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Funny, generous, passionate, warm: plethoric. Marie-Nicole Lemieux possesses the rarest voice, contralto: the deepest voice for a woman, but at the same time clear and homogenous. She’s also an accomplished musician and an amazing actress. In 2000, when she was 24, she became the first Canadian to win the first prize at the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Musical Contest. This prestigious award made her famous internationally and gave her the possibility to perform in recitals as well as in concerts. Invited in many countries of Europe and America, she has sang in renowned festivals and on major stages, performing roles in Berlioz, Debussy, Haendel, Honegger, Monteverdi, Mozart, Rossini, Verdi, Vivaldi and Wagner. Schuman, Schubert, Debussy and Fauré make up this fabulous programme, accompanying this singer who managed to keep all the freshness and enthusiasm of her childhood in Chicoutimi...



“The young Canadian caused frenzy with the incomparable beauty of her voice, her musicality, her nobility and her unique liberty.” La Libre Belgique “She admirably offers a pure singing, an exceptional holding of notes, an appreciable art of ornamentation, and, above all, a unique sense of drama different from too neutral interpretations made by fashionable countertenors.” Jean-Luc Marcia - La Croix