Julian Charles Debreuil
Artist Reviews
‘Possesses an outstanding talent, a remarkable musicality and a very accomplished technique’
‘Julian Debreuil’s notable, powerful Talbot was deeply moving’
‘There is good support all round, in particular from Debreuil’s stalwart Talbot.’
‘Bass-baritone Julian Debreuil produced a beautifully resonant sound - almost overpowering for the size of the venue’
‘Bass-baritone Julian Debreuil had real presence, using his vocal strength and vivid colour to convey absorbing immediacy’
‘Bass-baritone Julian Debreuil used his rich and powerful voice to great effect’
Biography
Julian Debreuil is an opera singer and a businessman.
As a singer he is praised by critics for his ‘rich and powerful’ voice, has performed roles in fifteen countries, and won awards with the Bonn International Singing Competition, the Nomea International Singing Competition, and the Manhattan International Singing Competition. As a businessman, Julian is the Founder and Director of the London Singers’ Collective and the London Arts Seed Partners, and was Director of the London real estate company Assiduity Ltd for the period 2013-2019.
Performances this year include a recital of Bel Canto arias inspired by the works of Victor Hugo at St James’ Concert Hall in Guernsey, the role of Harapha in Handel’s Samson for Stroud Choral Society & the Bristol Society, the bass arias in J. S. Bach’s St John Passion with the Ampleforth Schola Cantorum in Ampleforth Abbey, and the role of Raphael in J. Haydn’s The Creation for the Issigeac International Music Academy in France.
In recent years Julian has performed the title role Duke Bluebeard’s Castle at the Arcola Theatre; Saul Hodgkins Ghost Train at the St Magnus International Festival & Beaumaris Festival; Marcello La Boheme and Don Basilio Il Barbiere di Siviglia for the Ravenna Festival; Don Pizarro Fidelio for Longborough Festival Opera; Nettuno Idomeneo for Buxton Opera Festival; Masetto Don Giovanni; Rigoletto for Diva Opera in South Africa, France, Monte Carlo, England, Scotland, and the Channel Islands.
Recent concert work includes Beethoven Ninth Symphony with the London Mozart Players, Mozart Mass in C Minor at LSO St Luke’s, Handel The Messiah at Ampleforth Abbey, Verdi Messa da Requiem with the Philharmonia Orchestra, Elgar The Apostles with the BBC
Concert Orchestra, Elgar The Dream of Gerontius with the Hamburg Symphony Orchestra, Beethoven Missa Solemnis with the Southbank Sinfonia, and J. S. Bach Johannes-Passion with the London Handel Players.
Julian is a graduate of the Royal College of Music and the University of Chicago Booth Business School Leadership Programme, a specialist course designed and lead by Professor Linda E. Ginzel.
May 2025
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For Oratorio and Concert repertoire please scroll down:
| Composer | work |
| Bach J. S. | Cantata 21 |
| Cantata 29 | |
| Cantata 82 | |
| Christmas Oratorio | |
| Mass in G minor | |
| Magnificat | |
| Mass in B Minor | |
| Mass in G Major | |
| Mass in G Minor | |
| St John Passion | |
| St Luke Passion | |
| St Matthew Passion | |
| Beethoven | Mass in C Major |
| Missa Solemnis | |
| 9th Symphony | |
| Berlioz | Messe des Mort |
| Bernstein | Chichester Psalms |
| Britten | War Requiem |
| Bruckner | Te Deum |
| Chartpentier | Messe de Minuit |
| Durufle | Requiem |
| Dvorak | Mass in D |
| Elgar | The Apostles |
| The Dream of Gerontius | |
| Faure | Requiem |
| Finzi | In Terra Pax |
| Gounod | St Cecilia Mass |
| Handel | Coronation Anthems |
| Dixit Dominus | |
| Foundling Hospital Anthem | |
| Messiah | |
| Samson | |
| Haydn | Missa Sancti Nicolai |
| Maria Theresa Mass | |
| Mass in Time of War | |
| Nelson Mass | |
| Kodaly | Mass |
| Liszt | Christus |
| Mendelssohn | Elijah |
| St Paul | |
| Monteverdi | Beatus Vir |
| Vespers | |
| Mozart | Coronation Mass |
| Mass in C Major | |
| Mass in C Minor | |
| Mass in D Major | |
| Requiem | |
| Vespers | |
| Puccini | Messa di Gloria |
| Rossini | Messe Solennelle |
| Stabat Mater | |
| Saint Saens | Mass |
| Stanford | Stabat Mater |
| Tippett | A Child of our Time |
| Vaughan Williams | A Sea Symphony |
| Fantasia on a Theme of Christmas Carols | |
| Verdi | Requiem |
| Vivaldi | Dixit Dominus |