Trivia

Opera singer (baritone).

As the Comte de Fritelli he took part in a complete BBC broadcast of Chabrier's Le roi malgré lui recorded in Manchester in 1973, conducted by Manuel Rosentha.

Michel Trempont's death was likely due to COVID-19.

In total Trempont performed 150 roles and retired in 2015.

Trempont attained an international career with performances at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, where he made his debut in 1966, and sang (French versions) Figaro in the Mozart opera and in Rossini's; Marcello, Sharpless, Gaillardin (Gabriel von Eisenstein) in Die Fledermaus (La Chauve-Souris), Rimbaud in Le comte Ory, Zurga in les pêcheurs de perles and le Marquis de Clainvillela in Sauguet's La Gageure imprévue. He appeared at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, the Royal Opera House London, La Scala, Milan, La Fenice, Venice, Teatro San Carlo in Naples and San Francisco Opera.

After studies with Rogatchewsky, Trempont made his debut in Liège in 1952 as Valentin.

His brother was Pol Trempont (1923-2007), operatic tenor and one time director of the Théâtre de Mons.

Trempont left a number of recordings including "La Fille du Régiment" with June Anderson and Alfredo Kraus, "Fra Diavolo" with Nicolai Gedda, and Adam's Le Toréador with Sumi Jo.

He was a Belgian operatic baritone whose repertoire extended from the 18th century to the creation of contemporary works.

At Grand Théâtre de Genève his roles have included: the Sacristan, Pandolphe (Cendrillon), Le Baron de Gondremarck, Crespel, Peter (Hänsel et Gretel), Carpe (La Forêt), V'lan (Le voyage dans la lune, also televised), and Pantalon (L'Amour des trois oranges).