Name Michel Senechal Role Tenor | Education Conservatoire de Paris Movies La Boheme | |
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Albums Eugene Onegin, Orphee aux enfers, Mireille Similar People Mady Mesple, Robert Massard, Michel Plasson, Christa Ludwig, Mirella Freni | ||
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Michel Sénéchal ( born 11 February 1927) is a French tenor, particularly associated with French and Italian character roles in a repertory ranging from Baroque to contemporary works.
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- Georges bizet ivan iv ouvre ton coeur a l amour michel senechal
- Berlioz remeo juliette maazel christa ludwig michel senechal nicolai ghiaurov
- Life and career
- References
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Life and career
Michel Sénéchal was born in Paris, France, and sang a child in a church choir in Taverny. He made his vocal studies at the Paris Conservatory, and made his debut at La Monnaie in Brussels in 1950, where he would remain until 1952. Upon his return in France he made his debut in Paris, at the Paris Opéra and the Opéra-Comique, where he sang the lead tenor roles in opera such as La dame blanche, Les Indes galantes, Il matrimonio segreto, Il barbiere di Siviglia, Le comte Ory, etc. He sang at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in Rameau's Platée for his debut there in 1956. He also appeared at the Vienna State Opera, the festivals of Salzburg and Glyndebourne, in Mozart roles such as Ottavio and Tamino.
Sénéchal also appeared regularly in operettas, especially by Offenbach, such as Orphée aux enfers, La Vie parisienne, La Périchole, where his comic talent was shown to fine effect. As the years went by Sénéchal started concentrating on character roles such as Basilio in Nozze di Figaro, Goro in Madama Butterfly, the innocent in Boris Godunov, Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin, and the four servants in Les contes d'Hoffmann, which were his debut roles at the Metropolitan Opera on 8 March 1982.
Sénéchal took part in the creation of contemporary works such as the roles of Fabien in Marcel Landowski's Montségur and Pope Leo X in Konrad Boehmer's Doctor Faustus.
Sénéchal began teaching at "L'École d'art lyrique" of the Paris Opéra in 1979, and was eventually named director of the school. He can be heard in several recordings, notably in La dame blanche, Mireille, and Thais, made in his prime, in the early 1960s.
Michel Sénéchal is still active today, teaching and performing.