Opera Ballet

Eric Laporte, tenor

Canadian tenor Eric Laporte has enjoyed a successful international career on the opera stage for nearly two decades. A compelling musical interpreter and accomplished stage actor, he has established himself in a broad repertoire ranging from French and Italian opera to the demanding roles of the German dramatic and Wagnerian repertoire.

Highlights of his career include Erik in Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer at the Festival d’opéra de Québec, the title role in Lohengrin in Nuremberg, Faust in Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust, and Max in Weber’s Der Freischütz in Hanover. He also appeared as Nicias in Massenet’s Thaïs with the Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at the Konzerthaus, alongside Renée Fleming and Thomas Hampson.

As a guest artist, he has appeared at numerous renowned opera houses, including the Bavarian State Opera in Munich, Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Cologne Opera, Vienna Volksoper, Scottish Opera, Opéra national du Rhin in Strasbourg, Opéra de Nice, and Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse. At the Komische Oper Berlin, he made his debut in the title role of Offenbach’s The Tales of Hoffmann and as Jim Mahoney in Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, both directed by Barrie Kosky. At Oper Frankfurt, he appeared as Oedipus in Stravinsky’s Oedipus rex and as Ulysses in Fauré’s Pénélope.

His operatic repertoire includes Don José, Nadir, Werther, Des Grieux, Cavaradossi, Pinkerton, Radamès and Alfredo, while Wagnerian roles such as Parsifal, Tannhäuser, Siegmund and Stolzing, as well as Bacchus in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, hold an increasingly important place in his repertoire.

In recent seasons, he has appeared as Max in Der Freischütz in Kassel, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in Quebec City, René Descartes in the world premiere of Bilodeau and Bouchard’s La Reine-garçon in Montreal, and in the title role of Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust in Kassel. Highlights of the 2025/2026 season include Calaf in Robert Wilson’s production of Puccini’s Turandot at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and the title role in Wagner’s Tannhäuser at the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb.

Laporte is also active as a concert singer. As tenor soloist, he took part in the acclaimed performance and recording of Kuljerić’s Glagolitic Requiem with the Munich Radio Orchestra under Ivan Repušić. The Bavarian Radio recording received both an ICMA and a Diapason d’or. He studied singing with Marie Daveluy, Colette Boky and Joseph Rouleau in Montreal. Following his stage debut at the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, he made his European debut in Salzburg as Tamino in Mozart’s The Magic Flute.