Opera Lafayette - François Loup

François Loup, singer, actor and stage director made his debut on the international music scene at the 1974 Spoleto Festival at the invitation of Gian Carlo Menotti. His reputation rapidly grew to international stature and he first performed in Washington in 1981. Mr. Loup has performed with the Metropolitan Opera of New York since 1992 where he has given more than a hundred performances in major roles like Bartolo (Mozart and Rossini), Dulcamara in Elisir d’Amore, Sulpice in the Daughter of the Regiment as well as in the Sacristan in Tosca; Benoit and Alcindoro in La Bohême, Frank in Die F1edermaus and Major d’Uomo in Strauss’s Capriccio. He has performed with the Florentine Opera, New Israeli Opera, Dallas Opera, Canadian Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, Opera Company of Philadelphia, Santa Fe Opera, Washington Opera, Opera Bastille of Paris , Théâtre des Champs Elysées and in cities all over the world including Lyon, Nantes, Strasbourg, Rouen, Toulouse, Madrid, Barcelona, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Prague, Glyndebourne, Aix en Provence, Rome, Spoleto and Bologna.

Mr. Loup has recorded with Erato, CBS, Philips, Accord, and NVC (videos). Presently, he is an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland.

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