French-Canadian mezzo-soprano Julie Boulianne is acclaimed for the vocal agility and expressive power of her dark-hued tone, focusing on the works of Berlioz, Mozart, and Rossini. The Independent recently said, “Julie Boulianne’s Marguerite is gloriously sung, her sound replete with grace and power.” In the 24/25 season Ms Boulianne returns to the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden for Nicklausse in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Marguerite in Berlioz’ La damnation de Faust with Opéra Royal Wallonie-Liège and Juliette in Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette with the Chamber Orchestra of Europe with Robin Ticciati. In concert, she will return to the Montréal Symphony Orchestra for Mozart’s Requiem with Rafael Payare, and Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 with the Québec Symphony Orchestra. This season is also the beginning of Ms Boulianne’s residency with L’Orchestre national de Bretagne, which consists of several appearances throughout the season, including concerts with the orchestra in Rennes, performing Ravel’s Mélodies populaires grecques, selections from Canteloube’s Chants d’Auvergne, Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder, Wagner’s Wesendonck-Lieder and de Falla’s El Amor brujo, as well as recitals with pianists Malcolm Martineau and Nicolas Ellis.

Naxos Records released a recording of Shéhérazade and L’enfant et les sortilèges featuring Julie Boulianne and the Nashville Symphony, which was nominated for the Grammy® Award for Best Classical Album. Ms Boulianne can also be heard on an ATMA Classique release of Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen and Kindertotenlieder. She recorded L’Aiglon by Ibert and Honegger under the baton of Kent Nagano released by Decca in 2016, and two CDs with Luc Beauséjour released by Analekta: “Handel & Porpora – The London Years,” and recently, “Alma Opressa, Vivaldi – Handel: Arias”.

A graduate of McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, Julie Boulianne won the First Prize in both the Canadian Music Competition and the Joy of Singing Competition in New York. She has been awarded the International Vocal Arts Institute’s Silverman Prize, and in 2007, the Prix de la Chambre des Directeurs for Most Promising Career at the Concours International de Chant de Montréal. She splits her time between Montréal and London, England.