Florian Sempey

Baritone Florian Sempey is a highly sought-after lyric artist with a thriving international career.

Florian’s illustrious career has taken him to prestigious venues worldwide, including the Opéra national de Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, the Royal Opera House, the Opera di Roma, Teatro Real Madrid, and the New National Theatre in Tokyo, leaving a lasting impact on the international music scene. In concert, Florian has collaborated with distinguished orchestras such as Wiener Symphoniker and Berliner Philharmoniker, as well as the Orchestre National de France, presenting a diverse repertoire ranging from Handel’s Apollo e Dafne to Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen. In 2022, Florian was honoured with formal recognition for his contribution to opera when the French Government awarded him the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres.

This season, Florian will make a house and role debut with Marcello in La bohème at Opéra de Monte-Carlo, where he will return later in the season for a double bill of L'enfant et les sortilèges and L'heure espagnole. He also makes house debuts with Malatesta in Don Pasquale at Opernhaus Zurich and Conte Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro at Santa Fe Opera and makes returns to Opéra de Paris (Faust), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Don Giovanni) and Opéra de Lyon (Il Turco in Italia). On the concert scene, Florian will debut with L'Orchestre de chambre de Genève singing Albert in Werther and collaborate again with L'Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse for Faure's Requiem.

The 23/24 season saw Florian sing Malatesta in Don Pasquale at Opéra national de Paris, Papageno in Die Zauberflöte with at Théâtre municipal Raymond Devos, Tourcoing, Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles at Opéra national de Bordeaux, Dandini in La Cenerentola at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse and Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona and make his role debut as Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride at Aix-en-Provence Festival.

Florian first studied piano and voice at the conservatoire in Libourne and in 2007, he commenced his studies under Maryse Castets at the Bordeaux Conservatoire. The following year, he won the Opera First Prize and Audience Award at a singing competition by Bordeaux Opera’s Amis du Grand Théâtre. At 21, he made his debut as Papageno at Bordeaux Opera and has since been a regular guest performer there. In 2010, he spent two years at Paris Opera’s Atelier Lyrique, and in 2012, he received the esteemed Prix Carpeaux. In 2013, he was nominated in the Revelation Opera Singer category at Victoires de la Musique Classique.