interpreting at the Opéra Bastille the roles of the Comte Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon and Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro. A wide range of roles has followed, including many from the Baroque era including Rameau's Platée and Les Indes galantes and Handel's Alcina. In Britain, he has appeared at the Royal Opera House in 2006 in the role of Escamillo in Carmen; in the United States at the Santa Fe Opera he appeared in the same role in the 2006 Carmen . Also at the Santa Fe Opera, he is scheduled for the role of Falstaff in Verdi's opera of the same name for June/July 2008 and as Germont in the 2009 La traviata starring his wife as Violetta. Naouri is married to soprano Natalie Dessay, and they have two children.
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
as The High Priest of DagonA towering biblical epic, Saint-Saëns’s operatic take on the story of Samson and Delilah has...
Movie pageBenvenuto Cellini
as FieramoscaLive performance from Salzburg Festival Opera, August 2007. The story tells of Cellini's love...
Movie pagePlatée
as Cithéron, a SatyrThe prologue sets the stage for the action: Thespis, Momus and Thalie announce the subject of...
Movie pageBerlioz: Les Troyens
as NarbalThis epic opera follows Virgil, beginning as the Greeks appear to have ceded the field after ten...
Movie pageLes Parapluies de Cherbourg
as Roland CassardGeneviève lives with her mother who runs an umbrella shop in Cherbourg. She falls in love with...
Movie pageLes Paladins
as Orcan"Inspired by a fable by La Fontaine, [composer Jean-Philippe] Rameau produced perhaps his most...
Movie pageCarmen
as EscamilloDavid McVicar's exhilarating new production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role,...
Movie pageBenvenuto Cellini
as FieramoscaWith his affinity for the 16th-century sculptor Benvenuto Cellini's advocacy of artistic and...
Movie pageLe Rossignol
as Le ChambellanGetting into his grandfather's pottery workship at night, a little boy finds an unusually large...
Movie pageMassenet: Cendrillon
as PandolfeThe 2017–18 Live in HD season concluded with an enchanted performance of Cendrillon, Massenet’s...
Movie pageLa Belle Hélène
as Agamemnon, roi d'ArgosThis is a joy from beginning to end. Although there are many tricks and ideas from Laurent...
Movie pageLa vie parisienne
as Le Baron de GondremarkLive performance from Opéra National de Lyon.
Movie pageMédée
as CreonPossibly mythology’s most unfathomable character: Medea, the sorceress, betrayed by her husband...
Movie pageLes Boréades
as BoréeDirector Robert Carsen and his creative team flood the stage with summer blossoms, drifts of...
Movie pageFrancesconi: Trompe-la-Mort
as Vautrin / Trompe-la-mort / Jacques CollinAn impressive masked figure, Trompe‑la‑mort reveals his true character through his impalpable...
Movie pageLa Périchole (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées)
as uncreditedOpera in three acts by Jacques Offenbach filmed at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. At the origin...
Movie pageThe Queen of Spades - La Monnaie
as Count Tomsky - ZlatogorIn love with an unknown lady, a young soldier discovers that her grandmother holds a secret to...
Movie page