Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian - NOSPR

French counter-tenor Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian is one of the most exciting young vocal talents of our time. Formerly a HSBC Révélation award-winner at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, he is a graduate of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles and Conservatoire de Paris.

In the 2022/2023 season, Paul-Antoine sings the role of Oberon A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Opéra de Rouen Normandie, Athamas Semele at Opéra de Lille with Emmanuelle Haïm, Farnace Mitridate at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the title role of Giulio Cesare at the Festival International de Beaune and Alessandro Tolomeo with Il Pomo d’Oro, touring to Teatro Real, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Elbphilharmonie, and Katowice.

Previous highlights include Farnace Mitridate with Marc Minkowski and Les Musiciens du Louvre (featuring a commercial recording) at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Ottone Agrippina in Halle, and Marte La divisione del mondo at Opéra Royal de Versailles, both with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset, Unulfo Rodelinda at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with Le Concert d’Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm, the title-role in Rinaldo at Opéra de Rennes, La Voce di Deo in Scarlatti’s Il primo omicidio with Philippe Jaroussky in Salzburg, Tolomeo Guilio Cesare with English Touring Opera, as well as concerts and a recording of Purcell’s Odes (also with Le Banquet Céleste), and his debut appearance with the prestigious Comédie-Française in Paris in La nuit des rois.

More recently, he made his Moscow debut with the Bolshoi Theatre as Polinesso Ariodante, conducted by Gianluca Capuano, and sang Didymus Theodora with Il Pomo d’Oro, alongside Joyce DiDonato, Lisette Oropesa and Michael Spyres, at Theater an der Wien, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and La Scala, Milan, with a live recording to follow. Other highlights of this season include Nireno Giulio Cesare, also at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and Ottone L’incoronazione di Poppea for the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.