{{short description|French classical countertenor|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Christophe Dumaux | image = Dumaux2.jpg | caption = Christophe Dumaux | birth_date = 1979 | birth_place = | origin = | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Operatic countertenor | years_active = 2002–present | website = }}
'''Christophe Dumaux''' (born 1979) is a French classical countertenor.
==Life and career== Christophe Dumaux initially studied voice and cello at his local conservatory in Châlons-en-Champagne and in 2000 entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris. In July 2002 at the age of 21, he made his professional debut singing the role of Eustazio in Handel's ''Rinaldo'' at the Festival de Radio France et Montpellier. Since then he has sung as a soloist with several prominent baroque music ensembles, including William Christie's Le Jardin des Voix and Les Arts Florissants, Emmanuelle Haïm's Le Concert d’Astrée, and Il Combattimento Consort di Amsterdam.
He made his American debut in 2003 at the Spoleto Festival in Charleston, South Carolina singing the title role in Handel's ''Tamerlano''.<ref>James R. Oestreich, [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/02/arts/critic-s-notebook-updated-by-reality-handel-on-love-and-war.html?pagewanted=all Updated by Reality: Handel on Love and War], ''The New York Times'', 2 June 2003.</ref> Several other major house and company debuts soon followed, including: the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels as Giuliano in Cavalli's ''Eliogabalo'' (2004); Santa Fe Opera as Ottone in Handel's Agrippina (2004);<ref>Anne Midgette, [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/19/arts/critic-s-notebook-a-change-in-santa-fe-opera-in-more-ways-than-one.html?pagewanted=all A Change in Santa Fe Opera in More Ways Than One], ''The New York Times'', 19 August 2004.</ref> the Opéra national de Paris as Ottone in Monteverdi's ''L'incoronazione di Poppea'' (2005);<ref>Stephen Mudge, [https://web.archive.org/web/20121020134659/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-636013941.html Sound Bites: Christophe Dumaux], ''Opera News'', May 2004. Retrieved via subscription 6 July 2008.</ref> Glyndebourne Festival Opera as Tolomeo in Handel's ''Giulio Cesare'' (2005);<ref>[http://www.glyndebourne.com/operas/incoronazione_di_poppea/creative_team_and_cast_members/christophe_dumaux Biography at Glyndebourne Opera] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720065603/http://www.glyndebourne.com/operas/incoronazione_di_poppea/creative_team_and_cast_members/christophe_dumaux |date=20 July 2008 }}.</ref> and the New York Metropolitan Opera first as Unulfo in Handel's ''Rodelinda'' (2006).<ref>Bernard Holland, [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/arts/music/04rode.html As It Turns Out, She Was No Widow, She Was a Wife], ''The New York Times'', 4 May 2006.</ref> and a critically acclaimed Tolomeo in Handel's ''Giulio Cesare'' (2013).<ref>Anthony Tommasini, [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/06/arts/music/giulio-cesare-with-natalie-dessay-at-the-met.html In Jodhpurs, Hailing Caesar With Seduction Giulio Cesare, With Natalie Dessay, at the Met], ''The New York Times'', 5 April 2013</ref>
==Selected recordings== * Handel: ''Rinaldo'' (Vivica Genaux, Christophe Dumaux, Miah Persson, James Rutherford, Inga Kalna, Lawrence Zazzo, Dominique Visse; Conductor: René Jacobs; Orchestra/Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra) CD 2003. Label: Harmonia Mundi. * Handel: ''Giulio Cesare'' (Sarah Connolly, Christopher Maltman, Patricia Bardon, Christophe Dumaux, Angelika Kirchschlager, Danielle De Niese, Rachid Ben Abdeslam; Conductor: William Christie; Orchestra/Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus), DVD 2006. Label: BBC/Opus Arte. * Cavalli: ''Il Giasone'' (Christophe Dumaux, Katarina Bradić, Robin Johannsen; Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli; Director Mariame Clément; Orchestra/Ensemble Vlaamse Opera), DVD 2010. Label: Dynamic. * Handel: ''Partenope'' Christophe Dumaux, Andreas Scholl, Inger Dam Jensen, Tuva Semmingsen, Lars Ulrik Mortensen
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==External links== *[http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=126&c=2 Biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212081132/http://www.imgartists.com/?page=artist&id=126&c=2 |date=12 December 2008 }} on IMG Artists *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ghUmCxtAM Cara sposa ( Rinaldo ) Christophe Dumaux]
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