Singer, actor and stage director François Loup made his debut on the international music scene at the 1974 Spoleto Festival at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti. Renown for his finely detailed characterizations as a performer as well as a director, Mr. Loup maintains a busy career in America and abroad. Since 1992, he has given more than one hundred performances in major roles with the Metropolitan Opera of New York, including Bartolo (Mozart and Rossini); Dulcamara in Elisir d’Amore, Sulpice in The Daughter of the Regiment, the Sacristan
in Tosca, and the Major d’Uomo in Strauss’s Capriccio. He has performed with Milwaukee's Florentine Opera, New Israeli Opera, Canadian Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago. A citizen of both the United States and France, he earned a Premier prix de virtuosité degree, summa cum laude, from the Conservatoire de Fribourg and the Conservatoire de Genève. He also earned teaching diplomas in voice and piano. An associate professor of voice at the University of Maryland School of Music since 1996, Mr. Loup also prepares singers for auditions and competitions, helping them to chose the right repertoire for the appropriate circumstance, and assisting with last-minute technical and stylistic adjustments. Mr. Loup will appear with the Folger Consort in Monteverdi’s 1610 Vespers, January 8-9, 2010.

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