Jianhong Zhao

Jianhong Zhao Baritone

Season 24/25 Artist – Chorus of the Opera

Biography

Member of the Chœurs de l'Opéra national de Paris

Jianhong Zhao was born in Datong, China. He began his career in traditional Chinese opera in Datong. He studied theater and music at the Beijing Theater Institute, then continued his studies at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He then joined the Shanghai Opera, where he began his career as a soloist, performing the roles of Count Capulet (Romeo and Juliet), Escamillo (Carmen) and Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana). He completed his studies in Europe at the École normale de musique, where he won his singing and interpretation prizes unanimously, with congratulations from the jury. He sang the role of Zuniga (Carmen) at the Porto Opera and took part in several concerts at the Vienna Musikverein and in Salzburg. He joined the Opéra national de Paris Chorus in 2000.

At the Opéra national de Paris: Elektra (ein diener), 2005; Rigoletto (Usciere di corte), 2006; La Juive (Héraut d'armes de l'empereur), 2007; Macbeth (un sicario), 2009; La Sonnambula (un notaro), 2010; Billy Budd (Second Mate), 2010; Madame Butterfly (Yakuside), 2011, 2019; La Gioconda (un altra voce), 2013; La Traviata (Commissionario), 2014; Moïses und Aron (Älteste), 2015; Le Chevalier à la rose (Lakaien der Marschallin), 2016; La Bohème (un doganiere), 2017; Samson et Dalila (Deuxième Philistin), 2016; Lady Macbeth de Mzensk (le Meunier), 2019

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