Ténor
RATIA Sahy
Born in Madagascar, Sahy Ratia pursued his vocal studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, graduating in 2017.
He began his career with success, performing Nemorino (L’Elisir d’amore) at the Opéra d’Avignon in May 2019, before singing his first Paris (La Belle Hélène) at the Theater St. Gallen.
Among his notable engagements, he performed Georges Brown (La Dame blanche by Boieldieu) on tour with La Co[opéra]tive (Compiègne, Besançon, Rennes, Quimper, Tourcoing, Dunkerque, Saint-Céré), as well as Haroun (Djamileh by Bizet) and Kornélis (La Princesse jaune by Saint-Saëns) at the Opéra de Tours and in Tourcoing, before recording Djamileh for the Palazzetto Bru Zane.
In the 2022–2023 season, he made his debut at the Staatsoper Berlin in the role of Marzio (Mitridate), sang his first Tonio (La Fille du régiment) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées under the baton of Hervé Niquet, Ali (Zémire et Azor by Grétry) at the Opéra-Comique, and Gilbert (Lucie de Lammermoor) at the Aix-en-Provence Festival. He returned as Marzio at the Staatsoper Berlin, performed Pedrillo (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées with Le Concert de la Loge, and Mercure (Orphée aux Enfers) at the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg under Marc Minkowski. At the Opéra de Nice, he sang the Fisherman (Le Rossignol by Stravinsky) and the Parisian Journalist / Monsieur Lacouf (Les Mamelles de Tirésias).
In concert, he sang the tenor part in Mozart’s Requiem with Le Cercle de l’Harmonie at the Saint-Denis Festival, and later with Le Concert de la Loge at the Radio France Festival in Montpellier. He also performed as Ruodi (Guillaume Tell) at the Opéra de Lausanne.
Last season, he received great appraised as the Chevalier de la Force in Olivier Py’s production of the Dialogues des Carmélites at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as well as Séraphin (Lehar Giuditta ) at the Opéra national du Rhin, and Ferrando (Così fan tutte) on tour with the company "Miroirs Étendus".
This season, he will be Gandhi at the occasion of the French premiere of Philip Glass’s Satyagraha at the Opéra de Nice, before singing the title role in Offenbach Robinson Crusoé at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées.
In 2026, he will take part in the Grand Théâtre de Genève production of Castor et Pollux at, and will return to the Opéra-Comiqueas Arthur in Donizetti’s Lucie di Lammermoor(French version).
Adagio Artists
(Figaro)
“Reverence, at last, for the inhabited simplicity with which tenor Sahy Ratia becomes Gandhi, leaving us on the verge of tears as a rainfall of stars descends.”
(Le Monde)
“But it is Sahy Ratia’s luminous incarnation of Gandhi that convinces and moves, his flexible and clear vocal line fading into a final, poignant psalmody sustained until his breath expires.”
(Forumopera)
“Finally, from production to production, Sahy Ratia confirms the hopes placed in him. Through his stage commitment and rapport with the audience, he brings the comic vitality needed for the character of Pedrillo. Vocally, the Malagasy tenor is just as comfortable in the energetic passages of the aria ‘Frisch zum Kampfe’ as in the delicacy of the romance ‘In Mohrenland gefangen war.’”
(Forumopera)
“Sahy Ratia is a delightful Ali: a comic role that may seem easy, though it is riddled with difficult passages that must never betray the slightest effort, or the charm is lost. Liveliness of acting (what roulades!), clarity of diction, ductility of timbre and accuracy of emission—all inspire as much sympathy as admiration.”
(Diapason)
“Staging and characters are in half-tones… with one exception.
It’s also because Sahy Ratia casts a serious shadow over them. After portraying a Kornélis by turns feverish, disoriented, and lovestruck, here he is, lost in thought as a hurried man, as insubstantial as his wisps of smoke: a distant, icy Haroun whose heart warms at the very last moment, like a male double of Turandot. Seductive timbre, supple phrasing, magnetic presence (ah! that smile), the young Malagasy tenor is the beating heart of the production.”
(Forumopera)
“In any case, all attention is on the tenor, and Sahy Ratia stands as a worthy successor to the finest interpreters of this repertoire: accurate emission, a timbre of rare ductility, crystal-clear diction, yet capable of gaining authority and volume in the most intense moments. What an ideal Nadir he would make!”
RATIA Sahy
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