Florent Mbia Baritone
Season 24/25 Artist – Chorus of the Opera

Biography

Member of the Paris Opera Lyric Troupe

In 2002, Florent Mbia joined Françoise Petro's singing class at the École nationale de musique de Montreuil. In 2008, he was awarded a first prize in singing with congratulations from the jury, and a diploma in chamber music studies in 2009. He has taken part in numerous masterclasses with artists such as Jose Cura and Thomas Moser. In 2008, he was a finalist in the Strasbourg International Singing Competition, and won the E. J. Marshall prize (best baritone) at the Paris International Competition (UFAM), degree "Honneur".

In 2009, he won first prize at the Forum lyrique européen d'Arles, first prize at the Concours international de chant de Clermont-Ferrand and joined the Paris Opera Chorus. He became resident artist at the Centre lyrique Clermont-Auvergne during the 2010-2011 season. He sings Norton (La cambiale di matrimonio) and the bass part in Rossini's Petite Messe solennelle.

He has appeared as the Second Companion (Wozzeck), Montano (Otello), Orpheus (Orpheus and Eurydice), Papageno (The Magic Flute), the Notary (Don Pasquale), Don Giovanni and Don Alfonso in Mozart se déguise directed by Stephen Taylor. In 2021, he performs the role of Laurence (Le Magnifique) at the Opéra de Reims.

He has performed as soloist in concerts, oratorios and masses such as Duruflé's Requiem, Fauré's Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Handel's Messiah and Carmina Burana.

He is a member of the Paris Opera Lyric Troupe since the 2023-2024 season.

At the Paris Opera: La Bohème (the Customs Sergeant), 2017; Mzensk's Lady Macbeth (a stage manager), 2019; Otello (Araldo), 2019; Tosca (a jailer), 2021; Rigoletto (the Count of Ceprano), 2021; La Force du destin (a mayor), 2022; Turandot (Ping), 2023; La Traviata (Il Marchese d'Obigny), 2024; La Vestale (Chief of the Aruspices, A consul), 2024 ; La Fille du régiment (Hortensius), 2024