French tenor Abel Zamora is emerging as a distinctive young lyric tenor, particularly at home in the French, Mozart and bel canto repertoire. A former member of the Académie Favart of the Opéra-Comique and a 2023 ADAMI Talent, he has already appeared at the Opéra-Comique, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Opéra National de Bordeaux, Rossini Opera Festival, Opéra de Lille, Opéra Royal de Versailles and Edinburgh International Festival, while developing a close collaboration with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques.

2026/27 SEASON

Abel Zamora’s 2026/27 season combines opera, concert and recital appearances across France and Europe. On the operatic stage, he appears as Brighella in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos at the Opéra de Dijon and returns to the Opéra-Comique as Beppe in Donizetti’s Rita. He also sings Ferrando in Mozart’s Così fan tutte with Arcal and Tonio in Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment at the Opéra de Rouen. Following his success as Gérard in Philip Glass’s Les Enfants terribles at the Opéra de Lille, Zamora reprises the role at the Staatstheater Darmstadt in the same production.

He continues his collaboration with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques with performances at the Rencontres Musicales de Vézelay and Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, followed by appearances at Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and the Grand Manège in Namur. He also appears with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg in a programme of Berlioz and Schumann and gives a solo recital at the Grand-Théâtre of the Opéra National de Bordeaux.

RECENT HIGHLIGHTS

In the 2025/26 season, Zamora made his debut at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro as Cavaliere del Fiore in Il viaggio a Reims. Further engagements included Almeric in Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, Gérard in Philip Glass’s Les Enfants terribles at the Opéra de Lille, Silango in Gluck’s Le Cinesi at the Opéra Royal de Versailles and Benvolio in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.

Earlier engagements include Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore at the Opéra National de Bordeaux and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni with Arcal, Amant Fortuné in Lully’s Armide at the Opéra-Comique under Christophe Rousset, the tenor solo in Stravinsky’s Pulcinella at the Opéra-Comique under Louis Langrée, and Remendado in Carmen at the Edinburgh International Festival.

Zamora trained at the Département Supérieur pour Jeunes Chanteurs in Paris and at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon. He was a member of the Académie Favart of the Opéra-Comique for the 2023/24 season and was selected for the ADAMI Talent programme in 2023 and Fonds Tutti in 2024.

SELECTED ROLES

Nemorino · L’elisir d’amore
Opéra National de Bordeaux · Théâtre des Champs-Élysées

Gérard · Les Enfants terribles
Opéra de Lille · Staatstheater Darmstadt

Cavalier Belfiore · Il viaggio a Reims
Rossini Opera Festival

Ferrando · Così fan tutte
ARCAL · Le Concert de la Loge