Project Description
Rising young tenor Jean-Michel Richer is a Curtis Institute of Music graduate and an Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal alumni, where he received the Mario Létourneau’s Excellence Award.
In the past few years, Jean Michel Richer sang Florestan in Leonore at the Kennedy Center in Washington, François in A quiet place at Kimmel Center in Philadelphia, the title role of Faust with Orchestre Symphonique de Trois-Rivières, the father in Another Brick in the Wall with Opéra de Montréal and Cincinnati Opera, Gonzalve in L’heure espagnole with Opéra National de Lorraine, Don Ottavio of Don Giovanni with l’Opéra de Montréal and Saskatoon Opera and Vallier in Les Feluettes with l’Opéra de Montréal and Pacific Opera Victoria.
He also took part in various world Premiere : he was Daniel in Yourcenar-Une île de passion from Éric Champagne at the Festival d’opéra de Québec, Yannick in the operatic adaptation of Michel Tremblay’s play Messe solennelle pour une pleine lune d’été, Larsen in Patrice Burgan’s Enigma with Opera National de Lorraine.
He will sing Larsen again for the American Premiere of Enigma at L’Opéra de Montréal in April 2024.
In addition to his Curtis Institute of Music graduate diploma and Atelier lyrique Residence, Jean-Michel holds a Master in Voice performance from Université de Montréal. Further studies at the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, and the Orford Arts Centre afforded him the opportunity to work with the likes of Marilyn Horne, Warren Jones, Michel Sénéchal, Joan Dornemann, Edith Bers, and Tom Krause.