Andre Cognet

Andre Cognet studied at the Marseilles Conservatory and the Paris Opera School. His baritone repertory is based on the classic opera parts (Schaunard – La Bohème, Esamillo and Zuniga – Carmen, Figaro – The Marriage of Figaro, Guglielmo – Cosi fan tutte, The Speaker – The Magic Flute, Hamlet, Pluto – Orfeo, Pulcinella, Gaveston – The White Lady, Albert – Werther). He has worked with a number of distinguished directors and conductors, including Peter Brook, Franco Zefirelli, Nello Santi, Serge Baudo and Marek Janowski. Andre Cognet has performed on many world-famous opera stages, including Karlsruhe, Tel Aviv, Paris (Theatre des Champs Elysees), Arena di Verona, Teatre La Fenice, and Covent Garden. In the Opera de Rouen he met with much acclaim for his interpretation of the role of Captain in Gurlitt’s Wozzeck, which received the French critics’ Grand Prix for the best lyrical performance of 1997. In Birmingham and Munich he appeared in Bizet’s Carmen together with Jose Carreras.