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date = "2018-04-21T21:33:00-04:00"
discipline = "Tenor"
lastmod = "2018-04-21T21:33:00-04:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1524360724015/Robert_.jpg.jpg"
publishDate = "2018-04-21T21:33:00-04:00"
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slug = "luc-robert"
title = "Luc Robert"
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In the shortest period of time the Canadian
tenor Luc Robert has established himself as
one of the most interesting "spinto" tenors of
our time and is seen especially in the role of
Don José. In season 2016/17, Luc Robert
was engaged in *Carmen* productions at
Frankfurt Opera, Estonian National Opera,
Cape Town Opera and the Opéra de Nice in
France.

A former firefighter, Luc Robert started his
music studies at the "Conservatoire de Musique
de Québec" in Montréal and joined the
Canadian Opera Company Studio Ensemble
in Toronto in 2002. During the 2002/03 season, he made his COC main stage debut in small roles
in *The Queen of Spades* and *Un ballo in maschera*, and also covered many roles including Arturo and Edgardo (*Lucia di Lammermoor*), the title role in Albert Herring, Pang (*Turandot*), Rodolfo (*La Bohème*), Steva Burya (*Jenufa*), Pinkerton (*Madama Butterfly*), Mario Cavaradossi (*Tosca*) and the Duke of Mantua (*Rigoletto*).

Luc’s success began in 2012, when he made his debut as Rodolfo in Verdi’s *Luisa Miller* at Malmö Opera, Sweden. During the same season he also sang with great success Gounod’s *Faust* at the Estonian National Opera, Cavaradossi (*Tosca*) at the Pacific Opera in Victoria and Nicias (*Thais*) with Finnish National Opera. In autumn 2013, Robert already debuted in the title role of *Don Carlo* at the Dortmund Opera, Germany and continued the season as Rodolfo (*La Bohème*) at Malmö Opera and as Macduff in Québec. His role debut as Don José took place at the Savonlinna
Opera Festival in summer 2014. During that season he also sang the Steuermann at the Opéra
de Lyon and stepped in to sing Nicias at the Teatro Municipal of Sao Paulo in Brazil. In 2015, he made his Metropolitan Opera debut in Verdi’s *Ernani* alongside Angela Meade and Plácido
Domingo. In the season 2017-18 he joined the Montreal Opera for *La Bohème*. His most recent
engagements include *Tosca* in Calgary and *Ernani* under the baton of Daniel Oren at the Latvian National Opera, Luc Robert’s future engagements include the role of Dick Johnson in Puccini’s *La Fanciulla del West* at the Estonian National Opera (staged by José Cura), as well as Don José at the Essen Aalto Theatre and the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki. 
