Baryton François Héraud is a graduate of Nantes and CRR Paris Conservatoire.

He participated in outstanding master classes with renowned artists such as Alain Buet, Donna Brown, Christine Schweizer, Regina Werner, Françoise Tillard, …

François Héraud has already worked with conductors such as Hervé Niquet, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Sigvards Klava, Bart van Reyn, Martina Batic,…

He recently performed the bass solo parts in Bach's Oster Oratorium at the Muziekgebow in Amstedam, the Kölner Philharmonie and Flagey in Brussels.

In May, he will perform Carmina Burana at Studio 4 in Flagey.

François Héraud is at home in all repertoires and genres. In baroque opera, we could hear him as Mercuri in Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Ensemble Mattheus conducted by Jean-Christophe Spinozi) or in the Comédie-ballet Le Sicilien by Lully and Molière (conducted by Hervé Niquet) in Reims Opera house.

He has also appeared in operettas with the Parisian orchestra Les Frivolités Parisiennes, singing the roles of Baron de Pictordu in Pauline Viardot's Cendrillon, Duparquet in Reynaldo Hahn's Ciboulette. 

In the grand Opera repertoire, he sings Schaunard in Puccini's La Bohême, Mozart's Don Giovanni, Escamillo in Bizet's Carmen and Belcore in Donizetti's L'Elisir d'amore. He has also appeared as guest soloist in oratorios, notably Bach's Mass in B, Mozart's Requiem, Fauré's Requiem, Brahms's German Requiem and Puccini's Messa di Gloria. He performed Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 in with the Mendelssohn Ensemble conducted by Daniel Rubenstein at the Théâtre Royal du Parc in Brussels