Sima Ouahman Soprano

Biography

Member of the Paris Opera Academy

Born in Paris and based in Bordeaux, the Franco-Iranian-Moroccan soprano Sima Ouahman began her musical studies with piano at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional de Bordeaux, where she discovered opera and joined the class of Maryse Castets. She continued her training in masterclasses with Claudia Visca, David Bizic, Béatrice Uria-Monzon, Jean-François Lombard and Benoît Dratwicki.

She made her debut in 2019 as Papagena (The Magic Flute) at the Musique en Ré Festival. In 2021, she took part in the Unisson Association’s concert at the Auditorium of the Opéra National de Bordeaux. She subsequently appeared as Spinette (La Vénitienne by Michel de La Barre) at the Opéra de Limoges, in collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. Returning to the Musique en Ré Festival in 2022, she sang the role of Parthoenis (La Belle Hélène) and performed in Bach’s Magnificat under the direction of Raphaël Pichon.

Sima Ouahman joined the Paris Opera Academy in September 2023 and has since appeared in Ted Huffman’s Street Scenes and Simon Valastro’s L’isola disabitata. In 2025, she was awarded the AROP Lyric Prize for the 2023–2024 season.

At the Paris Opera: L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (a shepherdess), 2023

Born in Paris and living in Bordeaux, the soprano of Iranian-Moroccan origin Sima Ouahman began her musical studies at the age of 7 at the Bordeaux Regional Conservatory, where she discovered lyrical art. She attended Maryse Castets’ classes and joined her class when she was 18.

Her career at the Bordeaux Conservatory was marked by numerous encounters, notably during master classes with Claudia Visca, David Bizick, Jeff Cohen, Florence Guignolet, Béatrice Uria Monzon, Jean-François Lombard and Benoit Dratwicki.

She makes her debut in the role of Papagena in Mozart’s The Magic Flute in July 2019, as part of the Musique en Ré festival. In June 2021, she participates in the concert of the association Unisson at the auditorium of the Opéra National de Bordeaux where she performs excerpts from Rossini’s Journey to Reims and Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro.

The public finds her in the baroque repertoire in the role of Spinette in La Vénitienne by Michel de La Barre at the Opéra de Limoges, in partnership with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles. In the summer of 2022, back at the Musique en Ré festival, she performed the role of Parthoenis in Offenbach’s La Belle Hélène, under the direction of Pierre Dumoussaud, and appeared as a soloist in a Bach Magnificat conducted by Raphaël Pichon.

Sima Ouahman joins the Académie de l’Opéra national de Paris in September 2023. In 2025, she is awarded the Arop Lyric prize for season 23/24.