Manon Strauss-Evrard

Education
Conservatoire national de région de Nancy; Academy of Vocal Arts, Philadelphia

Debut
Violetta/La traviata (Staatsopera Praag), 2006; Juliette/Romeo et Juliette (Hong Kong Opera), 2007.

Roles
Musetta/La Bohème; Rosina/Il Barbiere di Siviglia; four soprano parts/les Contes d’Hoffmann; Lucia di Lammermoor /Lucia di Lammermoor; Gilda/Rigoletto; Donna Elvira/Don Giovanni; Jolanta/Jolanta (Tsjaikovski) and Manon/Manon.

Highlights
Clorinda/La Cenerentola, Contessa/Il viaggio a Reims en Teti/Le nozze di Teti e di Peleo (Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro); Capriccio and Lulu (Metropolitan New York); soprano part/Missa Solemnis (Carnegie Hall New York) and Semiramide/Semiramide (Vlaamse Opera).

Prizes
Licia Albanese-Puccini Foundation 2008; Metropolitan Opera national Council Auditions 2009; Gerda Lissner Competition 2008

Worked with
Paolo Olmi, Joseph Rescigno, Fabio Luisi, Alberto Zedda.

Recent and future productions
Rossini concerts (Rossini Opera Festival Pesaro), 2010; soprano part/Petite Messe solennelle (Rome); concerts with José Carreras (Singapore); Marie/La Fille du Régiment (Virginia Opera Association).