“Plutone (an excellent Julien Ségol) was particularly strong and subtle as played by this talented singing actor.”
Plays to See, 07.2023
“The rich timbre of bass-baritone Julien Ségol is ideal in his three roles: amiable as Berger, imposing as Spirit, it is in the service of Pluto that the young man uses his highly distinctive voice with the greatest impact.”
Anaclase, 07.2023
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For the 24/25 season, Julien will perform the roles of Dr. Grenvil/Traviata (Gare du Midi, Biarritz), Timur/Turandot (Grand Théâtre d'Avignon), Zarastro and the Speaker/Zauberflöte (Opéra de Tours), Publio/Clemenza di Tito (Opéra de Massy) and he is invited to the Bachfest in Leipzig with the Opera Fuoco orchestra.
Julien was recently acclaimed in his debut at the Longborough Festival Opera as Pluto/L'Orfeo with the ensemble La Serenissima, directed by Oliva Fuchs ; he also sang the roles of Sarastro/Zauberflöte in a production by Jean-François Sivadier, conducted by Emmanuel Olivier (Abbaye de Royaumont), and the Death/Der Kaiser von Atlantis at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg in an ENOA project directed by Stéphane Roussel and conducted by Corinna Niemeyer with the Luxembourg Chamber Orchestra.
Julien also regularly performs in concert: as bass soloist in Beethoven's Fantaisie op. 80 under the baton of Jean-Claude Casadesus with the Orchestre de Picardie (Lille Piano Festival), in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony conducted by Bar Avni with the Bayer-philharmoniker (Altenberger Dom), under David Robertson with the Deutsches Symphonie Orchester (Berlin Philharmonic), and in Monteverdi's Fifth Book of Madrigals conducted by Geoffroy Jourdain at the Abbaye de Royaumont. The lied and mélodie repertoire holds an important place for Julien: he is regularly invited in recital with the musicians of the Orchestre de Paris at the Festival 8 de Montcabrier and collaborates with the string quartet of the Tonhain.Kollektiv (Berlin).
A multidisciplinary artist with a passion for dance, Julien works with choreographers on contemporary creations, notably the role of Wolf in Das neue Rotkäppchen (Su-eun Lee) at the Berlin Deutsche Oper (Tischlerei), or in the creation by Margaux Marielle-Trehoüart and the OperaLab company of a choreographic version of Stimmung(Stockausen), presented as part of the Neue Musik festival at Deutsches Nationaltheater (Weimar).
Julien Ségol is a laureate of the Fondation Royaumont (Académie Voix nouvelle 2024), and has recently joined the 6th Generation of Opera Fuoco. He has won several international prizes (3rd Prize UFAM Schola Cantorum, FLAME Paris finalist...) and scholarships, notably from the Internationale Oxenfoord Summer School Malcolm Martineau, the Vocalis Academy Robert Holl, and the Akademie Bel Canto (Wildbad).
After teaching philosophy at university, Julien devoted himself fully to his first passion: the opera stage. Parallel to his academic curiculum at Sciences-Po Paris and the EHESS, he entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Danse et de Musique de Paris (musicology) and continued his vocal training at the Musikhochschule Felix Mendelssohn (Leipzig).
