Henri Ledroit [SEP] place of birth
Henri Ledroit
Henri Ledroit (Villacourt, 1946 - Nancy, France, 1988) was a French counter-tenor, the first in France of the modern revival in that voice range. Originally training to be a baritone in 1972 he met Alfred Deller and decided to train as a countertenor. He made many of the earliest recordings of pieces later to become standards of baroque countertenor repertoire - for example his Orphée Descendant aux Enfers of M.-A. Charpentier.
Thierry Grégoire
Thierry Grégoire (Charleville-Mézières) is a French countertenor.
Biography.
Gregoire studied at the Ecole Nationale De Musique - Charleville Mezieres, where he won 1st Prize in the class of Mme Josette Barreaud. He also studied under James Bowman, Paul Esswood, Henri Ledroit, Margreet Honig and Hubert Weller. At the suggestion of Henri Ledroit he auditioned as a singer in "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme" by Molière and Lully at Comédie Francaise. He went on to sing in over 350 performances of the work