Mezzo-soprano Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur, who trained at the Académie de l’Opéra de Paris, was named ‘Révélation lyrique’ at the 2022 Victoires de la musique classique awards, and has made a name for herself on France’s major stages: Opéra de Paris, Capitole de Toulouse, Opéra-Comique, Bordeaux, etc. She has given intense performances as Dido, Lucretia, Geneviève, Mère Marie (Dialogues des Carmélites), Inès (Il Trovatore) and Fenena (Nabucco). She sings under conductors such as Laurence Equilbey, Daniel Harding, E.P. Salonen and Hervé Niquet, and has also distinguished herself in concert (Mahler, Beethoven, Wagner, Verdi...). Involved in creation (Les Éclairs, Ali), she alternates recitals, operas and oratorios with great musical sensitivity. Her projects include Cherubini’s Médée, La Walkyrie, Falstaff, and The Magic Flute at the Paris Opéra, as well as a recording of Massenet for the Palazzetto Bru Zane.

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