Nicolas Rigas is a French contemporary theatre director,[1][2] actor, and baritone.[3][4][5]

Biography

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Distinguished at the Talents Cannes [fr][1][6] in 2002, Rigas plays with Alexandra Lamy in Au suivant![7] and Artus de Penguern's Gregoire Moulin vs. Humanity.[8]

In 2009, on the occasion of years of the Théâtre du petit monde,[9] he directed Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux with Delphine Depardieu.[10] Strengthened by this success and recognized for giving "modernity to the Classics",[11][1] he set up Le Malade imaginaire at the Grandes Écuries du Château de Versailles [fr][12][13][14] from where he will make all his new creations: The Barber of Seville (adaptation of Beaumarchais by Rossini)[15][16] Les Précieuses ridicules[17][11] and L'École des femmes by Molière associated with Offenbach's the Tales of Hoffmann.[18][19][1][20]

For the reopening of the Algiers Opera House, he staged Don Giovanni[21][22] which he also sang. He is Haly in L'italiana in Algeri at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with Marie-Nicole Lemieux under the direction of Roger Norrington[23] of which the musicology website says:

Nicolas Rigas's excellent Haly - a very beautiful bass baritone voice well conducted - composes a character of a falsely obsessive and amusingly funny butler.[24]

He was "Les Quatre Diables" in The Tales of Hoffmann directed by Julie Depardieu[25][26][27] for Opéra en plein air produced by Tristan Duval [fr], and sang the title role of contemporary opera in The Secret Agent by Michael Dellaira[28] at the Center for Contemporary Opera in New York and Szeged and the Opéra d'Avignon[29][30][31][32][33]

A multi-faceted lyrical artist, he sings in both operettas, operas bouffe and classical operas in Paris, London, Montreal, New York and Montreal.[33][34][35][36][37][38] and created with Martin Loizillon [fr] and female singer friends, a humorous clip on the circumflex that will make the "buzz" on the Internet and in newspapers, in response to the recommended spelling reform.[39][40][41][42][43][44]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "L'Ecole des femmes". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  2. ^ lefigaro.fr. "Martin Loizillon, l'envol d'un acteur". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Nicolas Rigas". France Musique. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Nicolas Rigas, Pro Artist". operabase.ch. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Agence Artistique Thérèse Cédelle Paris, France". planet-opera.com. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Nicolas Rigas". unifrance.org. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Le cinéma sur Cinéfil : Sorties, horaires, bandes-annonces". Cinefil.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Nicolas Rigas". IMDb. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  9. ^ Bellaïche, Raoul (2011-08-24). Aznavour "Non je n'ai rien oublié" (in French). Archipel. ISBN 9782809807646. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  10. ^ lefigaro.fr. "Un spectaculaire Misanthrope". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  11. ^ a b "Les Précieuses Ridicules, de Molière". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  12. ^ (AL), La rédaction. "Le Mois Molière : théâtre, musique et danse à Versailles". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  13. ^ Michel Rochat (2011-07-01). "Le Malade Imaginaire - Théâtre du Petit Monde". YouTube. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  14. ^ Dit, Emma (2014-07-18). "Avignon off : Le Malade imaginaire au théâtre du roi RenéE". Le Bruit du off. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  15. ^ "Rossini Et Beaumarchais". bestaudiochart.info. Retrieved 8 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ lefigaro.fr. "Un Barbier de Séville festif". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  17. ^ "Les précieuses ridicules". CASPEVI.com. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  18. ^ Michel Rochat (2015-09-17). "L'École des Femmes de Molière - Théâtre du Petit Monde". YouTube. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  19. ^ lefigaro.fr. "Molière, le soleil de Versailles". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  20. ^ "Critiques et Avis L'École des Femmes | BilletReduc.com". billetreduc.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  21. ^ liberte-algerie.com. "L'Opéra Don Giovanni de Mozart présenté par l'OSN à Alger: Toute l'actualité sur liberte-algerie.com". liberte-algerie.com/. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  22. ^ "Alger renoue avec l'opéra (VIDEO)". Al Huffington Post. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  23. ^ "L'Italienne à Alger par l'Orchestre de Chambre de Paris". France Musique. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  24. ^ "Italienne de choc : L'italienne à Alger au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées". musicologie.org. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  25. ^ "Les contes d'Hoffmann, de Jacques Offenbach (édition 2008)". operaenpleinair.com (in French). Archived from the original on 28 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  26. ^ "Les contes d'Hoffmann - Opéra en Plein Air 2008". pimousse.vaux.free.fr. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  27. ^ Michel Rochat (3 November 2009). "Nicolas Rigas - Duo Lindorff". YouTube. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  28. ^ Smith, Steve (2011-03-21). "The Secret Agent at Hunter College - Review". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  29. ^ Michel Rochat (2011-11-22). "The Secret Agent - Nicolas Rigas". YouTube. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  30. ^ franzhun (2011-12-18). "Michael Dellaira: The Secret Agent (A titkos ügynök) Armel Opera Festival 2011 Szeged". YouTube. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  31. ^ "Google Images". images.google.com. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  32. ^ lefigaro.fr. "Les festivals d'été jouent la carte jeunes". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  33. ^ a b "Nicolas Rigas, Pro Artist". operabase.ch. Archived from the original on 8 August 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  34. ^ a. "Nancy : Les Neveux du capitaine Grant - Arts-Scènes". owl-ge.ch. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  35. ^ "Le Chœur d'Orphée". choeurdorphee.free.fr. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  36. ^ "Nemzeti Audiovizuális Archívum". nava.hu. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  37. ^ "FestivalOpéra de St-Eustache: Nicolas Rigas sera Papgeno in La Flûte enchantée au Fose !". festivalopera.blogspot.fr. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  38. ^ Scholler, Catherine. "Barbe Bleue, Offenbach version hip hop La Scène ResMusica". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  39. ^ BFMTV. "Réforme de l'orthographe: un clip parodique pour défendre l'accent circonflexe" (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  40. ^ lefigaro.fr. "Des faux rappeurs prennent la défense de l'accent circonflexe". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  41. ^ "Edît Piaf protège l'accent circonflexe dans un clip de rap". divertir.eu. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  42. ^ "Vidéo. Paris : leur rap parodique met l'accent sur l'orthographe". Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  43. ^ Piaf Edit (2016-02-10). "Piaf édit - Le Circonflexe (ou Le Sîre qu'on Flex)". YouTube. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  44. ^ Eschapass, Baudouin (2016-02-17). "Quand de (faux) rappeurs défendent l'accent circonflexe" (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2018.
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