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Biography

After musical and vocal studie 17, he was spotted by Juan-Carlos Moralès, who convinced him to join his voice and opera class at the CNR in Metz. He was noticed by the directors of the Metz Opera, who offered him multiple roles. At the same time, he performed as Zurga (Les Pêcheurs des perles) and Malatesta (Don Pasquale), and debuted the role of Horus (in Mario Salis‘ La Légende d’Horus) in various concert halls in Metz. He also gave many concerts and recitals in Luxemburg, France and Germany, including Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, Joseph in Berlioz‘ Enfance du Christ, in terms of sacred music.

Régis Mengus was then selected by many French opera houses, singing Charley (Pas sur la Bouche) and Moralès (Carmen) at the Tours Opera, the latter role at the Lille Opera and the Caen Theatre, Florestan (Véronique) and Yamadori (Madama Butterfly) at the Saint-Étienne Opera, and Danilo (Die Lustige Witwe) at the Nice, Lausanne and Reims Operas.

More recently, he played L’Horloge (L’Enfant et les Sortilèges) and Le Pilote and Le Serpent (Simon Laks‘ L’Hirondelle inattendue) at the Montpellier Opera,  Karnac (Le Roi d’Ys) at the Saint-Étienne Opera of Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) at the Reims Opera, the Husband (Les Mamelles de Tirésias), Valentin (Faust)  and Hamlet at the Lausanne Opera,, Escamillo (Carmen) in Rennes, Marcello (La Bohème)  in Reims and in Metz, Valentin (Faust) in Massy and in Saint-Etienne, Albert (Werther) at the Opera du Rhin,Escamillo (Carmen) in Metz.

He will play Phanor (La Reine de Saba) in Marseille Christian Favre's Davel in Lausanne, le Mari (Les Mamelles de Tirésias) and Ramiro (l'Heure Espagnole) in Oviedo, Eugen Oneguin in Marseille...