Marc Laho

Marc Laho (born 15 January 1965) is a Belgian lyric tenor opera singer.

Biography

Laho was born in Seraing, Belgium. He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Liège in Belgium and later with Luigi Alva, Alain Vanzo, and Gabriel Bacquier. He made his professional opera debut at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in 1989 as l'officier in Massenet's Thérèse. In 1992, he participated in the final round of the Pavarotti's international singing competition in Philadelphia.

He sang Gérald in Lakmé co-starring Natalie Dessay in Avignon, Pâris in Offenbach's La Belle Hélène conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt in Zurich, and Elvino in La Sonnambula at the Opéra-Comique and the Vienna State Opera. He performed his first Hoffmann in 2008 at the Grand Théâtre de Genève directed by Olivier Py, then confirmed his interpretation, directed by Nicolas Joel, at the Teatro Regio in Turin. He appeared in the Requiem by Berlioz at the Festival de Saint-Denis conducted by Sir Colin Davis, as well as in Lélio by Berlioz at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées conducted by Riccardo Muti.

Recently he appeared in The Tales of Hoffmann in Prague, L'attaque du moulin in Bern, Die Fledermaus in Montpellier, La Rondine in Toulon, La Sonnambula in Bonn and Le Duc d'Albe in Antwerp and Ghent.

In September 2012 he could be heard singing the title role in Stradella by César Franck, a world premiere for the reopening of the Royal Opera of Wallonia in Liège. Marc Laho appeared as Fernand in Donizetti's La favorite at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in February 2013. In 2018 he appeared as Don José in a video-recorded performance of Bizet's Carmen by the Opéra Royal de Liège.

Roles

Daniel Auber Gustave III ou le Bal masqué – Gustave III Vincenzo Bellini I puritani – Lord Arturo Talbo La sonnambula – Elvino Georges Bizet Carmen – Don José Les Pêcheurs de perles – Nadir François-Adrien Boieldieu La Dame blanche – Georges Gustave Charpentier Louise – King of the Fools Ernest Chausson Le Roi Arthus – Lyonnel Léo Delibes Lakmé – Gérald Gaetano Donizetti Alahor in Granata – Alamar Don Pasquale – Ernesto La favorite – Fernand La fille du régiment – Tonio Le Duc d’Albe – Henri de Bruges Lucia di Lammermoor – Lord Arturo Bucklaw Lucia di Lammermoor – Sir Edgardo di Ravenswood Maria Stuarda – Leicester Gabriel Fauré Pénélope – Antinoüs César Franck Stradella – Stradella Charles Gounod Mireille – Vincent Jacques-Fromental Halévy La Juive – Prince Léopold Franz Lehár The Merry Widow – Camille de Rosillon Jules Massenet Manon – Le Chevalier des Grieux Thaïs – Nicias Jacques Offenbach La belle Hélène – Pâris La Périchole – Piquillo The Tales of Hoffmann – Hoffmann Orpheus in the Underworld – Orpheus Giacomo Puccini La rondine – Ruggero Lastouc Gioachino Rossini Le comte Ory – Le Comte Ory Le siège de Corinthe – Néoclès Nino Rota Il cappello di paglia di Firenze – Fadinard Johann Strauss II Die Fledermaus – Alfred Ambroise Thomas Hamlet – Laërte Giuseppe Verdi I Lombardi alla prima crociata – Arvino La traviata – Alfredo Germont

and many other

Recordings Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Offenbach, Conductor: Patrick Davin, Staging: Olivier Py, Grand Théâtre de Genève, DVD: Bel Air Media, 2008 Lucie de Lammermoor, Donizetti, Conductor: Evelino Pidò, Opéra National de Lyon, CD: EMI 2002, DVD: Bel Air Media 2002 Le comte Ory, Rossini, Conductor: Andrew Davis, Staging: Jérôme Savary, Glyndebourne Festival, DVD: NVC Arts (Warner), 1997 Symphonie No. 3, Ropartz, Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce, CD: Timpani, 2011 Comala/Clair de lune, Jongen, Conductor: Jean-Pierre Haeck, CD: Musique en Wallonie, 2003 Freyhir, Mathieu, Conductor: Jean-Pierre Haeck, CD: Musique en Wallonie, 2007