{\rtf\ansi\deff0 \r\n{\fonttbl{\f0 Times new Roman;}{\f1 Arial;}} {\colortbl;\red0\green0\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;\red128\green128\blue128;} {\info } \deftab1298 \paperw11907 \paperh16443 \margl1701 \margr1701 \margt567 \margb1134 \pard \ql {\fs32 \f1 \cf2 \b Laurent Alvaro\b0 } \par \pard \ql {\fs28 \f1 \cf3 \i Bass-Baryton\i0 } \par \pard \qj {\fs19 \f1 \cf1 Born in Bordeaux, Laurent Alvaro obtained there his large musical education (piano, bassoon, violin, composing, conducting) before joining the ensemble of Lyon Opera where he sang \b Demetrius\b0 in Britten's \i A Midsummer Night's Dream\i0 , directed by Robert Carsen, \b Schaunard\b0 in \i La Boh\uc0\u232 me \i0 and \b Jupiter\b0 in \i Orph\uc0\u233 e aux Enfers,\i0 directed by Laurent Pelly, and staged first in Gen\uc0\u232 ve. \par \par He performed \b Ramiro\b0 in \i L'Heure espagnole, \i0 \b Germano\b0 in \i La scala di\i0 \i seta \i0 (Festival Rossini Bad Wildbad), Le \b Danca\uc0\u239 re\b0 in \i Carmen \i0 (Gen\uc0\u232 ve, Reykjavik), \b Ned Keen\b0 in \i Peter Grimes\i0 , \b Albert\b0 in \i Werther \i0 (Tours)\i , \i0 also \b Ping\b0 in \i Turandot\i0 (Zhang Yimou, stage director; Paris, Munich). \par \par He appeared at Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Barbican Center in London, at the Festival in Ravenna (Italy) and at the Festival of Radio France in Montpellier. \par \par Regularly invited at Th\uc0\u233 \uc0\u226 tre du Ch\uc0\u226 telet Paris, Laurent Alvaro was heard there as \b Donner\b0 in \i Das Rheingold,\i0 directed by Robert Wilson, \b Di Cosimo\b0 in Daniel Catan's \i Il Postino, \i0 \b Morald\b0 in Wagner's \i Die Feen, \i0 \b Ragueneau\b0 in \i Cyrano de Bergerac, \i0 \b Max\b0 in \i The Sound of Music, \i0 \b Coquenard\b0 in \i V\uc0\u233 ronique, \i0 \b Gora\b0 in \i Padm\uc0\u226 vat\uc0\u238 , \i0 and the title role of Gualtiero Dazzi's \i Luthier de Venise.\i0 \par \par Following his new repertoire of bass-baritone, Laurent Alvaro has already performed leading roles such as \b Golaud \b0 in \i Pell\uc0\u233 as et M\uc0\u233 lisande\i0 (Montpellier), \b Seth Brundle\b0 in Howard Shore's \i The Fly\i0 directed by David Cronenberg and Placido Domingo, \b Fr\uc0\u232 re L\uc0\u233 on\b0 in\uc0\u160 \i Saint Fran\uc0\u231 ois d'Assise\i0 , \b Wotan\b0 in \i Das Rheingold\i0 (Orchestre Symphonique de Montr\uc0\u233 al), \b Frank Maurrant\b0 in \i Stree Scene\i0 , \b Le marquis de la Force\b0 in \i Dialogues des Carm\uc0\u233 lites \i0 (Toulon), \b L\uc0\u233 andre\b0 in\uc0\u160 \i L'Amour des Trois Oranges, \i0 \b Pandolfe\b0 in Massenet's \i Cendrillon\i0 (Op\uc0\u233 ra-Comique de Paris, Konzerthaus Wien, Saint-Etienne, Luxembourg), \b Pietro\b0 in \i La Muette de Portici\i0 (Op\uc0\u233 ra-Comique Paris), \b Crespel\b0 in \i Les Contes d'Hoffmann \i0 (Sale Pleyel Paris, Marc Minkowski, conductor). \par \par Recently he made his debut at the Netherlands Opera in Amsterdam as \b Thoas\b0 in \i Iphig\uc0\u233 nie en Tauride\i0 and \b Arcas\b0 in \i Iphig\uc0\u233 nie en Aulide \i0 and also at Teatro Real in Madrid as \b Ragueneau\b0 in \i Cyrano de Bergerac\i0 . \par \par Laurent Alvaro works on the repertoire of Lied and la m\uc0\u233 lodie francaise together with Ruben Lifschitz. Recently he made his debut in \i Winterreise\i0 at Festival de Sabl\uc0\u233 -sur-Sarthe with the pianist Michael Guido. He is often invited by Jean-Francois Zygel in concert performances, radio and television. \par \par Among his recent and future projects are Ravel's \i Les Tr\uc0\u233 teaux de Ma\uc0\u238 tre Pierre\i0 and \i Don Quichotte \uc0\u224 Dulcin\uc0\u233 e\i0 (Avignon), the roles of \b l'Entrepreneur\b0 and \b le Surveillant G\uc0\u233 n\uc0\u233 ral\b0 in the Thierry Eschaich's world premi\uc0\u232 re \i Claude \i0 (Lyon, Oliver Py, stage director), \b Marquis de la Force\b0 in \i Dialogues des Carm\uc0\u233 lites\i0 (Lyon), \b Golaud\b0 in \i Pell\uc0\u233 as et M\uc0\u233 lisande \i0 (Op\uc0\u233 ra-Comique Paris), and \b Lindorf\b0 , \b Coppelius\b0 , \b Miracle\b0 , \b Dapertutto\b0 in \i Hoffmann's Tales \i0 (Lyon, Laurent Pelly stage director). \par } \par \pard \qr {\fs16 \f1 \cf3 \i July 2013\i0 } }