Age: 30
Recently graduated from the Canadian Opera Company’s prestigious Ensemble Studio, Ariane Cossette holds degrees from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and l’Université de Montréal.
Ariane’s roles for the Canadian Opera Company include Marguerite in Faust , Norina in Don Pasquale , Pepik and Woodpecker in The Cunning Little Vixen and Frasquita in Carmen. As a concert soloist, Ariane made her debut in France during the Choeurs Éternels concerts in 2018 under the baton of Andrei Feher, and returned in 2019, this time alongside maestro Aldo Salvagno. In recent years, Ariane Cossette has performed with many orchestras in eastern Canada and participated in the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in 2024. This summer, she joins the Merola Opera Program in San Francisco.
Principal Teachers
- Adrienne Savoie
- Wendy Nielsen
Major Competitions
- 1st prize, National Capital Opera Competition, 2023
- 2nd prize, Christina and Louis Quilico Awards, 2023
PROGRAMME
FIRST ROUND: ARIA
JULES MASSENET De cet affreux combat… Pleurez mes yeux
(Le Cid)
ANDRÉ PRÉVIN I Want Magic
(A Streetcar Named Desire)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Oh smania! Oh furie!… D’Oreste, d’Aiace
(Idomeneo)
FIRST ROUND: ART SONG
HENRI DUPARC Phydilé
SERGEI RACHMANINOV Son
(Chest’ romansov, op. 38)
RICHARD STRAUSS Cäcilie
(Vier Lieder, op. 27)
ART SONG PRIZE FINAL
CECILIA LIVINGSTON Kalypso
RICHARD STRAUSS Kling!
(Fünf Lieder, op. 48)
NIKOLAI MEDTNER Val’s
(Pyat stikhotvoreniy Tyutcheva i Feta, op. 37)
FRANZ LISZT Oh! Quand je dors
SEMIFINAL
HECTOR BERLIOZ L’île inconnue
(Les nuits d’été)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN Hear ye, Israel
(Elijah)
JOHANN STRAUSS II Klänge der Heimat
(Die Fledermaus)
FINAL
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Non mi dir
(Don Giovanni)
RICHARD STRAUSS Frühling
(Vier Letzte Lieder)
GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER Depuis le jour
(Louise)
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