After studying piano and voice in Toronto and Cologne, the Canadian soprano Mélanie Boisvert made her acclaimed debut in France in 2002 in the role of Olympia in Hoffmann’s tales at the Opéra National du Rhin.

Last season, Mélanie Boisvert understudies the title role of Berg’s Lulu at La Monnaie in Brussels, under the baton of Alain Altinoglu, and reprises Reverdy’s Le Cosmicomiche at the Manga Festival in Nice, as well as Philippe Manoury’s Kein Licht at the Holland Festival in Amsterdam.

Recently, Mélanie Boisvert played the title role of the woman (die Frau) in Schönberg’s Von Heute auf Morgen at the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris. She also created the following roles: Mrs. B. in Rayon « N » by S. Rivas with the company T&M and the Ensemble Intercontemporain, the solo soprano in 200 Motels by Frank Zappa at the Philharmonie de Paris and at the Festival Musica in Strasbourg, the Nurse in Aliados by S. Rivas at the Venice Biennale, the soprano in Le Cosmicomiche by Michèle Reverdy at the Opéra de Toulon and Olympia in Offenbach’s Folies with at the Festival de Montpellier. She collaborates with the Monnaie/de Munt in the creations of P. Dusapin- Penthesilea (Protoe cover) and Macbeth Underworld (1st Witch cover). She has given concerts with the Orchestre d’Aquitaine under the direction of Laurent Campellone, and Stravinski-Delage concerts with the Ensemble Nigella at the Ravel Days.

Upcoming projects include the CD recording of Schönberg’s Von Heute auf Morgen with the Ensemble Nigella, Elisabeth in Philipp Glass’ Les Enfants terribles on tour in France with the Coopérative, and the First Witch in Pascal Dusapin’s Macbeth Underworld at the Opéra-Comique in Paris.

Mélanie Boisvert has sung the roles of the Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Lakmé, Oscar in A Masked Ball, Nannetta in Falstaff, the title role in Stravinsky’s Nightingale, the Charmress in Thaïs, the Fairy in Massenet’s Cinderella, Ännchen in Freischütz, Fire, the Princess and the Nightingale in L’Enfant et les sortilèges, Gabrielle in La Vie parisienne, Cunégonde in Candide. …in numerous theaters and festivals in France and abroad, notably at the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, the Radio-France Festival in Montpellier, the Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, the Volksoper in Vienna, in Liege, Vienna, Genoa, Strasbourg, Lyon, Nancy, Avignon, Saint-Etienne, Toulon, Nice, Rennes, Rouen, Bordeaux, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec, Beijing… She collaborates as a soloist with Alain Altinoglu, Evelino Pidò, Jan Latham-Koenig, Laurence Equilbey…

For Timpani, she recorded Aucassin et Nicolette (Paul Le Flem) and the melodies of Philippe Gaubert. She can be heard in Jeanne d’Arc au Bûcher by Honneger (the Virgin) in the DVD recording for ARTE, awarded at the Victoires de la Musique 2008.

2022-2023