Stanislas de Barbeyrac

One of the most exciting and in demand artists today, French tenor Stanislas de Barbeyrac came to international attention in 2014 when he sang his first Tamino Die Zauberflöte at Aix-en-Provence Festival. A complex and compelling musician and actor, he has been capturing wide acclaim on the world’s most important stages such as Opéra National de Paris, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Dutch National Opera, Teatro Real Madrid, Grand Théâtre de Genève, San Francisco Opera, and at the Aix-en-Provence and Salzburg Festivals. 

In the 2022/23 season, Barbeyrac makes his debut at Staatsoper Berlin in a double appearance: first as Don José in Carmen conducted by Daniel Barenboim, and then in continuation of his exploration into the heroic repertoire; a highly anticipated role debut as Erik Der fliegende Holländer in Philipp Stölzl’s production. De Barbeyrac can also be heard as Don José in Robert Carsen’s production at the Dutch National Opera, Piquillo in Offenbach’s La Périchole at the Theatre de Champs-Elysées conducted by Marc Minkowski and Max Der Freischütz at Semperoper Dresden. On the concert platform, de Barbeyrac joins the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra for Beethoven Missa Solemnis under the baton of Klaus Mäkelä, Insula Orchestra for a series of celebratory anniversary concerts and the Grand Théâtre de Genève for a New Year’s Eve concert conducted by Marc Leroy Calatayud. 

A vehicle for de Barbeyrac in the 2021/22 season was the title role of Pelléas Pelléas et Mélisande, which he sang at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Theatre de Champs-Elysées and in concert in Cologne and Compiegne, France. He also made his Wiener Staatsoper debut as Don Ottavio in a new production of Don Giovanni directed by Barrie Kosky and took on the role of Florestan Fideliowith Insula Orchestra under the baton of Laurence Equilbey. Further engagements included a double appearance at the Verbier Festival as Don Ottavio and Mozart’s Requiem; several recital appearances in Paris and Barcelona; a concert with Gaëlle Arquez at the Festival d'Auvers-sur-Oise and Licinius La Vestale at Palazzetto Bru Zane. 

Further appearances include Tamino, a reference role in his career, at Aix-en-Provence Festival, Dutch National Opera, Chorégies d’Orange; Opéra de Paris; Opernhaus Zürich, Grand Théâtre de Genève, Teatro Real and in Budapest; Arbace Idomeneoat Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; the title role La Clemenza di Tito at Opéra de Paris; a role debut as Don José in Carmen at the Opéra de Bordeaux; a hugely acclaimed debut as Max Der Freischützat Theatre de Champs-Elysées in Paris, Barbican Centre in London, and Opéra de Rouen; his debut as Don Carlos and Damon in a new production of Les Indes Galantes at Opéra National de Paris; Renaud in a new production of Gluck’s Armide at Wiener Staatsoper; Alfredo La Traviataat Semperoper Dresden and in Saint Etienne; Macduff Macbeth at Opéra de Marseille and Lensky Eugene Onegin at Théâtre du Châtelet. De Barberyac debuted as Don Ottavio Don Giovanni at the Drottningholms Slottsteater in Sweden together with Marc Minkowski, and has since performed it at San Francisco Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper and in a new production at Opéra National de Paris. A regular star of Opéra National de Paris he also appeared there as Pylade Iphigenie en Tauride and Gonzalve in L’Heure Espagnole. Another important role in de Barbeyrac’s repertoire is that of the Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites, which he has performed at Opéra de Toulon, Nantes-Algers, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Bayerische Staatsoper, Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, Teatro Comunale in Bologna, and Dutch National Opera. In 2018, De Barbeyrac added another hugely celebrated role to his repertoire, that of Pelléas Pelléas et Mélisande which he first performed in Bordeaux and subsequently for his debut in Tokyo. 

De Barbeyrac appears regularly in recital and concert in such works as Berlioz’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. He made his Salzburg Festival debut in Mozart’s Davide Penitente and later returned to Salzburg for Haydn’s Die Schöpfung.

He studied at the Conservatoire de Bordeaux with Lionel Sarazzin, who remains his vocal mentor today. He has been a prize-winner at several prestigious competitions, including the Prix du Cercle Carpeaux, Prix Lyriques de l’AROP, and Queen Elisabeth International Competition in Brussels. De Barbeyrac joined the Atelier Lyrique of the Opéra de Paris in 2008 and subsequently began his operatic career at theatres in Nice, Tours, Toulon, Strasbourg, Metz, Marseille and Avignon, as well as at the Opéra de Paris, where he has appeared in many supporting roles, such as Walther von der Vogelweide in Tannhäuser, Evandre in Alceste and Narraboth Salome.