title: Charles Hardouin
text: # Charles Hardouin
  
  Charles Hardouin (1694 in Brittany, fl. Paris – 1718) was a French operatic baritone (basse taille).
  
  Beginning his career as a cathedral singer, Hardouin was engaged by the Paris Opéra as a principal singer around 1693–1694, though from 1697 onwards he was eclipsed by the more powerful Gabriel-Vincent Thévenard. He was still singing in 1718 when he was acclaimed as Poliphème in Lully's Acis et Galatée.
  
  ## Roles created
  
  * The grand priest in Destouches's Issé (Paris, 1697)
  * Mars in Desmarets' Vénus et Adonis (Paris, 1697)
  * Argante in André Campra's Tancrède (Paris, 1702)
  * Cadmus in Marin Marais's Sémélé (Paris, 1709)
  * Filindo/Héraclite in Campra's Les fêtes vénitiennes (Paris, 1710)
  * Eole/Arbas in Campra's Idoménée (Paris, 1712)
  
  ## Sources
  
  * Weller, Philip (1992), 'Hardouin' in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London) ISBN 0-333-73432-7
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