Loïc Guguen (29 July 1972 – 20 January 2023) was a contemporary French dramatic

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Biography

Guguen studied with

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and in London with Laura Sarti at the "Opera Course" of the ''

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'' from which he graduated in March 2006. He began the same year in London with the title role of ''

Simon Boccanegra ''Simon Boccanegra'' () is an opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based on the play ''Simón Bocanegra'' (1843) by Antonio García Gutiérrez, whose play ''El trovador'' had bee ...

'' by Giuseppe Verdi. In 2008, Guguen starred as Valentin in the Edinburgh Grand Opera production of Gounod's ''

Faust Faust ( , ) is the protagonist of a classic German folklore, German legend based on the historical Johann Georg Faust (). The erudite Faust is highly successful yet dissatisfied with his life, which leads him to make a deal with the Devil at a ...

'', and in 2011, he performed in the Théatre du Chatelet production of '' Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'', starring Caroline O'Connor. Guguen died on 20 January 2023, survived by his wife and three children.

Career

; Opera * Ford (''

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'' by Giuseppe Verdi) in London, under the direction of * Don Cassandro (''

La Finta Semplice ''La finta semplice'' (''The Fake Innocent''), K. 51 (46a) is an opera buffa in three acts for seven voices and orchestra, composed in 1768 by then 12-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Young Mozart and his father Leopold were spending the year in ...

'' by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) * The sculptor monk ('' Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame'' by Jules Massenet) in

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* Germont ('' La traviata'' by Giuseppe Verdi) and Sharpless in (''

Madame Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lut ...

'' by Giacomo Puccini) at the

Besançon Besançon (, ; , ; archaic ; ) is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Doubs in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. The city is located in Eastern France, close to the Jura Mountains and the border with Switzerland. Capi ...

opera, * Renato ('' Un ballo in maschera'' by Giuseppe Verdi), in Northern Ireland * Valentin (''

'' by Charles Gounod) in Edinburgh * The Director and Presto (''

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'' by Francis Poulenc) at the Feldkirch festival in Austria, * Marcello (''

La Bohème ''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...

'' by Giacomo Puccini) at the Metz opera, ; Oratorio * ''

St Matthew Passion The ''St Matthew Passion'' (), BWV 244, is a '' Passion'', a sacred oratorio written by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1727 for solo voices, double choir and double orchestra, with libretto by Picander. It sets the 26th and 27th chapters of th ...

'' by Johann Sebastian Bach (Pilate) under the direction of John Nelson * ''

L'Enfance du Christ ''L'Enfance du Christ'' (''The Childhood of Christ''), Opus 25, is an oratorio by the French composer Hector Berlioz, based on the Holy Family's flight into Egypt (see Gospel of Matthew 2:13). Berlioz wrote his own words for the piece. Most of it ...

'' by Hector Berlioz (Polydorus) * ''

Messa da requiem The ''Messa da Requiem'' is a musical setting of the Catholic funeral mass (Requiem) for four soloists, double choir and orchestra by Giuseppe Verdi. It was composed in memory of Alessandro Manzoni, whom Verdi admired, and therefore also referred ...

'' by Giuseppe Verdi with the

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Loïc Guguen
on Opera musica {{DEFAULTSORT:Guguen, Loic 1972 births 2023 deaths French operatic baritones