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François Le Roux (born 30 October 1955)[1] is a French baritone. Le Roux began vocal studies at 19 with François Loup, winning prizes in Barcelona and Rio de Janeiro. He was a member of the Lyon Opera Company from 1980 to 1985, before appearing in many international houses, making his Paris Opéra debut in 1988 as Valentin in Gounod's Faust. He is most renowned for his portrayal of Pelléas in Debussy's opera, first singing the role in 1985 and being hailed by critics as "the greatest Pelléas of his generation". Since 1998 he has also sung Golaud in the same opera to similar acclaim. It was as Golaud he sang in the centenary performance at the Opéra-Comique, and also in the Russian national premiere. He voiced Gaston, the villainous hunter in the European French dub of Disney's "Beauty and the Beast.

As well as a vast operatic repertory, he has released many recitals of French song, which have earned him the distinction as Gérard Souzay's natural successor. He is considered as "the great ambassador of French melody"».[2] His book, Le chant intime, on the interpretation of French song, won the 2004 René Dumesnil Award by the French National Académie des Beaux Arts.

He has been awarded the grade of "Chevalier" in the French National Order of Les Arts et Lettres in 1996, and chosen as "Musical Personality of the year 1997" by the French Critics Union.[3]

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François Le Roux es un barítono francés nacido el 30 de octubre de 1955 en Rennes. Comienza sus estudios de canto a los diecinueve años con François Loup. Más tarde ingresa en L'Opéra-Studio de París, donde recibe clases de Vera Rosza y Elisabeth Grümmer. Tras ser premiado en el concurso María Canals de Barcelona en 1978 y en el de Río de Janeiro en 1979, entra en la compañía de la Ópera de Lyon, donde permanece desde 1980 hasta 1985. A partir de ese momento comienza una imparable carrera internacional que le lleva a la Ópera de París, La Scala de Milán, al Covent Garden de Londres, La Fenice de Venecia, Viena, Múnich, Hamburgo, Zúrich, Los Ángeles, San Francisco, Buenos Aires y los festivales de Aix-en-Provance, Edimburgo, Glyndebourne, Hong Kong, Santa Fe, Wiener Festwochen, etc...

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