
Age: 26
This season, Sophie Naubert made her European operatic debut at Theater Lübeck in Germany as the title role of Händel’s Semele, while continuing as an artist in residence at the Atelier lyrique of the Opéra de Montréal. She has performed with esteemed ensembles such as the Orchestre Métropolitain under the direction of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philharmonic Orchestra of Cottbus at the Berlin Konzerthaus, Les Ambassadeurs – La Grande Écurie in France and Belgium, and Arion Orchestre Baroque. Sophie is also featured in the recent recording of the complete mélodies of Massenet for the ATMA Classique label.
Sophie’s recent roles include Euridice in Orfeo ed Euridice and Drusilla/Amore in L’incoronazione di Poppea for the Atelier lyrique of the Opéra de Montréal; Le feu in L’enfant et les sortilèges for Opéra de Montreal; Stella Spotlight in Starmania with Nouvel Opéra Métropolitain; Serpina in La serva padrona with Orchestre Classique de Montréal; and Maria in The Sound of Music for Productions Mélodie, among others.
Principal Teachers
- Ariane Girard
- Aline Kutan
Major Competitions
- 1st prize, Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, St. Louis District, 2024
- Herbert J. Frank Award, George London Competition, 2022
- 3rd prize, OSM Competition, 2021
PROGRAMME
FIRST ROUND: ARIA
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL No, No, I’ll Take No Less
(Semele)
KENDRA HARDER Take It to Tumblr
(Book of Faces)
MAURICE RAVEL Arrière! Je réchauffe les bons
(L’enfant et les sortilèges)
FIRST ROUND: ART SONG
FRANZ SCHUBERT Ganymed
PAULINE VIARDOT Havanaise
(Six mélodies et une havanaise variée à 2 voix)
CÉCILE CHAMINADE L’été
ART SONG PRIZE FINAL
FRANCIS POULENC Reine des mouettes · C’est ainsi que tu es · Paganini
(Métamorphoses)
JAKE HEGGIE Snake · Woe to Man
(Eve-Song)
RICHARD STRAUSS Ach, was Kummer, Qual und Schmerzen
(Acht Lieder, op. 49)
RICHARD STRAUSS Amor
(Sechs Lieder, op. 68)
SEMIFINAL
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART Alleluja
(Exsultate, jubilate)
GIAN CARLO MENOTTI Steel Me, Sweet Thief
(The Old Maid and the Thief)
LEONARD BERNSTEIN Glitter and be Gay
(Candide)
FINAL
RICHARD STRAUSS Ich bin Euer Liebden
(Der Rosenkavalier)
HECTOR BERLIOZ Villanelle
(Les nuits d’été)
GAETANO DONIZETTI Prendi, per me sei libero
(L’elisir d’amore)
The presence of Sophie Naubert in Montreal is generously sponsored by Monique Roy and Claude Chevalier.
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