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Benoît
Capt
baritone



www.benoitcapt.com


An die Musik - Franz von Schober
 
Du holde Kunst, in wieviel grauen Stunden,
Wo mich des Lebens wilder Kreis umstrickt,
Hast du mein Herz zu warmer Lieb' entzunden,
Hast mich in eine beßre Welt entrückt!

Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf' entflossen,
Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir
Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen,
Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!


BIOGRAFIE:

After studying composition and musicology in Geneva, Benoît Capt completed his vocal studies initially at the Conservatoire of Geneva (under Gilles Cachemaille), then at the Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy Hochschule in Leipzg (under Hans-Joachim Beyer und Phillip Moll) and finally at the HEMU Lausanne (under Gary Magby). He was assisted in his education through winning many stipends, including Leenaards, Migros, Mosetti and Marescotti.
He won severyl international competitions (Lyon, Marmande, Toulouse, Dortmund, Graz, Weiden) and was awarded the Prize of the Freidns of the Suisse Romade ORchstra in 2008 for his CD recording "Mélodies autour du monde", together with the pianist Todd Camburn.
Since his debut at the opera of Lausanne in Menotti's The Telephone in 2006, he has performed many operatic roles, including Papageno in The Magic Flute, Zuniga in Carmen, the Chair and the Tree in L'Enfant et les sortilèges, the title role in Telemann's Pimpinone von Telemann, the Duke in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, Bottom in Britten's A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Schaunard in La Bohème and Paolo in Verdi's Simone Boccanegra. He has sung under the baton of conductors such as Theodor Guschlbauer, Stefano Ranzani, Jean-Yves Ossonce, Roberto Rizzi-Brignoli, Hervé Niquet, Cyril Diederich, Miguel Ortega, Arie van Beek, Diego Fasiolis and Frank Beerman. In 2012 Benoît Capt founded the association "Lied et Mélodie" in Geneva.