Born
in Nice,
Franck Ferrari studied at the Conservatory
of this town, where he was unanimously awarded First Prize for
Singing and Lyric Art. He then pursued his vocal studies with
Dalton Baldwin, Lorraine Nubar and Ileana Cotrubas. In 1993, he
won the "Grand Prix du Concours International de Marseille",
the Public Prize (RTLMF) "Fondation Française Lyrique"
at the "Concours de Toulouse" in 1992, as well as the
Second "Grand Prix de Paris".
He was subsequently engaged to sing roles such as Figaro in
The
Marriage of Figaro,
Don Giovanni, Malatesta in
Don
Pasquale, Marcello in
La Bohème, Belcore
in
L'Elisir d'Amore, Albert in
Werther. He has
sung Escamillo (
Carmen) under Michel Plasson’s
baton, in Avignon, Bordeaux, at the Opéra de Paris, in
Liège, Toulouse, Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl) at the Teatro
Regio of Turin, at the Berlin Deutsche Oper, in Hambourg, at the
Metropolitan Opera of New-York and at the Chorégies d’Orange.
He has sung Valentin (
Faust) in Tours, Scarpia in
Tosca
at the Metz Opera, the Toronto Opera and at the Scala of Milan,
Manon (Massenet) at the Opera de Paris, the Scala of Milan, Amonasro
(
Aïda) at Geneva's Grand Théâtre, Marcello
(
La Bohème) in Avignon, Athanaël (
Thaïs)
in Rouen,
Simone Boccanegra in Nice, Alfonso (
La
Favorita) at the Royal Opera of Wallonie, Enrico (
Lucia
di Lammermoo) at the Washington Opera house, the Opera de
Paris and Marcello (
La Bohème) in Nice.
He has sung Ramiro (Ravel’s
Heure Espagnole), Lescaut
(
Manon), Golaud (
Pelléas et Mélisande),
Paolo (
Simon Boccanegra), Marcello (
La Bohème)
and Thoas (
Iphigenie en Tauride) at The Opera de Paris,
Sancho (Massenet’s
Don Quichotte) in Avignon, Amonasro
(
Aïda) in Nice and Bordeaux, Golaud in Sevilla,
Marc-Antoine (Massenet’s
Cléopatre) in Madrid,
Talbot
(Maria Stuarda) and Germont (
Traviata)
in Marseille, Lalo’s
Fiesque at the Festival de
Montpellier et de Radio France Chorèbe (Berlioz’s
Troyens) at the Bastille Opera.
More recently, he has sung The Four Parts (
Les Contes d’Hoffmann),
Paola (
Simon Boccanegra) at the Opera de Paris,
Nabucco,
The Four Parts (
Les Contes d’Hoffmann) at the Wiener
Staatsoper,
Il Duca d’Alba at the Festival de Radio
France et de Montpellier, Karnac (
Le Roi d’Ys)
in Toulouse, Scarpia at the opera de Paris, Thoas (
Iphigénie
en Tauride) at the Opéra de Paris.
Among his future projects, Œdipe (Ionesco’s
Œdipe)
and Iago (
Otello) at the Théâtre du Capitole
de Toulouse, Scarpia (
Tosca) at the Opéra de Nice,
Sharpless (
Madame Butterfly) et Renato (
Un Ballo
in Maschera) at the Opéra National de Paris.
In concert,
Franck Ferrari is particularly attached
to the French song repertory (Duparc, Ibert, Ravel). He has given
recitals at La Scala of Milan and at the Teatro Carlo Fenice in
Genova with Renato Bruson.
He has recorded the complete series of Jacques Ibert's Melodies
accompanied by Dalton Baldwin.