Mathias Vidal studied Musicology at the University of Nice and studied singing with teacher Christiane Patard. He graduated from the Paris Conservatory in 2003.

 

Praised for his qualities in the baroque repertoire, he took part in many operas by Monteverdi, Purcell, Rameau, Lully, Cavalli, Campra, Boismortier… In the French light-music repertoire, he sang in such productions as Orphée aux Enfers, La Vie Parisienne, La Périchole, Fra Diavolo, La Belle Hélène, La Veuve Joyeuse, Le Dilettante d'Avignon, Barbe-Bleue, Les Chevaliers de la Table Ronde, La Fille de Madame Angot, L'Auberge du Cheval Blanc... His repertoire also includes Italian bel-canto roles such as Nemorino from L'Elisir d'Amore, Ernesto from Don Pasquale, Elvino from La Sonnambula, Almaviva from Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Ramiro from La Cenerentola and the title-role of Le Comte Ory. He also sings the French romantic repertoire together with the 20th century and contemporary pieces.

 

In the past few seasons, he was heard in the title-role of Atys by Lully (Avignon, Tourcoing, Théâtre des Champs-Elysées), Abaris from Les Boréades (Oldenburg, Dijon), Valère and Tacmas from Les Indes Galantes, Thespis from Platée and Der vierte Jude from Salomé (Paris Opera), Tamino from Die Zauberflöte (Avignon, Versailles), Ferrando from Così fan tutte (Toulouse), Belmonte from Die Entführung aus dem Serail (French version in Versailles), Nemorino from L'Elisir d'Amore in Angers, Nantes and Rennes, Ernesto from Don Pasquale (Oldenburg), Nadir from Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Aristée/Pluton from Orphée aux Enfers (Komische Oper Berlin, Düsseldorf), the title-role in Platée (Zürich) as well as Orlando Paladino, Orphée et Eurydice, Le Comte Ory, Cinq-Mars, Faust, Der Zwerg...

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He is very much in demand on the lyric stages in France as in the rest of Europe, Asia and the US. He regularly takes part in live and studio recordings in a broad and versatile repertoire. 

 

His projects for season 2024-2025:​ The Prince from Les Brigands by Offenbach and Monostatos  from Die Zauberflöte at the Paris Opera, Tamino from Die Zauberflöte in Versailles, Aristée / Pluton from Orphée aux Enfers at the Capitole in Toulouse, Valère / Tacmas from Les Indes Galantes at the Seine Musicale in Paris, at the Teatro Real in Madrid and in Lyon. Concert-wise: La Messe de Minuit by Charpentier in Versailles, the title-role of Persée by Lully at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and a Purcell / Charpentier program at the Seine Musicale and in Arras.