Damien Francoeur-Krzyzek’s teaching and performing career incorporates his unique and diverse background as a pianist, classical singer, linguist and opera coach. A faculty member of New England Conservatory and The Boston Conservatory since 2007, he has also served on the music staff of Opera Theatre of Saint Louis since 2008.

Mr. Francoeur-Krzyzek earned a Specialist degree from the University of Michigan in 2006, where he studied collaborative piano with Martin Katz and voice with Carmen Pelton; a Master of Music in vocal performance from the University of Denver in 2002; and a Bachelor of Arts in French and Spanish from the University of Colorado in 2000. During the summer of 2004 Mr. Francoeur-Krzyzek served as an Apprentice Coach at San Francisco Opera’s Merola Young Artist Program.

Formerly the Principal Coach of Boston Lyric Opera, he prepared 13 productions for that company over four consecutive seasons, including Dvorák’s Rusalka for which he served as Czech diction coach. Additionally, Francoeur-Krzyzek has worked as rehearsal pianist for Opera Colorado, and diction coach for Opera Boston’s The Bartered Bride and Béatrice et Bénédict.

In addition to his academic and operatic duties, Mr. Francoeur-Krzyzek has privately coached numerous professional singers for operatic roles at national and international opera hosues. He has studied and coached more than a dozen languages to date, including Russian, Dutch, Catalan and Polish. An active performer, Mr. Francoeur-Krzyzek collaborates regularly with vocalists and instrumentalists throughout the New England area.