What is Michel Sénéchal?
[[File:NL-HaNA 2.24.01.05 0 921-4299.jpg|thumb|Opera Platée from composer Jean Philippe Rameau staged in Carré (Amsterdam, 1968). Platée (Michel Senechal) in his costume]] '''Michel Sénéchal''' (11 February 1927 &ndash; 1 April 2018) was a French [[tenor]]. He worked with French and Italian [[character roles]] in a repertory ranging from [[Baroque]] to contemporary works. Sénéchal was born in [[Paris]], [[France]]. Sénéchal also appeared regularly in [[operetta]]s, especially by [[Jacques Offenbach|Offenbach]], such as ''[[Orphée aux enfers]]'', ''[[La Vie parisienne (operetta)|La Vie parisienne]]'', ''[[La Périchole]]'', where his comic talent was shown to fine effect. As the years went by Sénéchal started concentrating on character roles such as Basilio in ''[[Nozze di Figaro]]'', Goro in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'', the innocent in ''[[Boris Godunov (opera)|Boris Godunov]]'', Monsieur Triquet in ''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]]'', and the four servants in ''[[Les contes d'Hoffmann]]'', which were his debut roles at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] on 8 March 1982. Sénéchal died on 1 April 2018 in Paris at the age of 91.<ref>[https://www.forumopera.com/breve/deces-de-michel-senechal Décés de Michel Sénéchal] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Senechal, Michel}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Singers from Paris]]