KIMY MCLAREN Soprano

KIMY MCLAREN
Soprano
Canadian soprano Kimy McLaren is at the beginning of a fruitful career, spanning
Baroque to contemporary repertoire. As a concert soloist, she has already performed
with important conductors and orchestras, including the Montréal Symphony Orchestra
under Charles Dutoit and the Vienna Chamber Orchestra under Jori Hattori. On the
operatic stage, she has performed the roles of Marzelline in Fidelio with Opéra National
de Bordeaux, Hélène in La Belle Hélène with Festival à Montpelier, as well as both
Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos at the Orford
Arts Center in Montreal. She has also been heard as Ninfa in Monteverdi’s Orfeo, at the
invitation of conductor Emmanuelle Haïm, in a joint production by Théâtre du Châtelet,
Opéra de Lille, Théâtre de Caen and Opéra National du Rhin. She received tremendous
acclaim for her portrayal of Marie in the Orford Arts Center production of Alban Berg’s
Wozzeck under the baton of Yannick Nézet-Séguin. She is a winner of the prestigious
International Mozart Festival Competition in Salzburg and the Mario Lanza Competition
in Italy. This season, Ms. McLaren will be heard in Avignon as Wellgunde in
Götterdämmerung and First Lady in Die Zauberflöte and as l’Infante in Massenet’s Le
Cid in Marseilles.
In the 2009 – 2010 season, Ms. McLaren debuted as Zerlina in concert performances of
Don Giovanni with Yannick Nézet-Séguin and his Orchestre Metropolitain. She was
heard as soloist in Handel's Messiah with Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra and
returned to Opéra National de Bordeaux for performances of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte.
She began the 2008 – 2009 season in Bordeaux, singing the role of Belinda in Dido and
Aeneas. She was also heard in recital in Montréal and Paris, and joined Opéra de
Marseille as Nadia in Lehár’s La veuve joyeuse. She sang Leïla in Les pêcheurs de
perles in Toulon and Donna Elvira in Opéra de Rouen’s production of Don Giovanni,
while continuing her active chamber music schedule with concerts in Montréal and Paris.
During the 2007 – 2008 season, Ms. McLaren returned to Opéra National du Rhin as
Ortlinde in David McVicar’s production of Die Walküre. She joined Ensemble Vocal
Polymnie and conductor Louis Lavigueur for performances of Bruckner’s Te Deum and
Schubert’s Mass in A-flat major in Montréal, as well as singing the Shostakovich
Romanzen Suite at Lachine Music Festival and Bach’s Notenbüchlein für Anna
Magdalena at Orford Music Festival. She was heard in recital as part of the Bel Canto
series of the Montréal Symphony Orchestra.
In the 2005 – 2006 season, Ms. McLaren performed in the world premiere of a staged
version of three Bach Cantatas with Opéra National du Rhin. She also appeared in
concert and recital with Radio Canada, the André Turp Musical Society, and for Opéra
National Bordeaux. Ms. McLaren was a soloist at the Mozart Gala with L’Orchestre
Métropolitain and performed Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder and Mahler’s Symphony No. 4
for the Festival Orgue et Couleurs with musicians from the Montréal Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by Rolf Bertsch.
Ms. McLaren spent the 2004 – 2005 season at Opéra National du Rhin as a member of
the “Jeunes Voix du Rhin” ensemble.
While there, she sang Sesto in Gluck's La
clemenza di Tito and the title role in Respighi’s Lucrezia. She also appeared in concert
with L’Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse and in recital at the Besançon Festival.