Biography
Initially beginning his education at the École Centrale de Lyon, Naouri decided to concentrate on opera in 1986 and continued his musical studies at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. His professional career in France began in 1992 with performances in the title role of Darius Milhaud’s Christophe Colomb (Christopher Columbus) for the opening of the Imperial Theatre in Compiègne. Progressing rapidly, his career quickly comprised a very varied repertoire ranging from Monteverdi to contemporary composers under such conductors as Maurizio Benini, William Christie, René Jacobs, Marc Minkowski, and Kent Nagano. Naouri made his debut at the Opéra Garnier in the role of Thésée in Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie, followed by Eugene Onegin at the Opéra de Nancy, interpreting at the Opéra Bastille the roles of the Comte Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon and Figaro in The Marriage of Figaro. A wide range of roles has followed, including many from the Baroque era including Rameau's Platée and Les Indes galantes and Handel's Alcina. In Britain, he has appeared at the Royal Opera House in 2006 in the role of Escamillo in Carmen; in the United States at the Santa Fe Opera he appeared…
Movies & TV Shows
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Les Paladins (2005) — Orcan
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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (2015) — Roland Cassard
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Berlioz: Les Troyens (2003) — Narbal
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Roméo et Juliette (Opéra Bastille) (2023) — Capulet
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La Belle Hélène (2000) — Agamemnon, roi d'Argos
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Carmen (2002) — Escamillo
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Benvenuto Cellini (2007) — Fieramosca
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Les Boréades (2003) — Borée
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Platée (2002) — Cithéron, a Satyr
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The Metropolitan Opera: Cinderella (2022) — Pandolfe
- Les Paladins by Jean-Philippe Rameau or Baroque that Rocks (2005) — Himself
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Le Rossignol (2005) — Le Chambellan
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La Périchole (Théâtre des Champs-Elysées) (2024)
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The Queen of Spades - La Monnaie (2022) — Count Tomsky - Zlatogor
- L'Elisir d'Amore (2006) — Belcore
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La vie parisienne (2007) — Le Baron de Gondremark
- Marc-Antoine Charpentier : Médée (2024) — Créon
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Massenet: Cendrillon (2018) — Pandolfe
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Georges Bizet: Carmen (2004)
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Francesconi: Trompe-la-Mort (2017) — Vautrin / Trompe-la-mort / Jacques Collin
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The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila (2018) — The High Priest of Dagon
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Bizet: Carmen (2008) — Escamillo
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Benvenuto Cellini (2015) — Fieramosca
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Pelléas et Mélisande - Aix-en-Provence (2016) — Golaud
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Golem in Pompei (2025)
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The Death of Klinghoffer (2026) — Leon Klinghoffer