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Mathias Vidal received his musicology degree in 1999 from the University of Nice, and studied voice at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Musique de Paris where he graduated in 2003 and was a prize-winner of the Centre Français de Promotion Lyrique. In 2007, he was the Adami “Classical revelation.” His operatic roles include Arnalta in Monteverdi’s L'Incoronazione di Poppea under Emmanuelle Haïm, the Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites in Budapest under Pascal Rophé, Adraste in Marin Marais’ Sémélé at the Festival de Sablé with the Ricercar Consort of Philippe Pierlot, Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia with Opéra Eclaté, Haydn’s Il Mondo della Luna at the Théâtre de Luxembourg, Purcell’s King Arthur at the Opéra National de Montpellier, Offenbach’s La Périchole at the Opéra de Lille, Verdi’s Macbeth at the Opéra de Rennes, Pedrillo in Mozart’s Die Entführung aus dem Serail in Saint-Etienne, and Brighella in Ariadne auf Naxos by Strauss in Metz. He also made his debut at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers. In addition to his busy opera schedule, he appeared in concert with Jordi Savall’s La Capella Rejal de Catalunya, Jean-Claude Malgoire’s La Grande Ecurie et La Chambre du Roy, Martin Gester’s Le Parlement de Musique, Gérard Lesne’s Il Seminario Musicale, Jérôme Corréas’ Les Paladins, and Hervé Niquet’s Le Concert Spirituel. He also performed with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France and in the Théâtre du Châtelet and Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. He sang the title role in Francoeur and Rebel’s Zélindor at Versailles for the 20th anniversary of the Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles. During the season 2009/2010, he will participate in the resumption of Offenbach’s La Périchole at the Opéra de Nantes, Angers and Rennes, in La Fausse Magie of Grétry to Metz, Reims and Rennes, in Pécou's L'Amour Coupable at the Opéra de Rouen. He will be Lucano in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea with Les Arts Florissants in Teatro Real of Madrid, a role he will also sing in 2012 in Lille, Dijon and Nice with Le Concert d'Astrée.
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