French tenor Léo Vermot-Desroches graduated from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he was awarded a Master’s degree with the highest honours (Très Bien à l’unanimité) and the Jury’s Congratulations. In 2024, he was nominated in the Revelation category at the Victoires de la Musique Classique. He was awarded Second Prize at the 2023 Voix Nouvelles competition at the Opéra Comique, following First Prize in both Opera and French Song at the Concours International de Chant Lyrique de Marmande in 2020. He has also received awards at the Froville, Canari and Arles singing competitions.

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In recent seasons, Léo Vermot-Desroches has appeared on major French and international stages. His roles include Hoffmann in Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Salzburg Festival, where he stepped in for Benjamin Bernheim, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor at the Opéra Comique, Alfredo in Verdi’s La Traviata at the Opéra de Tours, Frère Massée in Messiaen’s Saint François d’Assise at the Salzburg Festival, Arbace in Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Opéra national de Lorraine, Tamino in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte at the Opéra de Saint-Étienne, Chevalier de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites at the Opéra de Lausanne and the Opéra de Marseille, Tybalt in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Chevalier Des Grieux in an adaptation of Massenet’s Manon in Saint-Étienne, Vichy and Massy, Camille de Rosillon in Lehár’s The Merry Widow at the Opéra de Marseille, Juliano in Auber’s Le Domino noir at the Opéra Comique, Nicias in Massenet’s Thaïs in Saint-Étienne, Julien in an adaptation of Charpentier’s Louise at the Opéra Comique, Leopold in Benatzky’s The White Horse Inn at the Opéra de Marseille, Truffaldino in Prokofiev’s The Love for Three Oranges at the Opéra national de Lorraine, and Peppe in Donizetti’s Rita at the Opéra de Tours.

 

Alongside his operatic career, he appears regularly in concert and recital, performing at the Chorégies d’Orange, the Théâtre de Compiègne, the Opéra Royal de Versailles, Royaumont Abbey, and in Munich, where he is a regular guest artist.

During the 2026–2027 season, Léo Vermot-Desroches will make his debut at the Opéra Bastille in the title role of Massenet’s Werther. He will also sing the principal role of Désiré in the world premiere of Hèctor Parra’s Miroir de nos peines at the Palais Garnier. He will appear at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and in a concert performance of La Rondine, return to the Opéra de Tours as Roméo in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette, and perform Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in Munich and Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ in Bucharest.