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Henri Ledroit

Henri Ledroit (Villacourt, 1946 - Nancy, France, 1988) was a French counter-tenor, the first in France of the modern revival in that voice range. Originally training to be a baritone in 1972 he met Alfred Deller and decided to train as a countertenor. He made many of the earliest recordings of pieces later to become standards of baroque countertenor repertoire - for example his Orphée Descendant a…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
France
Born
March 11th, 1946
Died
May 10th, 1988
Labels
Sony Classical
Ricercar
Solstice Music
Last updated: June 28th, 2019

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