BenoĂźt Arnould
Acting
Benoit Arnould entered the Conservatoire de Metz to study singing then with Christiane Stutzmann at the Conservatoire de Nancy, where he won in 2007 a gold medal and an advanced first prize in lyrical singing. He won the âClassical lyric revelation of Adami 2007â. His career as a soloist began in Switzerland with Michael Radulescu and debuted operatic roles with HervĂ© Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel in Charpentierâs MĂ©dĂ©e and Lullyâs Proserpine. He has performed many oratorios including Christ and Arias in Bachâs Passions, Lucifer in La Resurrezione by Handel, FaurĂ©âs Requiem and Mozartâs Requiem & Mass, under the baton of Marc Minkowski, Philippe Herreweghe, Ton Koopman, Christophe Rousset, Emmanuelle HaĂŻm, RaphaĂ«l Pichon, Leonardo Garcia Alarcon and Peter Neumann in different festivals as La Chaise Dieu, Festival de St Denis, Ambronay, Beaune, Saintes, Rheingau Musik Festival, Musikfest Bremen, Seville, Fes and important venues as Salle Pleyel, Barbican Center London, KKL Luzern, Milano and Madrid Auditoriums, Victoria Hall in Geneva or the Library of Congress in Washington⊠He has taken part in several recordings including: TancrĂšdeâs Campra title-role, AntĂ©nor in Rameauâs Dardanus with Ensemble Pygmalion and Florestan in Lullyâs Amadis with les Talens Lyriques. On opĂ©ra stage, the baritone is Papageno in Zauberflöte staged by Pet Halmen / Eric Vigil, TancrĂšde (titlerole) by Campra in Avignon and Versailles opĂ©ras; Bellone/Don Alvar in Rameauâs Indes Galantes staged by LauraScozzi in Bordeaux opĂ©ra, Arcas in Charpentierâs MĂ©dĂ©e with Emmanuelle HaĂŻm and staged by Pierre Audi in Paris ThĂ©Ăątre des Champs-ĂlysĂ©es and Lille opĂ©ra; Guglielmo in Cosi Fan Tutte (semi-staged version) with Marc Minkowski; King Arthur with Ton Koopman; Jupiter in Rameauâs PlatĂ©e conducted by Jean-Claude Maggiore and later in Stuttgart Staatsoper staged by Calixto Bieto, etc. Recently, he sang Cindor in Rameauâs ZaĂŻs at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and Vienna Theater an der Wien, and also Bachâs MatthĂ€us Passion on tour with the Nederlandse Bach Vereniging. Among his upcoming projects we mention: HĂ€ndelâs Messiah with VĂĄclav Luks & Collegium 1704, Bach and Zelenka with le Banquet CĂ©leste conducted by Damien Guillon, Faureâs Requiem with Philippe Herreweghe and lâOrchestre des Champs-ĂlysĂ©es in Japan and South Korea, Le legrime di San Pietro with Collegium Vocale Gent in Canada and the USA, Bach Cantatas at the new Paris Philharmonie with RaphaĂ«l Pichon and the DVD release of les Indes Galantes at Bordeaux opĂ©ra in fall 2015.
