Étienne Dupuis Baritone
Season 25/26 Artist

Biography

Born in Montreal, Étienne Dupuis studied voice at McGill University and was a member of the Atelier lyrique of the Opéra de Montréal. He made his debut at the Deutsche Oper Berlin in the role of Zurga (The Pearl Fishers) and returned there as Posa (Don Carlo), Figaro (The Barber of Seville), Germont (La Traviata), Marcello (La Bohème), and in the title role of Eugene Onegin. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Marcello and was later invited back to sing the Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro) and Rodrigue (Don Carlos).

He performs regularly with leading houses such as the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Royal Opera House in London, the Opéra de Montréal, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin.

His discography includes his solo album Love Blows as the Wind Blows, Honegger and Ibert’s L’Aiglon, Massenet: Songs with Orchestra, and more recently Thaïs conducted by Enrique Mazzola. Recent engagements include Rodrigo (Don Carlo) and the title role in Don Giovanni at the Vienna State Opera; Posa and the title role in Rigoletto at the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Don Carlo di Vargas (La Forza del destino) at the Royal Opera House in London; Il Conte di Luna (Il Trovatore) in Montreal; the title roles in Eugene Onegin at the Vienna State Opera, Rigoletto at Teatro Real in Madrid and with the Royal Opera House in Yokohama and Tokyo, and Macbeth at Washington National Opera.

During the 2025–2026 season, he will appear as Simon Boccanegra at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Rodrigo at Dallas Opera, and Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor) at the Opéra Comique. Étienne Dupuis was named Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2021.

At the Opéra national de Paris: Un ballo in maschera (Silvano), 2009; Iphigénie en Tauride (Oreste), 2016; Pelléas et Mélisande (Pelléas), 2017; Don Giovanni (title role), 2019; L’Elisir d’amore (Belcore), 2018; Don Carlo (Rodrigue), 2019; Carmen (Escamillo), 2023; Il Trovatore (Il Conte di Luna), 2023; Simon Boccanegra (Paolo Albiani), 2024; Don Quichotte (Sancho), 2024.

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