Jérôme Varnier

Jérôme Varnier studied at the École d´Art lyrique at the Opéra de Paris. He made his debut as Sarastro in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Opéra de Lyon, where he was member of the ensemble from 1995 to 2000, appearing also in productions of L´Orfeo, Carmen, Doktor Faust (Busoni), La Bohème, A Midsummer Night´s Dream (Britten), Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, Falstaff and The Cunning Little Vixen. In 2001, Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande) under Marc Minkowski at the Oper Leipzig was the beginning of an international carrier. He sang the role of Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande) with the Philharmonia Orchestra under Esa-Pekka Salonen at the Royal Festival Hall in London, in Paris Opéra-Comique and in a new production at Opéra de Lyon, Friar Laurence in Berlioz’ Roméo et Juliette with