Mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier made her debut at New York’s Metropolitan Opera in the fall of 2007, performing the role of Diane in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride, appearing alongside Susan Graham and Plácido Domingo, having first sung the role at the Seattle Opera in October 2007.

The Metropolitan Opera performances provided Miss Losier with a second opportunity to work with Plácido Domingo.  In October 2006, she had the privilege of appearing as Rosette in Manon at the Los Angeles Opera, under his baton. Future engagements bring Miss Losier to the Washington National Opera as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, the Seattle Opera as Sesto in La clemenza di Tito, the Boston Lyric Opera for her debut as Niklause in Les Contes d'Hoffmann, the Madison Opera as Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte, the Seattle Symphony Orchestra for Beethoven's 9th Symphony, and the Charlemagne Orchestra for Mahler's Kindertotenlieder.

Her forthcoming recording of Chansons of Henri Duparc with Pianist Daniel Blumenthal will be released in fall 2008 on the Fuga Libera label, in advance of her recital tour throughout Belgium and The Netherlands under the auspices of Fortis Bank.

Miss Losier was heard last season in Mozart's Requiem with Les Violons du Roy on their U.S. tour, as Mercedes in Carmen, Lazuli in an acclaimed production of L'Etoile at the Opéra de Montréal, and as Mrs. Grose in The Turn of the Screw.  Other recent projects have included concerts at the May Festival in Cincinnati, where she was heard in Berlioz' L'Enfance du Christ, as Inez in Verdi's Il Trovatore, and Amor in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice under the baton of James Conlon, and in Bach's Cantata No. 182 with Robert Porco.

In addition to her operatic repertoire, which also includes Hänsel, Concepcion, L'Enfant, Stefano, Siebel, Komponist, Dido, and Rosina, she has distinguished herself in masses and requiems by Rossini, Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach.  From early music to contemporary works, Miss Losier has performed in recitals in London (St. Martin's in th Fields, St. James Piccadilly), Paris, Edinburgh (Edinburgh Festival), New York, and cities in Italy and France, as well as through the provinces of her native Canada.

Some of Miss Losier’s previous engagements of note have included European appearances as Dorabella in Così fan tutte in Avignon and Zerlina in Don Giovanni in Nancy.

Miss Losier began her career as a member of the San Francisco Opera's Merola Program, the Juilliard Opera Center, and from  2003-2005 was a member of the L'Opéra de Montréal's Atelier Lyrique where she attracted attention with her debut as Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro, for which Montreal's daily La Presse reported "we are astounded by Michele Losier's Cherubino," and the English daily, The Gazette followed with "there was a trail of stardust following this mezzo soprano, who is an artist to watch and to hear."

Michèle Losier has been the recipient of a number of grants and scholarships, including those from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, the Conseil des Arts et Des Lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.  She is a Laureate of the 2008 Queen Elisabeth of Belgium International Competition, a First Prize winner at the Journées de la Musique Française in 2000, the Vocal Division of the Canadian Music Competition in 2001, and of the Mélodies Francaise category of the Chant de Marmande International Competition in France. In 2005 Miss Losier was heard with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in the prestigious Metropolitan Opera Auditions where the New York Times acclaimed “the Canadian mezzo-soprano, sounded career-ready, with a poised technique and good control of herself onstage.

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