Michèle Losier
Montreal-born mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier is internationally acclaimed both by audiences and critics for her vocally and dramatically captivating role portrayals. Her repertoire includes, among others, Octavian (Der Rosenkavalier), Charlotte (Werther), Nicklausse (Les contes d’Hoffmann), the title role in Carmen, Prinz Charmant (Cendrillon), Ascagne (Les Troyens), Judith (Bluebeard’s Castle), Jane Seymour (Anna Bolena), as well as many roles in operas by Mozart. Guest engagements have taken her major cities including Vienna, Paris, London, New York, Milan, Munich, Berlin, Salzburg, Barcelona, Florence, Rome, Geneva, Hamburg, San Francisco, Washington, Brussels, and Montreal. She has also worked with conductors such as Zubin Mehta, Daniele Gatti, Ingo Metzmacher, Ádám Fischer, Philippe Jordan, Louis Langrée, Marc Minkowski, Jérémie Rhorer, Kent Nagano, Emmanuelle Haïm, Sir Andrew Davis, Daniel Barenboim, Sir Colin Davis, Placido Domingo, James Conlon, and Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and with directors such as Willy Decker, Damiano Michieletto, Frank Castorf, Dimitri Tcherniakov, Barrie Kosky, Stefan Herheim, Claus Guth, Laurent Pelly, Pierre Audi, and Christoph Walz.