Vincent Ordonneau began his career as a member of French boys’ choir Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, followed by studies at the Conservatory of Lyon and an early career as an engineer. The French tenor is a noted specialist in the character tenor repertoire, with a reputation for works sung in French, and a focus on 20th and 21st century compositions, such as Michel Tabachnik’s Benjamin, dernière nuit (world premiere at Opéra de Lyon) and Enescu’s Œdipe.
He recently sang the Four servants (Les contes d’Hoffmann) at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and in Tel Aviv, Remendado (Carmen) at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and at the Arena di Verona Festival, Schmidt (Werther) at the Royal Opera House, Bardolfo (Falstaff) in Nice, The Chaplain (Dialogues des Carmélites) at the Glyndebourne Festival, and at the Capitole in Toulouse.
Highlights in the 24/25 season include Spalanzani (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Third Jew (Salome) at the Grand Théâtre de Genève, Torquemada for the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Don Curzio (Le Nozze di Figaro) at the Glyndebourne Festival, and Remendado at the Arena di Verona.
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Carmen (Le Remendado)
Royal Opera House, April 2024
French tenor Vincent Ordonneau had a ball as Remendado, enthusiastically getting to grips as one of the smugglers and having a bright, dominant tenor voice. He is surely destined for bigger roles.
Mike Hardy, Operawire
Dialogues des Carmélites (Father Confessor)
Glyndebourne Festival Opera, May 2023
Vincent Ordonneau was a sympathetic Father Confessor, especially when delivering a final mass for the sisters
Claire Seymour, Opera Today
Vincent Ordonneau made a moving Father Confessor, a man without all the answers yet immensely sympathetic.
Robert Hugill, Planet Hugill
The cast is of course predominantly female, but Vincent Ordonneau showed great presence as the Father Confessor
Mark Ronan, The Article
Oedipe (Shepherd)
Opéra National de Paris, Autumn 2021
Courageous and equipped with a pleasing, flexible vocal tone, Vincent Ordonneau portrays a shepherd who is both solemn and pure-hearted
Overblog - Fomalhaut
Among several striking performances, special mention of Vincent Ordonneau’s poetic Shepherd.
Emmanuel Dupuy, Diapason
With his impeccable diction, Vincent Ordonneau flies the flag for French singing.
Alexandre Jamar, Forum Opera
Vincent Ordonneau (the Shepherd) has at his disposal a ringing, effective, darkly-coloured tenor voice
Thibault Vicq, Opera Online
The cast includes several strong French artists: …Vincent Ordonneau makes a characterful Shepherd
Laurent Bury, concertclassic.com
Oedipe (Shepherd)
Salzburger Festspiele, Summer 2019
From dizzying heights V.Ordonneau delivers a captivatingly-sung performance
Dr. H.C. Mayer, Opera-online.com
Vincent Ordonneau brings to the Shepherd a lyrical beauty of tone.
Florian Oberhummer, Salzburger Nachrichten
The french tenor Vincent Ordonneau brings a welcome touch of sincerity to the role of the Shepherd.
Claude Jottrand, forum opera
Vincent Ordonneau's Opera Repertoire
| Bernstein | Danny, Wonderful Town |
|---|---|
| Bizet | Remendado, Carmen |
| Chabrier | Title Role, Fisch-Ton-Kan |
| Dayer | Jure, Babel After the War |
| Enescu | Shepherd, Oedipe |
| Glanert | Klaxon / Le Pendu, Die drei Rätsel |
| Hérold | Dandolo, Zampa |
| Massenet | The Dean of the Faculty, Cendrillon Schmidt, Werther |
| Mozart | Basilio / Don Curzio, Le nozze di Figaro |
| Offenbach | Spalanzani / Nathaniel / Andrès / Cochineal / Frantz / Pitichinaccio / Les 4 Valets, Les contes d'Hoffmann |
| Poulence | Lacouf / A reporter from Paris, Les mamelles de Tirésias Chaplain of the convent, Dialogues des Carmélites |
| Puccini | Spoletta, Tosca Gobin, La rondine Pong, Turandot |
| Ravel | Torquemada, L'Heure espagnole |
| Rossini | Rudolph, Guilliaume Tell |
| Rota | Lo zio Vezinet, Il cappello di paglia di Firenze |
| Strauss | First/Third/Fourth Jews, Salome |
| Tabachnik | Un joueur d'échecs, Benjamin, dernière nuit |
| Verdi | Matteo Borsa, Rigoletto Bardolph, Falstaff |
| Villa-Lobos | Zoggie, Magdalena |
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