Florian Sempey Baritone
© Cyril Cosson - Occurence - 2023
Biography
Trained at the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra national de Paris
Alongside his piano studies, Florian Sempey began his lyric singing training at the Conservatoire de Libourne. In 2007, he entered the Conservatoire national de Bordeaux, and the following year won first prize for opera, as well as the audience prize in the singing competition organized by the Amis du Grand Théâtre - Opéra national de Bordeaux. In 2010, he joined the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra national de Paris for two years, and was awarded the Prix Carpeaux in 2012.
In 2013, he was nominated in the “Révélation artiste lyrique” category at the Victoires de la Musique awards. He performs the roles of Figaro (The Barber of Seville), Papageno (The Magic Flute), Enrico Ashton (Lucia di Lammermoor), Valentin (Faust), the title role in Hamlet, Count Almaviva (The Marriage of Figaro), Zurga (The Pearl Fishers), Escamillo (Carmen), Alfonse XI (La Favorite). He also performs a vast concert repertoire (Mahler, Chausson, Puccini, Berlioz, Rameau, Vivaldi). He recently sang Zurga at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, Dandini (La Cenerentola) at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, and Orestes (Iphigénie en Tauride) at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence.
In the 2024-2025 season, his roles include Marcello (La Bohème) and Ramiro (L'Heure espagnole) in Monte-Carlo, Prosdocimo (Le Turc en Italie) in Lyon, the title role of Don Giovanni at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Albert (Werther) in Geneva, Dottor Malatesta (Don Pasquale) in Zurich and Count Almaviva in Santa Fe.
At the Opéra national de Paris: The Barber of Seville (Figaro), 2014, 2018; Platée (Momus), 2015; Béatrice et Bénédict (Claudio), 2017; The Magic Flute (Papageno), 2017, 2019; Don Pasquale (Dottor Malatesta), 2018, 2019, 2023 ; La Cenerentola (Dandini), 2018; Les Huguenots (le Comte de Nevers), 2018; Les Indes galantes (Adario / Bellone), 2019; Faust (Valentin), 2021, 2022; Florian Sempey recital, 2022; Roméo et Juliette (Mercutio), 2023 (among others)
