About
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Born in Lyon, Julien Henric studied theater and opera singing in his hometown. In 2018, he was named révélation lyrique by ADAMI and won three prizes at the Concours Jeunes Espoirs Raymond Duffaut. Continuing in this vein, he won 2nd prize and the melody prize at the Concours International des Symphonies d'Automne de Mâcon the following year. He graduated from the CNSMDL in 2020 and immediately joined the Jeune Ensemble of the Grand Théâtre de Genève for the 20-21 and 21-22 seasons, two first seasons marked by great artistic encounters. In 2022, he also won the 1st French Melody Prize and 3rd Opera Prize at the Concours International de Marmande.
Julien Henric has appeared at the Festival International d'Art Lyrique d'Aix-en-Provence and the Cologne and Hamburg Philharmonic Orchestras; at the Salzburger Festspiele ; at Teatro Regio di Torino ; at the Opéra National de Paris; at the Bergamo Donizetti Festival; at the Opera Grand Avignon; at the Opera National du Rhin; at the Athens City Music Theater Olympia; at the Opera de Tours ; at the Opera de Toulon ; at the Opéra de Saint-Etienne ; at the National Music Auditorium of Madrid; at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées ; at the Opéra de Rouen; at the Festival d'Été des Nuits Lyriques de Marmande; and at Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Opéra National de Bordeaux, the Opéra Royal de Versailles and the Ravenna Festival
Over the years, he has worked with renowned directors such as Calixto Bieito, Jacopo Spirei, Mariame Clément, Ulrich Rasche, Daniel Kramer and Krzysztof Warlikowski. He also collaborates with great conductors such as John Nelson, Bertand de Billy, Marc Minkowski, Stefano Montanari, Thomas Adès, Riccardo Minasi and Pierre Dumoussaud.
Julien Henric's 2025-2026 season is marked by numerous debuts: he will hold the tenor solo part in Mozart’s Requiem at the Mozarteum of Salzburg as well as in Edinburgh and Glasgow with the Scottisch Chamber Orchestra ; the Salle Gaveau will welcome him for a concert around Carmen ; he will give a grand recital honoring the French romantic operatic repertoire with the Concerto Budapest ; he also will do his firsts steps into the Maison de la Radio singing the tenor solo part in the Stabat Mater of Grandval and the Messe Solennelle of Berlioz.
He is also back to sing at the Grand Theatre de Geneve in Tannhäuser (Walther) and at Opera National de Bordeaux for two very awaited performances, his first role in russian in Iolanta (Vaudemont) as well as in the rare opera of Augusta Holmès, La Montagne Noire (Mirko) in collaboration with the Palazzetto Bru Zane. We will also hear him at the Opera du Rhin in the romantic opera Le Roi d’Ys (Mylio).