Bernard Lefort
Bernard Lefort, was a French lyric baritone, and later an opera director.Biography
Born in Paris, Lefort was a pupil of the and then sang in the college choir of the Schola.
He then began a career as a baritone, mainly in French mélodies, but also in operetta and opera. He stopped singing for health reasons in the late 1950s.
He then became Artistic Director of the Lausanne Festival, then directed the Opéra de Marseille from 1965 to 1968. He will then lead the, le Festival de Royaumont, then the Paris Opera, and finally the Aix-en-Provence Festival from 1974 to 1982.
