Éric Génovèse
Born: 1967-08-12 in Nice, France
Known For: Acting
Biography
Eric Génovèse graduated from the Paris National Conservatory for Drama. He simultaneously leads three different careers, as an actor in theatre, as a narrator in musical pieces, and as a stage director both for theatre and opera. Eric Génovèse did his first theatre staging in 2001 at Le Théâtre du Marais, Les Juives by Robert Garnier. He staged Le Privilège des Chemins by Fernando Pessoa at la Comédie-Française (in collaboration with the IRCAM). In 2012 he staged Erzulie Dahomey by Jean-René Lemoine. On the operatic field, he first staged Rigoletto at the Bordeaux Opera in 2007 where he was invited back to stage Die Schule der Frauen by Rolph Liebermann. He staged Cosí fan Tutte at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris (revival in 2012), and made his debut at the Vienna State Opera with Donizetti’s Anna Bolena (Netrebko, Garanca, D’Arcangelo, conducted by Evelino Pidò – DVD). Eric Génovèse was made Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et Lettres.
Filmography
2025
- Badinter contre la peine de mort, le procès Patrick Henry as Le président du tribunal
2024
- Honegger’s “Jeanne d’Arc au bûcher” with Alan Gilbert and Marion Cotillard as speaker (Brother Dominique)
- Hécube, pas Hécube
2023
- Body of Crime
- King Lear as Gloucester
2021
- The Man in the Basement as Monsieur Martini
- Dangerous Liaisons: A Feminist Manifesto? as Valmont
- Guermantes as Eric
2019
- Électre / Oreste as Esclave phrygien
2018
- The Collection as Victor Gence
2017
- Le Misanthrope as Philinte
2016
2011
- Donizetti: Anna Bolena ... (Production Design)
2001
- Le chien, le chat et le cibachrome as Damien