French bass Jean Teitgen is acclaimed for his resonant timbre, musical intelligence and commanding stage presence, qualities that have made him a sought-after interpreter of profound and psychologically complex roles on the opera stage. Among these, his portrayals of Arkel (Pelléas et Mélisande), most recently acclaimed in Opéra national de Paris’ new production by Wajdi Mouawad and the tyrannical Gessler (Guillaume Tell) which marked his debut at Wiener Staatsoper, stand out as signature achievements.

If his early career was built on bel canto and French lyric roles such as Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor) at Opéra national de Bordeaux, Frère Laurent (Roméo et Juliette) at Grand Théâtre de Genève, Opéra national de Paris, and Opéra de Monte Carlo, and Capellio (I Capuleti e i Montecchi) at Opéra national de Paris, he has since explored darker and more dramatic repertoire include Banquo (Macbeth), Alvise (La Gioconda), Fiesco (Simon Boccanegra) and most recently, Daland in Der fliegende Holländer, marking his Wagnerian debut at Théâtre du Capitole, Toulouse. It was as Claudius, King of Denmark in Ambroise Thomas’ Hamlet that Teitgen made his debut at Salzburger Festspiele, and he has enjoyed further success as Sarastro (Die Zauberflöte) and Luther/​Crespel (Les contes d’Hoffmann).