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Born at Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean, Qu\u00e9bec (Canada), Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lapointe is considered as one of the best baritones of his generation. Since his debut on stage in 1983, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lapointe has sung on the major European stages (Paris, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Vienna, Zurich, Barcelona, Madrid, Lisbon, Glasgow, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Berlin, Li\u00e8ge, Toulouse\u2026) as well as in America and Japan. Critics have been unanimous to praise his rich voice, his fine interpretation and his acting skills.<\/p>\n

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Among his favorite parts, the title role in Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/strong> which he has notably performed in Peter Brook\u2019s famous production, appears as a landmark in his career. He has also been heard in this work in Toronto, Bonn under Marc Soustrot\u2019s baton, in Cincinnati, at Grand Th\u00e9\u00e2tre in Bordeaux, in Marseille, at Th\u00e9\u00e2tre du Capitole in Toulouse, in Toulon and more recently at la Scala of Milan conducted by Georges Pr\u00eatre. He has also sung the same part at the Op\u00e9ra royal de Wallonie, at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es and at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam with Bernard Haitink conducting. The evolution of his voice has recently led him to make his debut as Golaud, in Nantes and Helsinki to great public acclaim.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lapointe has also appeared in the title role of Hamlet<\/strong> at the Royal Danish Opera in Copenhagen, and later in Trieste and Geneva. He performed Albert<\/em> (Werthe<\/strong>r) in Bilbao and at Capitole in Toulouse, Valentin<\/em> (Faust<\/strong>) at Teatro Real in Madrid, in Monte-Carlo, at Teatro Regio in Torino, in Li\u00e8ge and at the Chor\u00e9gies d\u2019Orange, Mercutio<\/em> (Rom\u00e9o et Juliette<\/strong>) at the opera of Cincinnati, at the Chor\u00e9gies d\u2019Orange and in Tokyo, Dido and Aeneas<\/strong> (Aeneas<\/em>) at the opera of Lausanne, Iphig\u00e9nie en Tauride<\/strong> (Oreste<\/em>) at the opera in Amsterdam, Eugen Onegin<\/strong> (title role), Ford<\/em> (Falstaff<\/strong>) and Lescaut<\/em> (Manon<\/strong>) at the opera of Qu\u00e9bec, Il Barbiere di Siviglia<\/strong> (Figaro<\/em>), Fortunio<\/strong> (Landry<\/em>) and Ciboulette<\/strong> (Duparquet<\/em>) at the Op\u00e9ra Comique in Paris, Le Comte Ory<\/strong> (Raimbaud<\/em>) in Geneva and Marseille, Escamillo<\/strong> (Carmen<\/em>) in Barcelona, Marseille, Lausanne and on tour in Japan, Don Giovanni<\/strong> (title role) in Trieste and Marseille, Werther<\/strong> (title role) and Les Huguenots<\/strong> (Nevers<\/em>) at la Monnaie in Brussels, Les Troyens<\/strong> (Chor\u00e8be<\/em>) in Geneva and Amsterdam, Les P\u00eacheurs de perles<\/strong> (Zurga<\/em>) at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Falstaff<\/strong> (Ford) at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es\u2026 His debut as Giorgio Germont<\/em> (Traviata<\/strong>) at the opera of Frankfurt has also attracted much attention.<\/p>\n

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He has recently been heard at the Op\u00e9ra National de Paris in Alceste<\/strong> (le Grand Pr\u00eatre<\/em>), Werther<\/strong> (Albert<\/em>) and Faust<\/strong> (Valentin<\/em>), at the Opera of Marseille in La Favorite<\/strong> (Alphonse<\/em>), Cl\u00e9op\u00e2tre<\/strong> (Marc-Antoine<\/em>), La Traviata<\/strong> (Germont<\/em>), Mo\u00efse et Pharaon<\/strong> (Pharaon<\/em>), Falstaff<\/strong> (Ford<\/em>), Hamlet<\/strong> (title role<\/em>) and Don Carlo<\/strong> (Posa<\/em>) at the Canadian Opera Company and in Amsterdam in Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites<\/strong> (Marquis de la Force<\/em>) directed by Robert Carsen, at Monte Carlo Opera in La Favorit<\/strong>e (Alphonse<\/em>) and Tannha\u00fcser<\/strong> (Wolfram<\/em>), at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es in La Favorite<\/strong> (Alphonse<\/em>), at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin in Germont<\/strong> (Traviata<\/em>), in Avignon as Hamlet, in Geneva Faust<\/strong> (Valentin<\/em>), in Ascanio<\/strong> (Benvenuto Cellini<\/em>) and as Guillaume Tell, in Nancy Les P\u00eacheurs de perles<\/strong> and Lucia di Lammermoor<\/strong>, at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna in Werther… He has sung in concert Les Mamelles de Tir\u00e9sias<\/strong> (Le Mari<\/em>) with the BBC Symphony, L\u2019Enfant et les sortil\u00e8ges<\/strong> and L\u2019Enfant prodigue<\/strong> by Debussy with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France, Faur\u00e9\u2019s Requiem<\/strong> and Monsieur Beaucaire<\/strong> by Messager with the Op\u00e9ra Comique, Faur\u00e9\u2019s Requiem<\/strong> at the Op\u00e9ra de Nice, in Lille with the Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\u00e9al, he has also performed recitals in Paris as part of L\u2019Instant Lyrique, in Gen\u00e8ve, in Montr\u00e9al\u2026<\/p>\n

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Among his future projects: H\u00e9rodiade<\/strong> (H\u00e9rode<\/em>), Carmen<\/strong> (Escamillo<\/em>) and Les Puritains<\/strong> (Riccardo<\/em>) in Marseille, La Traviata<\/strong> at the Paris National Opera, Falstaff<\/strong> (Ford<\/em>) in Monte Carlo, Pell\u00e9as et M\u00e9lisande<\/strong> (Golaud<\/em>) at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es and in Strasbourg, Hippolyte et Aricie<\/strong> (Th\u00e9s\u00e9e<\/em>) in Zurich and at the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Champs-Elys\u00e9es, Guillaume Tell<\/strong> in Melbourne, Dialogues des Carm\u00e9lites<\/strong> in Toulouse\u2026 In concert, he will sing Faur\u00e9\u2019s Requiem<\/strong> with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo, L\u2019Enfant Prodigue<\/strong> (Simeon<\/em>) by Debussy in Nancy\u2026.<\/p>\n

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Besides his opera career, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lapointe regularly appears in concerts, singing melodies as well as oratorios. A renowned interpret of Duparc, Faur\u00e9 and Poulenc, he can also be heard in symphonic pieces and has taken part in several recordings among which Benvenuto Cellini<\/strong> (Fieramosca) by Berlioz with the Orchestre National de France conducted by John Nelson, B\u00e9atrice et B\u00e9nedict<\/strong> with Sir Colin Davis conducting, L\u2019Enfance du Christ<\/strong> with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg and La Chute de la maison<\/strong> Usher<\/strong> by Debussy with the Orchestre National de France.<\/p>\n

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Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Lapointe is a Knight of the National Order of Quebec..<\/p>\n

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