Marie-Nicole Lemieux

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Biography

Marie-Nicole Lemieux began her career with major Baroque roles in works such as Orfeo ed Euridice, Giulio Cesare, and Orlando Furioso. Her voice soon evolved, enabling her to tackle 19th-century French repertoire (Les Troyens, Samson et Dalila, Carmen, Werther), Rossini (Tancredi, L’Italienne à Alger), Verdi (Falstaff, Il trovatore, Un ballo in maschera), as well as Wagner (Der Ring des Nibelungen).

She also performs in concerts and recitals, specializing in French and Russian mélodies and German lieder. During the 2025–2026 season, she will perform Amneris (Aida) at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Geneviève (Pelléas et Mélisande) at La Scala in Milan, and the title role of Carmen at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse.

Marie-Nicole Lemieux has been named a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic, a Chevalier of the National Order of Quebec, Companion of the Arts and Letters of Quebec, and is a member of the Order of Canada and the Order of La Pléiade. She has also received an honorary doctorate from the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi.

At the Paris Opera: Falstaff (Mrs. Quickly), 2013, 2024; Jephtha (Storgè), 2018; Madama Butterfly (Suzuki), 2019; Das Rheingold (Erda), 2025.

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