Catherine St-Arnaud

Catherine St-Arnaud

Effervescent and luminous, soprano Catherine St-Arnaud is a “simply stunning” artist (Revue L’Opéra), a “first-rate performer” (Opera Canada) who excels in a vast repertoire. Recently, she performed with the National Kaohsiung Arts Center in Taiwan (Adina in L’elisir d’amore) and the Oregon Symphony (Soprano solo, Carmina Burana), in addition to originating the role of Albertine à 30 ans at the Théâtre du Rideau Vert (Albertine en cinq temps – l’opéra). On stage, she has performed as Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), Lucia (Lucia di Lamermoor), Altisidore (Don Quichotte chez la duchesse), and Thérèse (Les mamelles de Tirésias). She has also performed in concert with the Brott Festival, l’Ensemble Caprice, the Festival Bach de Montréal, the Grands Ballets Canadiens, Les idées heureuses, l’Opéra de Québec, the Orchestre Métropolitain, and the Štátna filharmónia Košice, working with renowned conductors such as Luc Beauséjour, Nicolas Ellis, Jean-Michel Malouf, Matthias Maute, Hervé Niquet, and Alain Trudel. The diversity of women’s voices is at the core of recitals she has presented at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur and the Société d’art vocal de Montréal, among several others. Catherine St-Arnaud is a graduate of l’Université de Montréal, and she has pursued further development at the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, the Orford Academy, the Staatstheatre Augsburg and the Vancouver International Song Institute. She has twice been a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (New England Region) and has been a prize-winner at the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal’s Manuvie Competition, the Prix d’Europe, and the Auditions Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques.

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