Geoffroy Salvas

Baritone Geoffroy Salvas has been recognized as First Prize winner of the Concours International de Chant de Marseille 2017 in the Operetta category and as New England Finalist of the Metropolitan Opera National Council 2019. He studied with Gabrielle Lavigne and Aline Kutan at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal before joining the Atelier Lyrique at the Opera of Montreal for 2 seasons.

In 2019, he made his debut at Opera de Toulon (France) in the role of Mathieu (Andrea Chénier). His performed repertoire includes Valentin (Faust), Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Morales (Carmen), Mercutio (Roméo et Juliette), Nero (Nero and the fall of Lehman Brothers), Le Vice-Roi (La Périchole), Frank (Fledermaus), Ein deutsches Requiem (Brahms), Requiem (Fauré), Carmina Burana (Orff), Messiah (Handel), Matthäus-Passion, Johannes-Passion & many cantatas (Bach), Winterreise (Schubert).

His numerous collaborations with prestigious ensembles such as the Opéra de Montréal, the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, the Opéra de Québec, and Pacific Opera Victoria have allowed him to gain extensive stage experience over the years. Geoffroy Salvas has notably worked under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Kent Nagano, Rafael Payare, Clelia Cafiero, Mélanie Léonard, Masaaki Suzuki, Paul McCreech, Jacques Lacombe, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, and Nicolas Ellis.

Highlights among his future and recent engagements include Marcello in La Bohème at Opera Grand Avignon, Germont in La Traviata at the Seine Musicale in Paris, Masetto in Don Giovanni and Bobinet in La vie parisienne for Opéra de Québec, Morales in Carmen at Pacific Opera Victoria and Poulenc’s Le bal masque with Camerata-RCO (members of the Amsterdam’s Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra).