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Nicolas Courjal in 2014
Nicolas Courjal (born 18 January 1973) is a French operatic bass. [1]
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Nicolas Courjal (born 18 January 1973) is a French operatic bass. [1]
Born in Rennes, Courjal studied the violin at the Rennes Conservatory . In 1995, he entered Jane Berbié's singing class. He then performed at the Opéra-Comique and the Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden (Germany).
Since 1999, Nicolas Courjal has performed in many French opera houses such as those of Toulouse, Montpellier, Rennes, Avignon, Toulon, Nice, Tours, Vichy as well as at the Chorégies d'Orange, the Théâtre du Châtelet and also at the Opéra Bastille. Abroad, he has performed at La Fenice in Venice and at the Royal Opera House in London, among others.
Courjal received the Arnhold Prize at the Wexford Festival Opera for his role in Massenet's Sapho .
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