In the 2022-2023 season, she will embody the rôle of Augustine Bremond in Aboulker’s opera Les Enfants du Levant with the swiss compagny Opéra-Théâtre and Zefka in the belgium production of Muziektheater Transparant The Diary of the one who disappeared (Ivo Van Hove) in Dijon Opera. She will also sing Alto Solo part in Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle in Geneva and will give recitals in Switzerland.
Marie started her artistic training at a very early age, studying the piano and acting. She graduated with a Master in Literature and a Master in cultural management. She then joined the Haute Ecole de Musique in Geneva and in 2015, received a Master of Arts in specialized musical interpretation in Stuart Patterson’s class. For her final recital, she was rewarded with the Mise en Voix prize.
Marie’s constant desire for improvement led her in March 2016, to take part in the prestigious « Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme » in Aldeburgh with Thomas Allen, Ann Murray and Roger Vignoles. In 2015, she took part in the « Exzellenz-Labor Gesang » development program with Hedwig Fassbender. Prize-winner of the Royaumont Foundation in 2017, she took part in the prestigious Ian Bostridge and Felicity Lott Master Classes in Paris followed by recitals in the Orsay Museum.
Curious and passionate, Marie has a wide repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music.
She has developed her interpretation of baroque music collaborating with musicians from the Ancient Music Center in Geneva. Her experience includes Monterverdi’s Vespers with Daniel Reuss, Messagera in Monteverdi’s Orfeo with Luca Pianca, Valetto in Monteverdi’s L’Incoronazione di Poppea, Ariel in Purcell’s Tempest with Cantatio (J.Duxbury), Vagans in Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans.
She also likes the contemporary repertoire and has sung Ohanna, Dayer, Gaudibert with Franck Marcon, Lévinas’ Passion selon Saint Marc (The Servant) with Marc Kissoczy in Musica Strasbourg Festival, Feldman’s Rothko Chapel with N. Farine…
From 2019 to 2021, she is the resident of the Operalab collective in a big project led by the Grand Théâtre de Genève, the Comédie de Genève, the High School of Music of geneva, the Manufacture and the Institut littéraire suisse de Berne, project aimed at creating a contemporary lyrical piece, multidisciplinary and « out of the box » (Opéralab). She embodies the character Emma in the final piece Huit minutes (music by Leonardo Marino).
From 2017 to 2021, she embodies the gypsy Zefka in the Muziektheater Transparant’s production The Diary of one who disappeared, (Janáček/Annelies Van Parys) directed by Ivo Van Hove, in an international tour. Klara festival de Bruxelles, Operadagen de Rotterdam, Musiekgebouw d’Amsterdam, Luxembourg Theatre, Lyon Opera, Roma Europa Festival, Brno Janáček Festival, Reggio Emilia, Beijing Music Festival, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Covent Garden London…
In july 2019, the show receives the « best production award » from the Armet Opera Festival in Budapest.
On stage, Marie has recently performed Herodiades (Salomé, Strauss, extracts) in the Leman Lyriques Festival, Second Lady (Die Zaubertflöte, Mozart) with Geneva International Singing Academy) Mrs Baggott in Britten’s The Little sweep, Olga in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, the Servant in Louis Auber’es La Forêt Bleue with La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy (Martin Surot/Victoria Duhamel), Mercedes in Bizet’s Carmen with the german festival Opera Classica, Zulma in Rossini’s L’Italiana in Algeri, Anita in Bernstein’s West Side Story, Gontran in Chabrier’s Une Education Manquée, Second Lady in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte.
In concerts, she recently sang Alto Solo in Le Roi David by Honegger in the Geneva’s Victoria Hall, Rossini’s Petite Messe solennelle in the Montperreux Festival, Mozart’s Coronation Mass in Evian’s Grange au Lac, Haydn’s Salve Regina and Harmoniemesse with Cantatio Ensemble.
Marie regularly gives recitals with the Hungarian pianist Agnes Lörincz, together they form a dynamic lively duo. Particularly aware of the XXe music, they like to play Poulenc, Ravel, Britten, Ligeti…
Marie also regularly collaborates with Aedes Ensemble, Lausanne Opera, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne (Daniel Reuss), Cantatio, Polhymnia, Opéra-Théâtre.
She is the co-artistic director or the professional young chamber choir « L’horizon Chimérique », specialized in A cappella vocal music of XXe and XXIe centuries. (www.lhorizonchimerique.com).
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