Jerome Boutillier's recent and future projects include Conte in Le Nozze di Figaro at Paris National Opera, debuts as Escamillo in Carmen at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich and at Baalbeck Festival in Lebanon, Albert in Werther in Genoa, Fieramosca in Benvenuto Cellini in Dresden, Athanaël in Thaïs in Saint-Etiene, Marquis de la Force in Dialogues des Carmélites in Rouen, Méphistophélès in Faust at Opéra Comique in Paris and at Opera de Lille, Lescaut in Manon Lescaut in Lyon, Johanaan in Salome and Heerrufer in Lohengrin at Theatre du Capitole in Toulouse, concerts at Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, with Gewandhaus Orchester in Leipzig, Les Talens Lyriques at Philharmonie de Paris, with Anna Netrebko in Paris, Istanbul, Berlin, Budapest, Vienna, Berlin, among others.
Recent appearances include Nelusko in L’Africaine and Germont at Seine Musicale in Paris and Opéra de Marseille, Escamillo at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Ben Saïd in Le Tribut de Zamora in Saint-Etienne, Baron De Gondremarck in La Vie Parisienne in Montpellier and Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège (recorded for the Palazzetto Bru Zane), Hagen in Sigurd by Ernest Reyer, Karnac in Le Roi d’Ys with Palazzetto Bru Zane in Budapest, solo concerts in Toulouse, Luxembourg, and with Anna Netrebko in Linz, Teatro Real in Madrid, and in Bucharest.
Jerome Boutillier gained huge success as Hamlet in Saint-Etienne, sang Marcello in La Bohème in Toulouse and the Duke in Roméo et Juliette at the Paris National Opera, returned to Saint-Etienne and Opéra Comique in Paris as Luddorf in La nonne sanglante by Gounod, sang Zurga in the Pearlfishers, Ralph in La Jolie Fille de Perth, Rodrigo in Don Carlo in Marseille, Oreste in Iphigénie en Tauride in Rouen, Albert in Werther in Montpellier, Valentin in Faust and Don Giovanni at Marmande Festival, Parker in Les Éclairs by Ph. Hersant and Capulet in Roméo et Juliette at Opéra Comique, and Valentin at the Opéra de Québec. His discography sums 8 CDs, produced by the Palazzetto Bru Zane and Aparté. He recorded Philoctète in Déjanire by Saint-Saëns with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic orchestra. Forthcoming releases are Lalo’s Le Roi d’Ys, Cardonne's Omphale, and La Nonne Sanglante - on DVD by Naxos. Further past engagements include include appearances with Opera Genève, Opéra de Versailles, Toulon, Opéra National de Lorraine, Chorégies d'Orange Festival.
Originally trained as a pianist and vocal coach, Jérôme Boutillier is an ADAMI Revelation and a Prize Winner at the 2019 Paris Opera Competition at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées. He practices lieder (Winterreise) in recital, self-accompanied sung from the piano.
