Series of pictures taken by Denis Rouvre for the cover of the French magazine Télérama Sortir dedicated to Marie-Nicole Lemieux (March 6-12, 2013).
La Matinale on France Musique | March 2013 (french)
Journalist: Christophe Bourseiller
Marie-Nicole Lemieux begins the special day dedicated to her on France Musique, by responding to the invitation of La Matinale where she came to present her last album, “Opéra Arias : Gluck, Haydn, Mozart”, edited by Naïve.
Opera Arias Gluck Haydn Mozart
Marie Nicole Lemieux in the major arias of the classical era: an essential CD for the voice and opera fans…
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Bernard Labadie, conductor
Les Violons du Roy
1. Mozart – Venga pur, minacci e frema | Mitridate, Re di ponto
2. Haydn – Se non piange un’infelice | L’isola disabitata
3. Mozart – Ombra felice! – Io ti lascio
4. Gluck – Jupiter, lance la foudre | Iphigénie en Aulide
5. Mozart – Overture of Mitridate
6. Graun – Del mio destin tiranno | Montezuma
7. Mozart – Parto inerme e non pavento | La betulia liberata
8. Gluck – Che faro senza Euridice | Orfeo ed Euridice
9. Mozart – Voi, che sapete che cosa è amor | Le nozze di Figaro
10. Mozart – Deh, per questo istante solo | La clemenza di Tito
11. Haydn – Sudo il guerriero | Il ritorno di Tobia
Released on February 12, 2013 by Naïve
EAN 822186052648 – Réf. V5264
Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, “Che farò senza Euridice”
Gluck – Orfeo ed Euridice
« Che farò senza Euridice »
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Les Violons du Roy
Conductor – Bernard Labadie
Extract of the CD Opera Arias
Handel: Giulio Cesare
Georg Friedrich Handel (1685-1750)
Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Musical director – Alan Curtis
Giulio Cesare – Marie-Nicole Lemieux
Cleopatra – Karina Gauvin
Cornelia – Romina Basso
Sesto – Emoke Barath
Tolomeo – Filippo Mineccia
Achilla – Johannes Weisser
Nireno – Milena Storti
Curio – Gianluca Buratto
Il Complesso Barocco
Released on December 4, 2012 by Naïve
Puccini: Il Trittico (Zia Principessa & Zita)
Theater an der Wien (Vienne) | October 2012
Straordinaria Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Zia Principessa e Zita). Vero contralto, ha mostrato una voce timbratissima e omogenea, in grado di non farsi schiacciare da certe intemperanze della direzione d’orchestra.
Angela Martin | GB Opera, October 20, 2012
Il Trittico | Theater an der Wien, 2012
« Extraordinary Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Zia Principessa and Zita). Real contralto, she has shown a homogeneous voice with rich tones. »
GBOpera
Musical director – Rani Calderon
Stage director – Damiano Michieletto
Concerts with Philippe Jaroussky, 2012
Marie Nicole Lemieux, contralto
Philippe Jaroussky, countertenor
Ensemble Artaserse
Falstaff | Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 2012
« While Mistress Quickly, fearlessly and comically overplayed by Marie-Nicole Lemieux with fruity voice and un-shy cleavage, steals the show. »
The Guardian
Musical director – Daniele Gatti
Stage director – Robert Carsen
with Ambrogio Maestri (Sir John Falstaff), Dalibor Jenis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Joel Prieto (Fenton), Carlo Bosi (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolph), Lukas Jakobski (Pistol), Ana María Martínez (Alice Ford), Kai Rüütel (Meg Page), Amanda Forsythe (Nannetta)
L’Italiana in Algeri | Opéra national de Lorraine (Nancy), 2012
« Marie-Nicole Lemieux aborde pour la première fois le rôle d’Isabella et réussit d’emblée une incarnation mémorable. »
ResMusica
Musical director – Paolo Olmi
Stage director – David Hermann
with Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Isabella), Yijie Shi (Lindoro), Donato Di Stefano (Mustafa), Nigel Smith (Taddeo), Yuree Jang (Elvira), Olga Privalova (Zulma), Igor Gnidii (Haly)