KIRSTEN LEBLANC
Soprano
"... Kirsten LeBlanc in the title role had exactly the right voice, pure in the higher register, warm and lyrical below, and combined a relaxed musical style with an engaging stage presence."
-Anthony Ogus, Opera Now
"La cerise sur le gâteau, c'est la soprano Kirsten LeBlanc (Fiordiligi) dont la voix ample autant dans le registre que la puissance et la qualité du jeu dramatique fait d'elle une artiste que l'on retrouvera bientôt sur d'autres (grandes) scènes."
- Michel Joanny-Furtin, Ludwig Van Montréal
About Kirsten
New Brunswick soprano Kirsten LeBlanc is currently a member of Opéra de Montréal's Atelier lyrique. She is also working towards her Doctorate in Performance at l’Université de Montréal, having already obtained her Masters in Voice and Opera Performance from McGill University, and Bachelors of Music and Biology from Mount Allison University. Recent credits include Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream and La bergère and L’écureuil in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortilèges at l’Université de Montréal, Nella in Gianni Schicchi with the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute and Hanna Glawari in Lehar’s The Merry Widow with McGill Savoy Society. She had the privilege of creating role of Monika in the world premiere of Canadian composer Jim O’Leary’s opera Milk Bar with Mount Allison Opera Workshop in 2014. Other favourite excerpts include Blanche (Les Dialogues des Carmelites), Mimì (La bohème), Micaëla and Frasquita (Carmen), Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro), and Magda (La rondine). This year with Opéra de Montréal, Kirsten will study the roles of Tatyana in Eugene Onegin, and La femme in La voix humaine, as will perform Zweite Dame in Die Zauberflöte in May 2020.
2019 - 20 Schedule
Fiordiligi | Così fan tutte
Université de Montréal
February 28 & March 1, 2 & 3
Doctorate Recital
Université de Montréal
August 1, 8:00 p.m.
Concert| Société d'art vocal
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal
March 1, 2020
Zweite Dame| Die Zauberflöte
Opéra de Montréal
May 16, 19, 21, 24 & 26, 2020
Look & Listen
Asie (Shéhérazade) - M. Ravel
l'Orchestre de l'Université de Montréal
conducted by Alain Trudel
La flûte enchantée (Shéhérazade) - M. Ravel
l'Orchestre de l'Université de Montréal
conducted by Alain Trudel
Così fan tutte - W.A. Mozart
Université de Montréal preview
