Ludovic Tézier

Especially noted for interpretations of Verdi, baritone Ludovic Tézier has a large repertory that also includes French, German, and Russian roles. He has performed and recorded with his friend Jonas Kaufmann. Tézier was born on September 10, 1968, in Marseille. Seeing a performance of Wagner's Parsifal as a child, he became fascinated by opera. He studied both singing and economics for a time, the former with Claudine Duprat, and, deciding in favor of opera, he went on to the former Centre National d'Insertion Professionnelle d'Artistes Lyriques (CNIPAL) and then the School o...