Jean Teitgen

Jean Teitgen Bass

Biography

Jean Teitgen earned a singing prize and a higher education diploma from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. His repertoire ranges from Baroque to 20th-century music, with a particular affinity for the great Italian and French repertoire. He has performed roles including Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Friar Laurence (Roméo et Juliette), Capellio (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Banquo (Macbeth), Alvise (La Gioconda), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra), Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande), Gessler (Guillaume Tell), Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte), Luther / Crespel (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Daland (The Flying Dutchman), and Claudius (Hamlet).

During the 2026–2027 season, he sings the Sovereign Pontiff (La Vestale) at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Heinrich der Vogler (Lohengrin) at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, and Friar Laurence at the Paris Opera.

At the Paris Opera: Les Contes d’Hoffmann (Luther / Crespel, 2020); Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne (The Chamberlain, 2020); Platée (Jupiter, 2022); I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Capellio, 2022); Hamlet (Claudius, 2022); Roméo et Juliette (Friar Laurence, 2023); La Vestale (The Sovereign Pontiff, 2024); The Magic Flute (Sarastro, 2024); Pelléas et Mélisande (Arkel, 2025).

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