Yann Beuron
Lyric tenor Yann Beuron is one of the leading French artists of his generation. A regular guest of the Opera Bastille in Paris, he has also begun an important career outside his native country : Covent Garden, San Francisco Opera, Théâtre de la Monnaie and the Grand Théâtre de Genève, among others. He records regularly for EMI France, Virgin Classics and Erato.

After studies in sociology, Yann BEURON studied singing at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, with Anna Maria Bondi, and obtained unanimously first prize in 1996. In December 1995, he made his debut at the Opéra du Rhin as Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, under the direction of William Christie.

The year following, he made his debut at the Palais Garnier in Paris in a new production of Rameau's Hippolyte et Aricie. He returned to this theatre in 2004 to sing a new production of Ravel's L'Heure Espagnole and in 2006 to sing a new production of Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride. In subsequent years, his engagements rapidly increased: Cosi Fan Tutte (Bordeaux, Stuttgart), Idomeneo (Marseille), Don Giovanni (Lisbon), Il Barbiere di Siviglia and Mignon (Toulouse), Falstaff (Marseille, Festival d'Aix en Provence), La Cenerentola (Brussels, Lausanne), La Belle Hélène (Théâtre du Châtelet), Hamlet and L'Heure Espagnole (Royal Opera House, Covent Garden), Dialogues des Carmélites (Theater an der Wien).

In 2003, Yann Beuron made his debut in the United States with the San Francisco Opera (Barbiere). This past season, Mr. Beuron returned to the Paris Opera (Yvonne, Princesse de Bourgogne) and to the Aix Festival (Idomeneo). In future seasons, he will debut at the Mozart Festwochen in Salzburg (Idomeneo), at the Teatro Real in Madrid (Pelléas), at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich (Barbiere) and at the Gran Teatre del Liceu (Iphigenie and Pelléas).

A frequent guest soloist on the concert podium, he has performed with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, the Orchestre de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, the Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France and the Rotterdam Philhamonic.

Tassis Christoyannis
Regarded as one of the nest baritones of his generation, admired for his acting skills and his musicality, Athens-born Tassis Christoyannis studied piano, singing, conducting and com- position at the Athens Conservatory, before going on to specialise in the Italian repertoire with the baritone Aldo Protti.

A er several years as a member of the Greek National Opera in Athens, he joined the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, where he took major roles in works by Monteverdi, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini and others. Now freelance, he sings the principal baritone roles in Italian, French and Russian works at opera houses and festivals all over Europe, including Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Geneva, Glyndebourne, Brussels, Amsterdam, Strasbourg, Bordeaux, Frankfurt, London, New York etc.

Tassis Christoyannis is also much in demand for his skills as a song recitalist. He is also a composer (concerts, dance, theater).