French tenor Valentin Thill is fast attracting attention for his ‘luminous voice’ (Olyrix, 2022) and committed stage presence. Notable highlights have included his first Tamino in Pierre Rigal’s new production of Die Zauberflöte at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse under Frank Beermann, and Tavannes in Olivier Py’s celebrated production of Les Huguenots for La Monnaie conducted by Evelino Pidò.
The current season brings Valentin’s anticipated debut as Chevalier de la Force in Barrie Kosky’s new production of Dialogues des Carmélites for Glyndebourne Festival Opera under Robin Ticciati. He also makes his role and company debuts with Opéra national de Montpellier as Pylade in Iphigénie en Tauride under Pierre Dumoussaud, Opéra de Nice as Jaquino in Fidelio conducted by Marko Letonja, and the Olympia Municipal Music Theatre in Athens as Bellidor in Dimitri Mitropoulos’ rarely performed Soeur Béatrice. Elsewhere Valentin returns to Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse for Tristan und Isolde as the Shepherd and Sailor, as well as returning to his hometown Toulon as Piféar in Adolphe Adam’s Si j’étais Roi.
