Henri Ledroit


Henri Ledroit was a French counter-tenor, the first in France of the modern revival in that voice range. Originally training to be a baritone in 1972 he met Alfred Deller and decided to train as a countertenor. He made many of the earliest recordings of pieces later to become standards of baroque countertenor repertoire - for example his Orphée Descendant aux Enfers H 471 of Marc-Antoine Charpentier.
Ledroit died in 1988 at the age of 42 as a result of complications from AIDS.

Select recordings

Orphée descendant aux enfers, Stances du Cid, Tristes déserts, Ah! qu'on est malheureux, Amour vous avez beau redoubler mes alarmes, Rendez-moi mes plaisirs, Auprès du feu, Le bavolet, Epitaphium Carpentarii, of Marc-Antoine Charpentier. CD.