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Biography

After studying clarinet, saxophone and drama at the Bordeaux Conservatory, Thomas Bettinger joined Lionel Sarrazin’s Lyric Art class and won the Irène Jaumillot Prize in the 2008 Béziers National Competition. He holds a scholarship from the Cercle Wagnérien de Bordeaux.

He has sung in the children’s opera Emmeline au Pays des Elfes and has appeared in numerous concerts, as well as the adaptation Si j’osais Carmen at the Bordeaux submarine base. He has played  le Roi Ouf (Chabrier’s L’Etoile) with the company Lyrique Opéra Bastide, which he co-founded, Ottavio (Don Giovanni) in Paris and Bordeaux, Tamino (The Magic Flute) in Libourne, La Cerisaie at the Opéra National de Paris, Lucano and Liberto (Poppea e Nerone) at the Montpellier Opera, Hermès (Joncières’ Le Dernier jour de Pompéi) and Hélios (David’s Herculanum) at the Cité de la Musique, Cavaradossi (Tosca) at the Saint-Étienne Opera,  Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) at the Reims Opera, Die Schöpfung with the Avignon Orchestra, L'Amant (Amelia va au bal) at the Metz Opera,  Berlioz's Romeo et Juliette in Saint-Etienne.

More recently, he has sung Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Bordeaux, Avignon, the title role of  Faust in Massy,  Saint-Étienne, Reims and Metz, Rustighello (Lucrezia Borgia) in Toulouse, Des Grieux (Manon) at the Bordeaux National Opera, il Duca (Rigoletto) in Met and in Reims, le Chevalier de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites) in Toulouse, Lensky (Eugène Oneguine) in Marseille, the title role of Werther in Nice, on José (Carmen) at the Massy Opera, Andres (Wozzeck) in Toulouse.

His upcoming projects include , Don José (Carmen) at the Massy Opera, in Reims and Clermont-Ferrand, the title-role of Werther in Marseille, Lancelot (Joncière's Lancelot) Alfredo (Traviata) in Saint-Etienne, Faust in Quebec.