Duhamel was born in Paris on 5 July 1983, the son of the journalist
Patrice Duhamel. After his baccalauréat, he achieved a license as a journalist from the
French Press Institute in 2001. He took voice lessons with Yves Sotin, first training as a
tenor, but the teacher convinced him that his voice was rather a baritone. He was admitted to the
Conservatoire de Paris in Paris in 2005. In 2009 Duhamel became a member of the studio of the
Opéra de Paris, studying roles and their interpretation for two years. He performed small roles on stage such as the Knight in Martinů
Mirandolina. He was noticed by critics when he appeared as Wagner in Gounod's
Faust at the
Opéra Bastille in 2011. The same year, he performed as Moralès in Bizet's
Carmen at the
Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, in 2012 as Valentin in
Faust at the
Metz Opera, and as Mercutio in Gounod's
Roméo et Juliette at the
Opéra d'Avignon in 2013. The same year, he performed, alongside
Roberto Alagna, as Zurga in Bizet's
Les Pêcheurs de perles at the
Salle Pleyel in Paris, a role he would repeat often. He made his debut in the United States in 2017, performing with the
Seattle Symphony Orchestra in Ravel's ''
L'Enfant et les Sortilèges''. He performed at the
Salzburg Festival first in 2018, as Andrès in Offenbach's
La Périchole, conducted by
Marc Minkowski. and at the
BBC Proms in
Lili Boulanger's ''
Pour les funérailles d'un soldat'' conducted by
Edward Gardner. He portrayed Golaud in Debussy's
Pelléas et Mélisande several times, notably at the
Opéra de Lille in 2021, with
François-Xavier Roth conducting his
Les Siècles orchestra on period instruments. In Mozart's
Don Giovanni, he began as Masetto at the Bastille Opéra in a 2015 production directed by
Michael Haneke; he portrayed the title role at the
Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux in 2022. Duhamel performed his first Wagner role in 2022, Alberich in
Siegrfied at the
Staatsoper Stuttgart, followed by Kurwenal in
Tristan und Isolde at the Opéra de Lille in 2024. He appeared as Marquis de la Force in Poulenc's
Dialogues des Carmélites at the
Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris in 2024, alongside
Vannina Santoni as Blanche. In concert, Duhamel performed in ''
L'Enfance du Christ'' by Berlioz, Puccini's
Messa di Gloria, and Rossini's
Petite messe solennelle, among others. He appeared in Gounod's
St. Cecilia Mass with the
MDR Rundfunkchor and the
Frankfurt Radio Symphony in the opening concert of the 2025
Rheingau Musik Festival at
Eberbach Abbey, Germany, conducted by
Alain Altinoglu. == References ==