Michel Sénéchal

[1] He also appeared at the Vienna State Opera, the festivals of Salzburg and Glyndebourne, in Mozart roles such as Ottavio and Tamino.

As the years went by Sénéchal started concentrating on character roles such as Basilio in Nozze di Figaro, Goro in Madama Butterfly, the Holy Fool in Boris Godunov, Monsieur Triquet in Eugene Onegin, Guillot de Morfontaine in Manon, and the four servants in Les contes d'Hoffmann, which were his debut roles at the Metropolitan Opera[1] on 8 March 1982.

Sénéchal took part in the creation of contemporary works such as the roles of Fabien in Marcel Landowski's Montségur and Pope Leo X in Konrad Boehmer's Doctor Faustus.

[2] He began teaching at "L'École d'art lyrique" of the Paris Opéra in 1979, and was eventually named director of the school.

He can be heard in several recordings, such as La dame blanche, the title role in Le Comte Ory, Mireille, and Thais, made in his prime, in the early 1960s.