Marie-Claire Fafard-Blais, Soprano 438-823-4269 www.marieclairefafardblais.com mcfafardblais@gmail.com Opera Performances Roles Frasquita Carmen Königin Die Zauberflöte Gretel (English) Hansel and Gretel Despina Così fan tutte Adina (cover) L’elisir d’amore Loena La belle Hélène Gabrielle La vie parisienne Despina Così fan tutte Chorus Soprano Semele Soprano/Esprit Cendrillon Soprano Lucia di Lammermoor Soprano I/ Handmaiden Turandot Soprano I/ Apparizione III Macbeth Soprano I Manon Soprano Die Zauberflöte Soprano II Eugene Onegin Bizet Mozart Humperdinck Mozart Donizetti Offenbach Offenbach Mozart Théâtre d’Art Lyrique Laval AAMA Opera Lyra Ottawa Opera Lyra Ottawa The Professional Advantage Opéra du Périgord Opéra du Périgord University of Ottawa 2013 2011 2010 2010 2010 2009 2008 2008 Handel Massenet Donizetti Cie Baroque Mont-Royal Opera da Camera Opera Lyra Ottawa 2014 2014 2011 Puccini Opera Lyra Ottawa 2010 Verdi Massenet Mozart Tchaikovsky Opera Lyra Ottawa Opera Lyra Ottawa Opera Lyra Ottawa Opera Lyra Ottawa 2010 2010 2009 2009 Other Professional Engagements Soloist for Ensemble Énigme, dir. Joel Verkaik, Montréal, French melodies and arias recital, Théâtre d’Art Lyrique de Laval, Laval Opera Gala, Opera per tutti, Amsterdam French melodies recital, Pianola Museum, Amsterdam Soloist for Cantata Singers Ottawa with Thirteen Strings, dir. Michael Zaugg Soloist for Chœur Classique de l’Outaouais with Ensemble Prisme, dir. Robert Filion Joy of Opera Luncheon Recital, Opera Lyra Ottawa Guild Viennese Opera Ball Ottawa, Grand Salon Orchestra, dir. Kerry Stratton Italian Garden Party, Opera Lyra Ottawa 2014 2013 2012 2012 2011 2011 2011 2011 2010 Competitions and Awards Opera Lyra Ottawa Opera Studio Award and Audience Choice Award Finalist (standby) Grand Concours de Chant 2008, Franco-American Vocal Academy 2011 2008 Education and Training Master of Music in Voice Performance, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec Diplôme d’études collégiales, Cégep de Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec Austrian-American Mozart Academy summer program, Salzburg, Austria Opera Lyra Ottawa Opera Studio, Ottawa, Ontario The Professional Advantage summer program, Mercatello sul Metauro, Italy Franco-American Vocal Academy summer program, Excideuil, France 2009 2007 2003 2011 2010 2010 2008, 2009 Languages Sung: Italian, French, German, English, Latin Spoken: French, English and conversational Italian Teachers Sandra Graham Yolande Parent William Lewis Julie Daoust Master Classes Russel Braun Lori Phillips Stuart Hamilton Edith Viens Conductors Laurence Ewashko Tyrone Paterson Michael Zaugg Louis Salemno Coaches Laurie Rogers Nathalie Doucet Evelyn Greenberg Frédéric Lacroix Directors Vernon Hartman Gilliam Smith Ann Hodges Marie-Lou Dion Opera Complete Roles Maria, West Side Story, Bernstein* Adina, L’elisir d’amore, Donizetti Gretel, Hansel and Gretel, Humperdinck (Sung in English)* Despina, Così fan tutte, Mozart* Frasquita, Carmen, Bizet* Königen die Nacht, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart* Papagena, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart Gabrielle, La vie parisienne, Offenbach* Loena, La belle Hélène, Offenbach* Noémie, Le testament de la tante Caroline, Roussel* Scenes Norina, Act II duet with Ernesto « Tornami a dir che m’ami », Don Pasquale, Donizetti* Rita, Duet with Beppe « E dessa? Quale orror ! », Rita, Donizetti* Susanna, Act II scene with Countess and Cherubino, Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart* Zerlina, Act I scene with Don Giovanni « La ci darem la mano », Don Giovanni, Mozart* Arias Lakmé : Où va la jeune indoue, Lakmé, Delibes Laurie : Once I thought I’d never go, The Tender Land, Copland Linda : O luce di quest’anima, Linda di Chamounix, Donizetti* Marie : Salut à la France!, La fille du régiment, Donizetti* Amore : Gli sguardi trattieni, Orfeo ed Euridice, Gluck* Juliette : Je veux vivre, Roméo et Juliette, Gounod* Morgana : Tornami a vagheggiar, Alcina, Handel* Manon : Je marche sur tous les chemins/ Gavotte, Manon, Massenet* Sophie : Frère, voyez ! Du gai soleil, Werther, Massenet* Elisabeth Doe : Willow Song, The Ballad of Baby Doe, Moore* Barbarina : L’ho perduta, Le nozze di figaro, Mozart Blondchen : Durch Zärtlichkeit, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Mozart* Ninetta : Un marito, donne care, La finta simplice, Mozart Pamina : Ach! Ich fuhl’s, Die Zauberflöte, Mozart* Sandrina : Geme la tortorella, La finta Giardiniera, Mozart* Susanna : Venite inginocchiatevi; Un moto di gioia, Le nozze di Figaro, Mozart* Zerlina : Vedrai Carino, Don Giovanni, Mozart* Olympia : Les oiseaux dans la charmille, Les contes d’Hoffman, Offenbach* Musetta : Quando m’en vo, La Bohème, Puccini Belinda : Pursue thy conquest, Love, Dido and Aeneas, Purcell Le feu : Arrière ! Je réchauffe les bons, L’enfant et les sortilèges, Ravel Gilda : Caro nome, Rigoletto, Verdi* Oscar : Saper vorreste; Volta la terrea, Un ballo in maschera, Verdi* Concert works Bach : Cantata 84* Britten: A Ceremony of Carols Handel: Dixit Dominus (Soprano II)* Haydn: Missa brevis in F* Mancini : Quanto dolce è quell’ardore* Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate * Mozart: Requiem* Vivaldi: Gloria Incomplete concert works Bach’s Saint-John’s Passion ; Bach’s Magnificat ; Bach’s Cantatas 21, 144, 202 ; Haendel’s Messiah ; Haydn’s Die Schöpfung ; Mendelssohn’s Elijah Art Songs from Barber, Debussy, Fauré, Poulenc, Strauss, Schubert, Roussel, Satie, Menotti, Mendelssohn * Performed in public
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