French tenor Jean-Paul Fouchécourt made his debut with the Company in 1997, singing the title role in Platée in a performance at the Barbican with the Mark Morris Dance Group. He has since sung Astrologer (The Golden Cockerel), the four servants (Les Contes d’Hoffmann), Le Remendado (Carmen) and Don Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro) for The Royal Opera. In the 2015/16 Season he sings Monsieur Triquet (Eugene Onegin) for The Royal Opera.
Jean-Paul Fouchécourt tenor 1958-
Fouchécourt was born in Blanzy and worked as a conductor and saxophonist before retraining as a singer. He began his career with Les Arts Florissants in 1986 and has since established a career as one of the leading interpreters of French baroque repertory.
He works with ensembles and companies including Les Musiciens du Louvre, the Metropolitan Opera, New York, Paris Opéra, Opéra de Lyon and De Vlaamse Opera, at the Edinburgh, Salzburg and Saito Kinen festivals and with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Berlin Philharmonic, Orchestra Nationale de France and at the BBC Proms.
He has performed Platée with companies around the world. Other roles include Monsieur Triquet, roles in L’Enfant et les sortilèges, Arnalta (L’incoronazione di Poppea) and Le Roi Ouf I (L’Etoile).
Fouchécourt is a founding member of the Novalis Vocal Quartet and taught at the Paris Conservatoire from 1994 to 1997. He is currently Artist Director of the Studio de L’Opéra de Lyon.
Metropolitan Opera
| [Met Performance] CID:330450 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {221} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/1998 Debut: Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, Jeff Mattsey |
| [Met Performance] CID:330465 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {222} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/1998 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350241 Parade : An Evening of French Music Theater{26} Parade {26} Les Mamelles de Tirésias {26} L’Enfant et les Sortilèges {26} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/04/2002 Debuts: Damian Woetzel, Christine McMillan, Desiree Sanchez, Blanche Hampton, Andrew Robinson, Simone Cardoso, Andreas Bjorneboe, Sarah Weber Gallo, Jennifer Manino, Amir Levy, LiYana Silver, Tom Patrick, Dmitry Povolotsky, Matt Baker, Nicholas Flair, Jeff Lewis, Steve Oltorik, John Hancock, Olga Makarina |
| [Met Performance] CID:350242 Parade : An Evening of French Music Theater{27} Parade {27} Les Mamelles de Tirésias {27} L’Enfant et les Sortilèges {27} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/08/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350243 Parade : An Evening of French Music Theater{28} Parade {28} Les Mamelles de Tirésias {28} L’Enfant et les Sortilèges {28} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/11/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350244 Parade : An Evening of French Music Theater{29} Parade {29} Les Mamelles de Tirésias {29} L’Enfant et les Sortilèges {29} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/16/2002 Debut: Ian Greenlaw, Keith Phares Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350128 Restored Production Falstaff {159} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/21/2002 Debut: Camilla Tilling, Ann Roth |
| [Met Performance] CID:350245 Parade : An Evening of French Music Theater{30} Parade {30} Les Mamelles de Tirésias {30} L’Enfant et les Sortilèges {30} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/22/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350129 Falstaff {160} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/26/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350246 Parade : An Evening of French Music Theater{31} Parade {31} Les Mamelles de Tirésias {31} L’Enfant et les Sortilèges {31} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/28/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350134 Falstaff {161} Metropolitan Opera House; 3/30/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350135 Falstaff {162} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/03/2002 |
[Met Performance] CID:350130  Opera News 1 Opera News 2Falstaff {163} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/06/2002 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:350136 Falstaff {164} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/09/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350131 Falstaff {165} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/13/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350132 Falstaff {166} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/17/2002 |
| [Met Performance] CID:350133 Falstaff {167} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/20/2002 |
[Met Performance] CID:351104  Les Contes d’Hoffmann {233} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/10/2004 Debut: Aleksandra Kurzak |
| [Met Performance] CID:351105 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {234} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/13/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351108 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {235} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/16/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351112 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {236} Metropolitan Opera House; 12/20/2004 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351126 Les Contes d’Hoffmann {239} Metropolitan Opera House; 01/04/2005 |
[Met Performance] CID:351294  Manon {250} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/20/2005 Debut: Kate Lindsey |
[Met Performance] CID:351296  Falstaff {168} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/23/2005 Debut: Peter Bronder |
| [Met Performance] CID:351298 Manon {251} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/24/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351299 Falstaff {169} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/26/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351300 Manon {252} Metropolitan Opera House; 09/27/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351305 Falstaff {170} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/01/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351306 Manon {254} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/03/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351307 Falstaff {171} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/04/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351311 Manon {255} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/07/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351316 Falstaff {172} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/12/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351320 Falstaff {173} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/15/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351323 Falstaff {174} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/19/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351327 Falstaff {175} Metropolitan Opera House; 10/22/2005 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351483 Manon {256} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/05/2006 Debut: Massimo Giordano, Craig Montgomery |
| [Met Performance] CID:351486 Opera News 1 Opera News 2 Manon {257} Metropolitan Opera House; 04/08/2006 Broadcast |
[Met Performance] CID:351841  Eugene Onegin {122} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/09/2007 Debut: Svetlana Volkova Broadcast/Streamed Review |
| [Met Performance] CID:351849 Eugene Onegin {123} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2007 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351861 Eugene Onegin {124} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/17/2007 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351863 Eugene Onegin {125} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/20/2007 |
| [Met Performance] CID:351870 Eugene Onegin {126} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/24/2007 HD Simulcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351879 Eugene Onegin {127} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/28/2007 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:351885 Eugene Onegin {128} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/03/2007 |
[Met Performance] CID:353338  Carmen {938} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/04/2008 Broadcast/Streamed |
| [Met Performance] CID:352342 Carmen {939} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/08/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352351 Carmen {940} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/13/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352357 Carmen {941} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/16/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352361 Carmen {942} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/19/2008 |
| [Met Performance] CID:352374 Carmen {943} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/23/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352387 Carmen {944} Metropolitan Opera House; 02/27/2008 Broadcast |
| [Met Performance] CID:352393 Carmen {945} Metropolitan Opera House; 03/01/2008 |
