Biography

Philippe Estèphe made his debut as part of the Chants de Garonne opera company, and then as part of Opéra Bastide. He is currently studying under Lionel Sarrazin.

He debuted with the roles of Claudio (Béatrice et Bénédict) and Masetto (Don Giovanni).

He frequently performs with the Aquitaine Philharmonic Orchestra; as part of this collaboration, he has sung the roles of Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Escamillo (Carmen), Don Giovanni and Albert (Werther).

Philippe Estèphe has played Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas), Frédéric (Lakmé), Bobinet (La Vie Parisienne), Belcore (L’Elisir d’Amore), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), the title role of Don Giovanni and Figaro (le Nozze di Figaro) on tour with the company Opéra Eclaté. He debuted at the Limoges Opera as Guglielmo (Cosi fan tutte), at the Montpellier Opera as Comte (Massenet’s Cherubin), and at the Saint-Étienne Opera as Taddeo (L’Italiana in Algeri) and at the Tours Opera as Dandini (Cenerentola). He has sang the role of Sparck (Fantasio) at the Opera Comique, in Geneve and the Opera de Rouen, the role Dedale (Le Monstre du Labirynthe) at the Montpellier Opera, Peer Gynt at the Limoges Opera and at the Montpellier Opera, Morales (Carmen) in Montpellier, Raimbaud (Le Comte Ory) at the Opéra de Rennes and at the Opéra de Rouen, Brétigny (Manon) at the Opéra National de Bordeaux and at the Opéra Comique, Neptune and Argus (Lully's Isis) with the Talens Lyrique at the Beaune festival, at the Théâtre  des Champs Elysées, in Versailles, Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) in Marseille, Gaston (Les P'tites Michu) in Tours, Fiorello (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) in Montpellier, Brétigny (Manon) in Lyon and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

More recently, he has sung   Papageno (Die Zauberflöte) in Toulouse, Markoël  (Joncière's Lancelot) in Saint-Etienne, Frédéric (Lakmé) at the Opéra-Comique, Egée (Thésée de Lully) at the Théâtre des Champs Elysées,  Theater an der Wien and the Brussel Bozar with Les Talens Lyriques, Dancaïre (Carmen) in  Strasbourg, Urbain & Alfred (La Vie Parisienne) in Rouen, at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Liège, Toulouse, Limoges and Montpellier, Peer Gynt in Limoges, Dandini (Cenerentola) at the Toulouse  Théâtre du Capitole.

He is currently preparing for the roles of  Masetto (Don Giovanni) at the Toulouse  Théâtre du Capitole, Presto (Les Mamelles de Tirésias) in Limoges and in Avignon