Baritone
World
After graduating in 2002 at the Conservatoire de Liège, under the guidance of Nicolas Christou, Pierre Doyen completed his training at the Royal College of Music – Benjamin Britten International Opera School, where he studied with Ryland Davies.
He made his operatic debut in the role of Bartley (Riders to the Sea by Vaughan Williams) with the company of the Opéra Studio du Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie in Brussels, then he sang the role of Umberto in La Serva Padrona by Pergolesi, Charlot in Angélique by Jacques Ibert and Mussorgsky’s Khovantchina at Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège.
Pierre Doyen successfully performed in Don Giovanni, Lucrezia Borgia, Il Viaggio a Reims, Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Hermann and Schlemil), Les Huguenots, L’Etoile, Faust but also in a repertoire like Monsieur Choufleuri, La Vie Parisienne, La Veuve joyeuse, L’Homme de la Mancha, La Belle de Cadix, Pénélope (Eurymaque).
He also interpreted the role of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro) at the Opéra Studio de la Monnaie, which earned him straight away other engagements such as: Albert (Werther), Escamillo (Carmen), Lescaut (Manon), Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette), Figaro (Il barbiere di Siviglia) and Schaunard (La bohème).
He is regularly invited by prestigious theaters in France and Europe, including Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Opéra de Marseille, Opéra Grand Avignon, Opéra de Lille, Opéra de Toulon, Opéra de Montpellier, Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Opéra de Lyon, Bergen Nasjonale Opera.
He had the opportunity to work with such stage directors as David Mc Vicar, Olivier Py, Giancarlo Del Monaco, Yves Beaunesne and under the baton of such conductors as Pinchas Steinberg, Asher Fisch, Christoph Eschenbach, Alain Altinoglu, Emmanuel Villaume.
Among the productions in which he took part, Carmen (Escamillo in Avignon and in Cagliari, Dancaïre at ROH Covent Garden London), Roméo et Juliette in Marseille, Massy and Liège, Il barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro) in Tours, La traviata in Nantes, Manon (Lescaut) and the Mascagni’s Messa di gloria e Orphée aux enfers in Liège, Offenbach’s Barbe-Bleue in Nantes and Rennes, Manon Lescaut and Fantasio at Grand Théâtre de Genève, La traviata and Madama Butterfly at Chorégies d’Orange, Manon, La fanciulla del West and l’Homme de la Mancha at Opéra de Monte-Carlo.
LATEST PERFORMANCES: Carmen at Teatro San Carlo di Napoli; Carmen (Escamillo) and La Traviata at Opéra Royal de Wallonie de Liège; Carmen at Royal Opera Covent Garden London; Turandot (Ping) at Opéra de Dijon; Lakmè at NCPA Beijing, at Opéra de Monte-Carlo and at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris; Iphigénie en Tauride at Opéra de Lorraine in Nancy; Lakmè and Don Giovanni (Masetto) at Opéra Royal de Wallonie de Liège; André Messager’s Fortunio at Opéra de Lorraine in Nancy; Carmen (Escamillo) in Hong Kong; Massenet’s Manon at Opéra National de Paris; Pêcheurs de perles inLiège and at Teatro Regio di Torino; Fervaal by d’Indy at Festival de Radio France in Montpellier; Madama Butterfly at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris.
FORTHCOMING PROJECTS: Carmen at La Monnaie Brussels; La fille du régiment at Teatro alla Scala; Die Fledermaus and L’enfant et les sortilège at Opéra Royal de Wallonie de Liège; Les Dialogues des Carmélites at Opéra de Lausanne; Carmen at Teatro alla Scala Milan; La bohème (Schaunard) at Royal Opera London.
