Since he made his debut in Berlin Deutsche Oper in the role of Zurga/Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis has become a rising star in the international stage and has performed in Opera, concerts and recitals in Canada and Europe. He was back in Berlin Deustche Oper for Figaro/Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Germont/La Traviata, Marcello/La Bohème, Silvio/Pagliacci, Hoël/Dinorah, Posa/Don Carlo, the title role of Eugen Oneguin; he also sang Marcello/La Bohème in Vancouver Opera, André Thorel from Massenet’s Thèrèse and La Vivandière from Benjamin Godard with Festival de Radio France in Montpellier, Valentin/Faust, Joe de Rocher/Dead Man Walking and Figaro/Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Montreal Opera, Zurga/Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Opera National du Rhin and Opéra de Nantes, the Count of Nozze di Figaro with Calgary Opera, Metternich from L’Aiglon with Montreal Symphony Orchestra, L’Heure Espagnole & L’Enfant et les Sortilèges with Glyndebourne Festival.
Etienne Dupuis made his studies in Montreal and started his career in Montreal Opera where he sang in various productions; he was then invited for Lescaut in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut for the New Israeli Opera, Marcello in La Bohème with Opéra de Québec, Opéra de Montréal and Edmonton Opera, Papageno from Die Zauberflöte for the Vancouver Opera and Opéra de Tours, Mercutio from Romeo et Juliette with Opéra de Québec and in Hawaii Opera Theatre, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia for Opéra de Marseille, Opéra de Montpellier, Opéra de Massy and Opera d’Avignon. He was also Silvano from Un ballo in Maschera with Opéra de Paris, Silvio from I Pagliacci with Opéra de Montréal and Opéra de Marseille, Lescaut from Massenet’s Manon with Calgary Opera, Schaunard with Opéra de Monte Carlo, Enrico from Lucia di Lammermoor with Opéra de Québec, Escamillo from Carmen with Pacific Opera Victoria, Valentin from Faust with Opéra de Tours, John Sorel from Menotti’s Consul with Opéra de Montreal, Johnny Rockfort in the operatic
version of Starmania with Québec and Montreal Opera.
Among his main projects: several productions with Berlin Deutsche Oper, Albert from Werther at the Liceo, Lescaut from Massenet’s Manon at the Opéra de Marseille, Zurga/Les Pêcheurs de Perles with Zurich Opera, Germont/La Traviata with Opéra du Rhin in Strasbourg, Claudio/Beatrice et Benedicte with La Monnaie in Brussels, Cecil/Maria Stuarda with Opéra
d’Avignon. Other projects include his return to Opéra de Paris, his debuts with Teatro Real Madrid, Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris and Metropolitan Opera in New York.