Etienne kicks off his 2025/26 season in Paris, reprising Marcello in "La bohème" at the Opéra Bastille in September and October. He then returns to the Deutsche Oper Berlin to continue his series of iconic Verdi title roles, singing his first Simon Boccanegra. At the Opéra Royal de Wallonie-Liège, he appears in a benefit concert for the Jodie Devos Fund. Etienne starts 2026 with a recital alongside Nicole Car for the Fort Worth Concerts series, followed by his Dallas Opera debut as Rodrigo in a new staging of "Don Carlo". At the Opéra-Comique in Paris, he sings Henry Ashton in a new production of Donizetti’s rarely performed French version of "Lucia di Lammermoor", "Lucie de Lammermoor". To close the season, Etienne gives a solo recital as part of the Opéra de Lyon’s “Grandes Voix” series.

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In the last two seasons, the star baritone made his debuts in several of Verdi’s most important baritone roles: as Macbeth at Washington National Opera; as Rigoletto at Teatro Real Madrid, followed by performances with the Royal Opera House on tour in Japan, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, and the Paris Opera; and as Carlo di Vargas in “La forza del destino” at the Royal Opera House. He also reprised Conte di Luna in “Il trovatore” at the Paris Opera and the Royal Opera House, after debuting the part in the 2022/23 season at the Opéra de Montréal, where he also created the role of Count Karl Gustav in the world premiere of Bilodeau’s “La Reine-garçon”. Étienne appeared as Rodrigo in a new production of “Don Carlo” at the Wiener Staatsoper, where he also sang Germont in “La traviata” and the title role in “Don Giovanni”. At the Paris Opera, he performed Sancho Pança in a new production of Massenet’s “Don Quichotte” and Paolo Albiani in “Simon Boccanegra”.

 

Recent performances also brought him to the Paris Opéra (title role in a new production of "Don Giovanni", Rodrigo in "Don Carlo", Escamillo in "Carmen", Belcore in "L'elisir d'amore" and a Tchaikovsky concert), the Wiener Staatsoper (title role of a new staging of "Il barbiere di Siviglia", tite role "Eugene Onegin", role debut Albert in "Werther", Marcello in "La bohème" and his house debut as Valentin in a new production of "Faust"), the Metropolitan Opera (Rodrigue in a new production of "Don Carlos", Conte d'Almaviva in "Le nozze di Figaro" and Marcello for his Met debut), the San Francisco Opera (title role of a new production of "Don Giovanni" and a Verdi concert), the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich (Conte d'Almaviva), the Deutsche Oper Berlin (Hérode in "Hérodiade", Eugene Onegin, Rodrigo and a Verdi Gala), the Opernhaus Zürich (Zurga in "Les pêcheurs de perles"), the Opéra de Lyon (debuts in the title role of Massenet's "Werther" and as Hérode), Théâtre des Champs-Elysées (Hérode), the Opéra de Montréal (Eugene Onegin) and to Dallas with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Eugene Onegin).

Other highlights have included appearances at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Teatro Real of Madrid (Marcello), Opéra National de Paris (Pelléas in "Pelléas et Mélisande", Oreste in "Iphigénie en Tauride"), Deutsche Oper Berlin (Figaro in "Il barbiere di Siviglia", Silvio in "Pagliacci", Zurga in "Les pêcheurs de perles", Pelléas, Germont, Rodrigo, Marcello and Valentin), the Bayerische Staatsoper of Munich (Figaro), the Sydney Opera House (Athanaël in "Thaïs", Germont), Opernhaus Zurich, Opéra de Nantes, and Opera National Du Rhin (Zurga) as well as to the Opéra de Montréal (Joe in "Dead Man Walking", Simon Doucet in the world premiere of "Les Feluettes" and Pink in the world premiere of "Another Brick in the Wall").

His discography features a solo album with the string quartet Quator Claudel-Canimex ("Love Blows as the Wind Blows" - ATMA Classique), in addition to appearances as a featured artist on the albums "Opéra: une histoire d’Amour" with the Orchestre regional Avignon-Provence (Universal),  Sonya Yoncheva's "Paris, mon amour" with the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana (Sony), Honegger and Ilbert: "L’Aiglon", recorded with the Montréal Symphony Orchestra (Decca), Meyerbeer's "Dinorah" (cpo) and Massenet's "Hérodiade" (Naxos) with Deutsche Oper Berlin, as well as Massenet's "Thérèse", Halevy's "La Reine de Chypre", Messager's "Passionnément" and Massenet Orchestra Songs for Palazzetto Bru Zane.

Etienne Dupuis was born in Montréal, where he completed his vocal studies at the McGill University, after which he became a member of l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal.

 

When not travelling the world, Etienne lives in Paris, France, with his wife, the soprano Nicole Car, and their son Noah.

 

Together with Nicole, he is a co-Artistic Director of ICAV, the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute. Etienne is also an Ambassador of Opera for Peace.

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In 2021, Etienne was given the prestigious Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres recognition by the government of France.