Michel Trempont (born 28 July 1928 in Boussu-les-Mons, Belgium) is a Belgian operatic baritone whose repertoire extends from the 18th century to the creation of contemporary works. His brother was Pol Trempont (1923–2007), operatic tenor and one time director of the Theatre de Mons.
After studies with Rogatchewsky, Trempont made his debut in Liege in 1952 as Valentin. He then appeared at La Monnaie in 1956, where he went on to sing, among other roles: Le mari in Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball, Le Mesge in Henri Tomasi's L'atlantide, Ajax Deuxieme in Offenbach's La belle Helene, Marcello in Puccini's La boheme, Morales in Bizet's Carmen, Silvio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Tourillon in Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus (as La chauve-souris), Roger de Lansquenet in Reynaldo Hahn's Ciboulette, Jean in Bohuslav Martin's Comedy on the Bridge (as Comedie sur le pont), Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni (as Don Juan), Le frere jardinier in Tomasi's Don Juan de Manara, a vagabond in Carl Orff's Die Kluge (as Echec au roi), Matre Pausanias in Chabrier's Une education manquee, Valentin in Gounod's Faust, Louchard in Charles Lecocq's La fille de Madame Angot, Le marquis Bambini in Offenbach's La fille du tambour-major, Vitellius in Massenet's Herodiade, Jun (one of the gangsters) in Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, Frederic in Leo Delibes' Lakme, a rascal in Orff's Der Mond (as La lune), Banquo in Verdi's Macbeth, De Bretigny in Massenet's Manon, Bacarel in Edmond Audran's Miss Helyett, Borello in Henry Fevrier's Monna Vanna, Bantison in Andre Messager's Monsieur Beaucaire, Bridaine in Louis Varney's Les mousquetaires au couvent, Phorbas in Enescu's ?dipe, Le chien in Albert Wolff's L'oiseau bleu, the Beggar in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (as L'opera du gueux), Gustav von Pottenstein in Franz Lehar's The Land of Smiles (as Le pays du sourire), Panatellas in Offenbach's La Perichole, Ceprano in Verdi's Rigoletto, Moussoul in Adolphe Adam's Si j'etais roi, Monsieur Choufleuri in Offenbach's M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . ., Gardefeu in Offenbach's La vie parisienne, and Albert in Massenet's Werther.
Michel Trempont (born 28 July 1928 in Boussu-les-Mons, Belgium) is a Belgian operatic baritone whose repertoire extends from the 18th century to the creation of contemporary works. His brother was Pol Trempont (1923–2007), operatic tenor and one time director of the Theatre de Mons.
After studies with Rogatchewsky, Trempont made his debut in Liege in 1952 as Valentin. He then appeared at La Monnaie in 1956, where he went on to sing, among other roles: Le mari in Menotti's Amelia Goes to the Ball, Le Mesge in Henri Tomasi's L'atlantide, Ajax Deuxieme in Offenbach's La belle Helene, Marcello in Puccini's La boheme, Morales in Bizet's Carmen, Silvio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Tourillon in Johann Strauss's Die Fledermaus (as La chauve-souris), Roger de Lansquenet in Reynaldo Hahn's Ciboulette, Jean in Bohuslav Martin's Comedy on the Bridge (as Comedie sur le pont), Masetto in Mozart's Don Giovanni (as Don Juan), Le frere jardinier in Tomasi's Don Juan de Manara, a vagabond in Carl Orff's Die Kluge (as Echec au roi), Matre Pausanias in Chabrier's Une education manquee, Valentin in Gounod's Faust, Louchard in Charles Lecocq's La fille de Madame Angot, Le marquis Bambini in Offenbach's La fille du tambour-major, Vitellius in Massenet's Herodiade, Jun (one of the gangsters) in Cole Porter's Kiss Me, Kate, Frederic in Leo Delibes' Lakme, a rascal in Orff's Der Mond (as La lune), Banquo in Verdi's Macbeth, De Bretigny in Massenet's Manon, Bacarel in Edmond Audran's Miss Helyett, Borello in Henry Fevrier's Monna Vanna, Bantison in Andre Messager's Monsieur Beaucaire, Bridaine in Louis Varney's Les mousquetaires au couvent, Phorbas in Enescu's ?dipe, Le chien in Albert Wolff's L'oiseau bleu, the Beggar in John Gay's The Beggar's Opera (as L'opera du gueux), Gustav von Pottenstein in Franz Lehar's The Land of Smiles (as Le pays du sourire), Panatellas in Offenbach's La Perichole, Ceprano in Verdi's Rigoletto, Moussoul in Adolphe Adam's Si j'etais roi, Monsieur Choufleuri in Offenbach's M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . ., Gardefeu in Offenbach's La vie parisienne, and Albert in Massenet's Werther.