IVAN THIRION, BARITONE | ||||
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Born in Belgium in 1990, the young baritone Ivan Thirion was trained at the Conservatory in Brussels and the Geneva University of Music where he obtained his Master with Professor Gilles Cachemaille. He was subsequently trained at CNIPAL (Marseille) and the Opera studio of Zurich. Then the Salzburg Festival invited him to take part in it’s Young Singers Project 2015, which also enhanced his career.At the Royal Opera house of Wallonie (ORW-Liège) he made his debut at Papageno in the Magic Flute and the Ogre in Auber's La Forêt Bleue. Also in recent years the artist appeared in Liège amongst others as Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Lord Cecil in Maria Stuarda and Don Carlo di Vargas (La Forza del Destino), the latter as cover.Upcoming engagementsDon Pedro de Hinoyosa in Offenbach’s La Périchole ; Albert in Massenet’s Werther at ORW ; Liège and Guglielmo in Puccini’s Le Villi produced by Opera-Zuid Maastricht and programmed by not less than 14 main theatres across the Netherlands.Recent highlights.His debut as Rodrigo, Marchese di Posa in Verdi’s Don Carlo sung under M° Marcus Bosch at the Opera festival of Heidenheim 2023 ; his house debut at the opera house of Strasbourg, where he sang the Messenger and the 2nd Shipman in The tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimski-Korsakow) ; Fiorello (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) and Le Dancaire (Carmen) at ORW-Liège ; Matteo in the premiere of the French version of Christian Jost’s « Voyage vers l'espoir »(original title ‘Reise der Hoffnung’ – ‘Journey of hope’) composed after Xavier Koller's drama at Grand Théâtre of Geneva ; Somarone in different productions of Berlioz' Béatrice et Bénédict at the Opera houses of Cologne, Genoa and Lyon and Ramiro (L'heure espagnole) and Le Chat and l'Horloge (L'Enfant et les sortilèges) at the opera houses of Avignon and Tours.Noteworthy also : his participation at Victoria Hall Geneva, as Calabazas in the concert performance and CD-recordingled by M° Guillaume Tourniaire baton, of the rarely performed opera La sorcière (The Witch) by the French composer Camille Erlanger (1863-1919).Equally at home in various repertoires Ivan Thirion got lavish praise as interpreter of Roderick Usher in The Fall of the House of Usher (Debussy/Van Parys), Joseph in Der Schmied von Gent, Schreker),The Officer in The penal colony, Glass) – the latter three performed at the Flanders Opera. Same success as Golaud in Impressions de Pelléas (Debussy/Constant), Sparck in (Fantasio, Offenbach), Belcore in L'Elisir d'Amore, Ping in Turandot, Knecht & Wirt in Firebird (Prokofiev), Oronte in Médée (M. A. Charpentier), the Count of Toulouse in Jerusalem (Verdi), Grimbald & 3rd Man in King Arthur (Purcell).In concert the artist appeared alongside the Antwerp Symphony Orchestra and conductor Jac van Steen at Vredenburg Utrecht and the Elisabeth Hall Antwerp, for the performance of « De Oorlog » (‘The War’) the rarely performed magnum Opus by the Belgian composer Peter Benoit. He’s also highly sought after as a soloist in Brahms' deutsches Requiem, Berlioz' L'Enfant du Christ, Fauré’s Requiem ... and the Lied-cycles by Mahler, Ravel or Ibert.Other factsThe artist has manwhile sung under renowned conductors including Paolo Arrivabeni, Kazushi Ono, Fabio Luisi, Marco Armiliato, Massino Zanetti, John Fiore, Jezus Lopez-Cobos, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon, Daniele Rustioni, Donato Renzetti, Daniel Oren, François-Xavier Roth and Sir Simon Rattle … and worked under stage directors such as Klaus Guth, Andreas Homoki, Giancarlo del Monaco, Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera, David Pountney, Benedict Andrews, Barrie Kosky, Marcial di Fonzo Bo, Waut Koeken, Damiano Michieletto, Simon Stone, Tom Goossens ...Génération Opéra (GO) Ivan Thirion's election by Génération Opéra (GO) for the so called "Promotion 2022", including twelf of the most promising singers within the French speaking territories worldwide. A real present with the key to plenty concerts and recitals over the past two years.Awards and achievementsJuly 2013 Ivan Thirion was awarded with the "Wil Keune Prize for a young singer with real potential" at the 32th edition of the "Hans Gabor Belvédère Competition" (Amsterdam edition). The same year he won the 2nd Prize at the 6th edition of the St Petersburg Opera Competiton. He is also finalist of the 26th "Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers" at the Houston Grand Opera (2014).During that time, Ivan Thirion was also chosen to join the prestigious Young Singers Project (edition of Summer 2015) initiated by the renowned Salzburg Festival. Within that framework he has appeared as Bartolo in a reduced version of Il Barbiere di Siviglia at the Festival, sung with the Mozarteum Orchestra and taken part in a tour to China, including peformances at the Shangai Grand Theatre, the Beijing National Opera, the Xi’an Concert Hall …Eventually he has been chosen for the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition 2017, being the first Belgian to reach the final rounds since 30 years.CV UPDATE : Season 2024-2025. September 2024. Please contact the Agency to receive the most recent version of the artist's biography (or it's short version). |