Voice 2022 – Aria Division
Soprano
2022: Born in Le Creusot, France, soprano Dania El Zein brings her varied stage experience to Voice 2022. Her work in baroque repertoire has meant collaborations with specialist groups like the Orchestre Opera Fuoco and Ensemble le Capriccio Français, and she has brought Handel’s Serse as far as Beijing.
She balances the baroque with operatic roles in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt, Donizetti’s La Fille du régiment, and Offenbach’s obscure and witty one-acts, A Husband at the Door and Mr. Cauliflower Will Be At Home On…
El Zein arrives in Montreal as a semi-finalist of the Queen Elisabeth Competition, and a prize winner of both the Concours International de Chant baroque de Froville and the Concours International de la Mélodie de Toulouse.
Training
2011-2016: Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris, Master’s Degree
2009-2013: École Normale de Musique de Paris, Artist Diploma
Principal Teachers
- Daniel Ottecvaere, 2005-present
- Alain Buet, 2011-2016
- Regina Werner, 2015-2016
- Elène Golgevit, 2020- present
Prizes and Awards
2011: 2nd prize contemporary, Concours International de la Mélodie de Toulouse
2016: Young Female Talent Award, Contemporary Art Song Award, Orchestra and technicians Award, Concours International de Chant de Mâcon
2017: 3rd prize, Concours International de Chant baroque de Froville
Programme
FIRST ROUND (with piano)
MAURICE RAVEL Arrière!
(The Child and the Magic Spells)
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Appena mi vedon
(The Pretend Garden-Girl)
JACQUES OFFENBACH Valse tyrolienne
(A Husband at the Door)
Dania El Zein is generously sponsored by Denyse Chicoyne & Serge Gouin.
