Xavier de Lignerolles
TENOR & MUSICAL DIRECTOR

News

Xavier de Lignerolles will be back on stage as José, l'Accusé, in the opera The Carmen Case, by Alexandra Lacroix, conducted by Lucie Legay, for 5 shows at Angers Nantes Opéra, on December 2026.

Xavier de Lignerolles sings Captain Nemo in the world creation Le Retour du Capitaine Nemo, by Bruno Letort, from the comics by François Schuiten and Benoît Peeters, at the Strasbourg Opera, Delémont BD Festival, Brussels, International BD Festival of Périgueux, at the Quartz (National stage in Brest) and at the Merignac Theater Le Pin Galant. Next show on February 2026, at Amiens Maison de la Culture.

In the Ut Musica Poesis new season, a lot of recitals next year with the guitarist Antonin Vercellino, the accordionist Pascal Contet, the pianists Florence de Lignerolles, Fabrice Boulanger & Barton Bullock.

Alongside his singing career, he started to conduct contemporary projects : Les Mots Fantômes, by Gérard Zinsstag, Prophéties, by Fabrice Boulanger, Lamento and Deux Motets, by Nicolas Bacri, Inside by Olivier Massot, Magnificat by Stéphane Orlando.

Last year, Xavier de Lignerolles conducted the world creation of Sospiri dei Limbi by Mariana Ungureanu, opera for 4 voices, 3 instruments and electronic, from l'Enfer by Dante. He conducted and sang too the world creation of La Belle Folie, by Denis Bosse, for accordion (Pascal Contet), four voices and narrator, in the Festival Déodat de Séverac, in the Chapelle des Carmélites in Toulouse.

Xavier created Ut Musica Poesis, to develop creations, recitals and operas, with great artists (instrumentalists and singers) : Olympiades Polyphoniques, Triangle Amoureux (with Florent Marie : Luth and theorb), O Sacrum Convivium (sacred pieces, a cappella) and Cantigas de Santa Maria (voices and instruments). First record in November 2025 : INSIDE by Olivier Massot, with the instrumentalists of the Lyon National Orchestra, in Lyon Auditorium.

Since 2025, he's artistic co-director of the Festival Déodat de Séverac, with Marie Cubaynes.

Many creations and a tour of concerts in Armenia in July 2026 are coming with Musicatreize.