Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin discovered singing as a member of the Paris Opera Children’s Chorus, under the direction of Francis Bardot. He began his vocal training with Nicole Fallien and, after completing a Master’s degree in Private Law at Paris-Panthéon-Assas University, entered the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, where he studied with Pierre Mervant. Alongside his studies, he further developed his approach to early music with Michèle Ledroit and continued his vocal training with Noëlle Barker and Lionel Sarrazin.

Named an ADAMI “Révélation Classique – Artiste Lyrique” in 2011, he joined the Opera Studio of the Opéra National du Rhin for two seasons before becoming a member of the Nouveau Studio at the Opéra de Lyon.

Since then, he has appeared at many of France’s leading opera houses and concert venues, including the Paris Opera, Opéra de Lyon, Opéra National du Rhin, Opéra de Marseille, and the opera houses of Lille, Dijon, Rennes, Saint-Étienne and Tours, as well as the Opéra Royal de Versailles. He has also performed at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence and the Festival Radio France Occitanie Montpellier.

He regularly collaborates with leading ensembles such as Le Concert d’Astrée, conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm; Les Musiciens du Louvre with Marc Minkowski; Le Poème Harmonique with Vincent Dumestre; Opera Fuoco with David Stern; and Le Concert Spirituel with Hervé Niquet.

On stage, he has performed many of the major baritone roles in Mozart’s operas, including Don Giovanni, Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo and Don Alfonso in Così fan tutte, and Papageno in Die Zauberflöte. His wide-ranging repertoire extends from early music to contemporary works and also encompasses the major French and Italian operatic repertoire, German Lied and French mélodie.

Notable appearances include Manon at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées alongside Juan Diego Flórez; Don Giovanni, La Caravane du Caire and Richard Cœur-de-Lion at the Opéra Royal de Versailles; and Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor at the Philharmonie de Paris with the Orchestre National d’Île-de-France and the Radio France Choir.

Recent engagements include Papageno in Die Zauberflöte at the Opéra de Tours; Dandini in a French-language version of Rossini’s La Cenerentola at the Opéra Royal de Versailles; Hortensius in La Fille du régiment at Versailles, Tours and Festival Napa Valley in the United States; Le Dancaïre in Carmen at the Opéra de Nice; and Wagner in Faust at the Opéra de Tours and the Opéra Royal de Versailles.

During the 2026–2027 season, he returns regularly to the Opéra Royal de Versailles for Salieri’s Tarare; Don Giovanni, in which he makes his role debut as Leporello; Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment; a French-language version of Rossini’s The Barber of Seville, in which he performs the role of Bartolo; and Grétry’s La Caravane du Caire with Le Concert Spirituel, conducted by Hervé Niquet.

July 2026