Vincent Ordonneau

French tenor Vincent Ordonneau began his career as a member of French boys’ choir Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, followed by studies at the Conservatory of Lyon and an early career as an engineer. He made his Royal Opera debut in 2009 as Le Remendado, later returning in the 2016/17 Season to sing the Four Servants (Les contes d’Hoffmann, DVD) and again in 2019 for Schmidt (Werther). Roles elsewhere include The Shepherd (Oedipus) for the Salzburg Festival and Paris Opera, the Four Servants in Barcelona, Tel Aviv and Liège, Chaplain (Dialogues des Carmélites) for Toulouse and the Glyndebourne Festival, and for various companies: Goro (Madama Butterfly), Rodolphe (William Tell), Torquemada (L’Heure Espagnole), Tanzmeister (Ariadne auf Naxos), Basilio (Le nozze di Figaro), Pong (Turandot), Spoletta (Tosca) and Bardolfo (Falstaff). Plans include appearances in Verona, Geneva and Monte Carlo.