Antonin Rondepierre

Mezzo-soprano
Written By Rozemarijn Tiben

Antonin Rondepierre

Tenor

Antonin Rondepierre is managed worldwide by Rozemarijn Tiben. 

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Praised for his ‘musical intelligence’, ‘delicate, poetic phrasing’ and ‘full, round timbre’ (Classical Concert, Forum Opéra), the French tenor Antonin Rondepierre is considered a rising star of the early music scene. A recent graduate of the Centre de Music Baroque Versailles, his talent has been recognised early on by conductors such as Olivier Schneebeli, Sebastien Daucé, Raphaël Pichon, and Gaetan Jarry. He regularly performs as a soloist with period ensembles such as Pygmalion, Les Talens Lyriques, and Marguerite Louise. In 2022, he was awarded two prizes at the Concours international de la Mélodie in Gordes. During the 2023/24 season, he takes part in the Young Artists Programme of the Académie Jaroussky. He is a finalist of the 2023 Cesti Competition, where he won an engagement prize from the Festival della Valle d'Itria.

Recently, Antonin has been taking on more important parts of the baroque repertoire: he will sing the title role of Télémaque in Destouches’ Télémaque et Calypso with ensemble Les Ombres at the Festival d’Ambronay. Last season he already sang the title role of Charpentier’s Actéon at the Opéra de Rennes, and the medium sized role of Joabel in Charpentier’s David et Jonathas with Marguerite Louise led by Gaétan Jarry in Versailles and Potsdam. Furthermore, he will perform Campra’s Requiem with Les Arts Florissants led by William Christie, the role of Triton in Campra’s Iphigénie en Tauride with Le Concert Spirituel led by Hervé Niquet, Phantase in Lully’s Atys with Les Talens Lyriques led by Christophe Rousset, Morphée + Dieu de fleuve + Zéphyr in Lully’s Atys with Les Ambassadeurs – La Grande Écurie led by Alexis Kossenko, before returning to the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence for a new project with Raphael Pichon.

Highlights of the last two seasons include his debut at Opéra national du Rhin in the roles of Soldato/Familgiare 2 in Monteverdi’s L’incoronazione di Poppea, a tour performing cantatas by Bach and Buxtehude with ensemble Pygmalion, his debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence as a soloist in Combattimento, The Black Swan Theory (with music by Monteverdi, Rossi and Cavalli), Monteverdi’s Orfeo (title role) in the audiovisual production Orfeo 5063 with Les Paladins and Jérôme Correas at the Opera de Massy. Antonin has taken part in many productions of Ensemble Correspondances: Locke’s Cupid and Death, Charpentier’s Les plaisirs de Versailles and Te Deum and Messe de minuit pour Noël, and Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu Nostri.

Born in 1996, Antonin Rondepierre began singing at the age of 9 at the Maîtrise de Paris, under the direction of Patrick Marco. He studied choral conducting with Marianne Guengard before entering the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles (CMBV) in 2016, where he perfected his skills in the 17th-century French repertoire under the direction of Olivier Schneebeli. From 2018 on, he studied at the CNSM with Isabelle Guillaud.

His discography includes Pierre Robert's Grands Motets with the CMBV under the direction of Olivier Schneebeli (Label CVS, 2020), an airs de cour album Je m’abandonne à vous with Marc Mauillon and Céline Scheen (Harmonia Mundi, 2021), De Lalande’s Grands Motets with Ensemble Correspondances (Harmonia Mundi, 2022), and Monteverdi’s Vespro della Beata Vergine with Pygmalion (Harmonia Mundi, 2023)

Highlights 2023-24

September 2023:
Title role of Télémaque in Destouches’ Télémaque et Calypso with ensemble Les Ombres at the Festival d’Ambronay.

Autumn 2023:
Recording his first solo album.

December 2023:
Campra’s Requiem with Les Arts Florissants led by William Christie,

January 2024:
role of Triton in Campra’s Iphigénie en Tauride with Le Concert Spirituel led by Hervé Niquet (CD recording and concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées).
Phantase in Lully’s Atys with Les Talens Lyriques led by Christophe Rousset at the Wiener Konzerthaus and in Versailles.

March 2024:
Morphée + Dieu de fleuve + Zéphyr in Lully’s Atys with Les Ambassadeurs – La Grande Écurie led by Alexis Kossenko.

June-July 2024
Festival d’Aix-en-Provence with a new project with Raphael Pichon.

 
 

Reviews

Joabel in Charpentier’s David et Jonathas at the Chapelle Royale de Versailles. Ensemble Marguerite Louise, cond. Gaétan Jarry, dir. Marshall Pynkoski

“The physical musularity of tenor Antonin Rondepierre suits Joabel’s rage and grounds his voice in a certain strength to express his spite and desire for revenge”
— Olyrix
“The whirling Joabel of the tenor Antonin Rondepierre has a very good stage presence and makes his character come alive in a few scenes. The beautiful, clear voice does the rest.”
— Res Musica

Combattimento / Festival d’Aix-en-Provence

“Tenor Antonin Rondepierre put in a solid performance [...] His singing was secure and the voice displayed versatility.”
— Operawire

Locke’s Psyché / Ensemble Correspondances

“We were particularly charmed by Antonin Rondepierre’s extensive range, a voice with a remarkable ease in the upper register, without ever losing its confidence.”
— BaroquiadeS
“Antonin Rondepierre’s voice is large and full of character, animated by a homogeneous vibrato.
The articulation, words and rhythms, provide slender consonants and clear vowels, in a very Elizabethan theatricality that he maintains when he leaves his pulpit.”
— Olyrix

Orfeo 5063 / Les Paladins

“Antonin Rondepierre showed great precision in his heroic phrasing, with the dignity of Orfeo.”
— Olyrix
“Antonin Rondepierre was given the role of Orpheus, which he performed with poetry and a rich timbre.”
— Forum Opéra
“The tenors Jordan Mouaissia and Antonin Rondepierre also stand out for their musical intelligence, the latter playing a virtuoso Orpheus.”
— Classical concert

Cupid & Death / Ensemble Correspondances

“Antonin Rondepierre makes his well-projected tenor voice heard, with a round timbre, enhanced by smooth and precise vocalisations.”
— Olyrix
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