Pierre Evreux (Tenor) - Short Biography

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Pierre Évreux (Tenor)
Born: 1971 - Lyon, France
The French tenor, Pierre Évreux, studied Classics and Philosophy, before choosing to devote himself to singing. In 1993 he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Lyon and the following courses in lyric art in the class of Margreet Honig. He completed his training with Gary Magby then Nicolai Gedda. Pierre Évreux took part in several productions of the Opéra National de Lyon and the Opera Studio, of which he was a member from 1999 to 2001, as well as ensembles such as Les Talens Lyriques (Christophe Rousset), Collegium Vocale Gent, La Chapelle Royale (Philippe Herreweghe), La Grande Ecurie and the Chambre du Roy (Jean-Claude Malgoire), Le Concert Spiritual (Hervé Niquet), with whom he recorded three discs devoted to Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Capriccio Stravagante (Skip Sempé) ... On stage and in concert, Pierre Évreux performs regularly works by Monteverdi, Cavalli, J.S. Bach, Georg Frideric Handel, Haydn, Mozart or Beethoven, Rossini, de Falla ... His repertoire also includes the Lied and melody. In this area he works with Ruben Lifschitz, with whom performs such composers as Schubert, Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Charles Gounod, Gouvy, Fauré ... Since September 2003, Pierre Évreux is an ensemble member of the Detmold Opera (North Rhine), where he embodies particularly Ferrando (Cosi fan tutte by Mozart), Fenton (Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor by Nicolai), Gonzalve ( L'heure espagnole by Ravel), Wenzel (La Fiancée vendue by Smetana) and Boccaccio (in the operetta of the same name Suppé).

Source: Les chantres Website (February 2006, by Jean-Gérard Pailloncy), English translation by Aryeh Oron (March 2009) Contributed by Aryeh Oron (March 2009)
Recordings of Bach Cantatas & Other Vocal Works
Conductor	As	Works
Guido Mürmann	Tenor	BWV 243, BWV 248/1
Links to other Sites
Pierre Évreux - tënor (Les chantres) [French]

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