bass-baritone
After training at the Paris Conservatoire (Yves Sotin), Guilhem Worms made his debut with Jean-Claude Malgoire in 2016 at the Flâneries musicales de Reims after winning the Talents Lyriques de Talents, Voix Sacrées competition in 2015.
In 2016, he won a CFPL (Centre Français de Promotion Lyrique) competition at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées for the role of Basilio in a version for young audiences, and Michel Franck immediately offered him the same role in Laurent Pelly’s production.
This opportunity opened the door to other roles and other opera houses, not to mention his nomination as one of the revelations at the 2019 Victoires de la Musique Classique, which was a wonderful experience for him to share in the company of Karolos Zouganelis.
Since then, he has appeared at the Opéra in the role of Basilio in Rossini’s Barber of Seville at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, in Marseille, Nice and Tours, and in the role of Gottfried in Offenbach’s Die Rheinnixen in Tours and Biel, the role of Lord Rochefort in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena in Bordeaux, Priest and Armoured man in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in Marseille, Geronimo in Cimaros’a Il matriomonio segreto in a co-production between the Paris Conservatoire and the Philharmonie de Paris, Lakai in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Leporello in Don Giovanni by Mozart in Saint-Étienne, the Innocent in Yvonne, princesse de Bourgogne by Boesmans at the Paris Opera, Zuniga in Bizet’s Carmen at the Paris Opera and the Opéra national du Rhin, Angeloti in Puccini’s Tosca and Gounod’s Faust at the Paris Opera, Melisso in Haendal’s Alcina at the Lausanne Opera, etc.
Over the last few years, he has formed a duo with his wife Camille Delaforge (harpsichordist, pianist and conductor), devoting themselves to creating their favourite recitals with guest artists such as La dame de mes songes with Ronald Martin Alonso (popular and learned Franco-Spanish), Mozart and Salieri with Karolos Zouganelis and Près de mon cœur with Raphaël Cottin (French melodies).
This season, he can be heard at the Paris Opera (Zuniga), the Théâtre du Capitole (Colline and the Marquis d’Obigny), the Lausanne Opera (The Magic Flute), the Royal Opera of Versailles (Sarastro, Numapire, Zoroastro, Mars and Arcas), the Théâtre des Champs Elysées (Colline, etc.), the Opéra Saint-Etienne (La Bohème) and in various festivals and concert halls such as the Aix-en-Provence Festival (Mathisen), the Bozar, the Theater an der Wien, etc. He will also be giving recitals in Paris, London and Edinburgh.
A committed artist, he has worked regularly for several years with people suffering from mental illness and has taught Human Beatboxing in France and India. He also holds a degree in Ethnomusicology from the University of Paris 8 and has published a book entitles “Musique sans frontière”.