eMailThe young Madegasse studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London and completed his bachelor’s degree with distinction, his master’s degree at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar. During his studies, he received a number of scholarships, including the John Talbot Collender Prize (a full scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music), the Deutschlandstipendium and the Charlotte Krupp Scholarship.
In 2021, he represented his home country at the prestigious “Singer of the World” competition in Cardiff and was among the finalists in the song category. In 2021, he won third prize at the Helmut Deutsch Competition.
He would also have been a participant in the Salzburg Festival’s Young Singer’s Program in 2020, which did not take place due to the Covid pandemic.
In the 2020/21/22 seasons, he was a member of the Vienna State Opera’s International Opera Studio, where he has already sung roles such as Marullo/“Rigoletto”, Paris/“Romeo et Juliette”, Dancairo/“Carmen” and Figaro and Barolo/“Barbiere di Siviglia” (children’s version).
From 2022 to 2024, he sang in the ensemble of the Vienna State Opera, including Dandini/“Cenerentola”, Malatesta/“Don Pasquale”, Harlequin/“Ariadne auf Naxos”, Roucher/“Andrea Chenier”, Belcore/“Elisir d’Amore”, Dandini/“Cenerentola”, Ned Keene/“Peter Grimes”.
In 2017, he founded the Michael Rakotoarivony Association to support and promote music education in his home country of Madagascar.
In summer 2024 he made his debut at the Salzburg Festival (“Der Spieler” directed by Peter Sellars), from the 2024/25 season he will be in the ensemble of the Vienna Volksoper, where roles such as Papageno/“Zauberflöte”, Falke/“Fledermaus” and above all Figaro/“Nozze di Figaro” await him.