Laurent Arcaro

(Baryton)

Afterstudies of singing to the Higher National Conservatory for Music of Paris, Laurent Arcaro integrates the class of Lied d’Ulrich Eisenlohr and singing of Rudolf Piernay to the Musikhochschule de Mannheim. He participates in the masterclasses ofDietrichFischer-Dieskau, Gabriel Bacquier and Thomas Hampson. He obtains the First Price of singing in the upper cycle of the academy of Toulouse, receives the Price Edward James Marshall in the competition of St-Chamond, the Price of Thebest Hope in the competition of Clermont-Ferrand and finds itself finalist inthe competition of French Melody of Toulouse. He integrates the Studio-Oper ofMannheim for the study and the realization on stage  of numerous roles such as of Dandini,Guglielmo, Papageno, Harlekin, Malatesta, Belcore, Silvio, Figaro of the Nozzedi Figaro and the Figaro of the Barbiere di Siviglia. Then, he sings  in Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson, conducted by J.-Y.Ossonce in Tours, and Roland Boer in Staatsoper Stuttgart, inStaatsoper Frankfurt am Main, and in Staatsoper Berlin Unter den Linden. He isdirected by Andrea Schwalbach in the role of Kaptain Stone in Die Blume vonHawaï of Paul Abraham. Under the baguette of Dominique Trottein and JoëlSuhubiette, he embodies the roles of Papageno, Gardefeu, Figaro (Nozze diFigaro), 7 different roles in The Brave Soldier Schweik of Kurka, Schaunard,Marcello and Figaro (Barbiere di Siviglia). He is repeatedly invited to the Festival of Auvers-sur-Oise for recitals Mozart around the trilogy Da Ponte aswell as for the Annunciation, the world creation of Pascal Zavaro. He sings a recital broadcast on the TV channel Medici TV at the Annecy Classic Festival. In Louis Désiré's direction and conducted by José-Miguel Pérez-Sierra, he singsthe role of Alidoro in Cenerentola in Metz. He decides then to leave, living inthe United States, in Los Angeles to follow the Young Artist Program at the L.A.Operamanaged by Placido Domingo. Hardly of this experience, he returns and decidesto participate each year in a series of concerts for the benefit of charities. Shared between France, Germany and the United States, he goes back and forth betweenthe cinema and music, so playing in some movies and short films of which HeartZero, which received the price of the best short film to Los Angeles, and tries to promote French music through continents. He likes quite particularly thechamber music and forms a duet with the pianist Tristan Pfaff. They giveregularly recitals and their repertoire extends from Schubert, Schumann to Duparc, Debussy, Fauré, Strauß, Rachmaninov …He does not give up the Oratorio and already occurred in Messiah, Carmina Burana, Ein Deutches Requiem, the Requiem of Fauré, Die Jahreszeiten, Die Matthäus passion de Bach, …He gives concerts of Haendel’s opera arias to the festival Musics of Chapels. He pays tribute in his neapolitan origins through a wide repertoire during a festival, accompanied by Dominique Trottein. He is hired to the Festival of Pontlevoy for a concert around Verdi, Donizetti, Bellini and Puccini. Among his projects, Traviata on tour, a recital around Duparc, a « Petite Messe Solennelle » as well as its participation in various festivals summer.