Many Shakespearean roles await baritone Florian Sempey, at the discretion of works by Gounod, Verdi or Britten, but it is Berlioz who proposes to him this March 24 the role of the officer Claudio, in Béatrice et Bénédict, at the Opera national de Paris.
He will be surrounded by a magnificent cast of French singer, including Sabine Devieihle, Stéphanie d'Oustrac, Laurent Naouri and Stanislas de Barbeyrac, all under the direction of the theater's permanent conductor, Philippe Jordan.
Also presently in preparation of Rossini's La Cenerentola at the Opéra de Limoges - for his debut as Dandini from April 9 to 13- Florian Sempey participates in the same venue in the recital "Douceurs Rossiniennes", around a program of Rossini opera extracts, this sunday, March 19.
The rest of his season 2016/2017 led him to perform at the inaugural concerts of the "Seine Musicale", with Insula Orchestra and Accentus directed by Laurence Equilbey, and then singing the role of Zurga (Bizet's Les Pêcheurs de Perles) with the Orchestre national de Lille conducted by Alexandre Bloch, the title role in Vivaldi's Bajazet with the ensemble Les Accents directed by Thibault Noally, the solo baritone part of Beethoven's 9th symphony with the Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire, as well as a recital with pianist Jeff Cohen in Orange
"Douceurs Rossiniennes" - Opéra de Limoges
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Béatrice et Bénédict by Hector Berlioz - Opéra national de Paris