Julie Boulianne

Julie Boulianne is a French-Canadian mezzo-soprano, born in Québec in 1978. She trained at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University and at the Juilliard School in New York, and won first prizes at the Canadian Music Competition and the Joy in Singing competition. At the Metropolitan Opera her roles have included Siébel in Faust, Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette and Ascanio in Les Troyens, and she has sung at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne, La Monnaie, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Vienna State Opera. Known for the agility and dark colour of her voice, she is closely associated with Mozart, Rossini and the French repertoire, Berlioz included: she has sung Marguerite in La Damnation de Faust and Les Nuits d’été in concert.