BIOGRAPHY

Théo Raffin is a young baritone distinguished by his timbre, musicality, and a voice with an extensive range. His journey began at the Tarbes Conservatory, where he took classical singing lessons with Anne-Laure Touya. Later, he enrolled at the Bordeaux Conservatory with Sharon Coste Poras. In 2021, just after earning his bachelor’s degree in musicology (focusing on contemporary music, jazz, and French chanson), Théo was accepted at the University of Montreal to continue his vocal training. That same year, he began a master’s in music education via distance learning with a French university—a program he completed with honors in 2023. A recipient of several excellence scholarships, and after successfully finishing his master’s in classical singing with high distinction (“Très Bien”) in 2024, along with the jury’s congratulations and the rector’s commendation, the young baritone is now completing his advanced professional studies (third cycle) at the same institution under the expert guidance of Richard Margison and Ariane Girard.

 

Discovered by the Trois-Rivières Opera, he was invited in May 2023 to perform as Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles and as Guglielmo in Così fan tutte in September 2023. The young baritone is also in demand for the Opera de Poche project co-directed by the Montreal Opera. In addition, he will participate in a one‐week exchange in October 2023 at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Lyon to work on French mélodie, among others with Mireille Delunsch. He is set to take part in the Canadian Institute of Vocal Arts in both 2023 and 2024, and in 2024, Théo distinguished himself by being selected as one of Canada’s Young Lyric Ambassadors.

 

To date, Théo Raffin has amassed several roles to his credit: Papageno in Die Zauberflöte, Dr. Falke in Die Fledermaus, Frank in La Chauve-souris, Zurga in Les Pêcheurs de perles, Escamillo in La Tragédie de Carmen, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, and Peter in Hänsel und Gretel. Next July, he will perform the role of Belcore in L’Elisir d’Amore with the Jerusalem Studio Opera. He has also had the opportunity to work with internationally renowned artists such as Margo Garett, James Vaughan, Laurent Philippe, Joan Dornemann, Mathieu Pordoy, Bruno Laplante, Pierre Vallet, Tracy Dahl, Christian Immler, and Étienne Dupuis.