magali simard-galdès

MAGALI SIMARD-GALDÈS
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BIOGRAPHY
A young artist at the Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal and a grant holder from the Fondation Jacqueline
Desmarais, Magali Simard-Galdès is a young soprano from Rimouski, Canada. Te London Times said of her
debut as Nicette in Le pré aux clercs (F. Hérold) at the Wexford Festival Opera that "the evening belongs to
the [24]-year-old Magali Simard-Galdès (Nicette) making her professionnel debut with sparkling foritura
[…]". She has also been awarded the Gerard Arnhold Bursary for her participation at the festival in 2015.
Recently, she could be heard in L'enfant et les sortilèges (Feu/Rossignol), Trouble in Tahiti (Girl), The Old Maid
and the thief (Miss Pinkerton), Trois jeunes flles nues (Lilette), Nozze di Figaro (Barbarina) and Orphée aux
enfers (Vénus). In 2017, Magali will make her debut in the Montreal Opera in the rôle of Constance in
Dialogues des carmélites.
She has been a frst-prize-winner at the Canadian Music Competition (2010, 2012, 2013) and a regional
fnalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions (2014). In 2015, Magali has participated in
her frst international competitions : the Hans Gabor Belvedere International Singing Competition in
Amsterdam, and the Wigmore/Hall Kohn Foundation International Song Competition in London, with
Olivier Hébert-Bouchard, pianist.
As a recitalist, she was the "Young Emerging Artist" of the 2014 edition of the chamber music festival
"Concerts aux Îles du Bic", and shared a "Lunchtime recital" with Dominique Côté at the Wexford Festival
Opera. Magali has been awarded the 2015 Maureen-Forrester Award by the Jeunesses musicales du Canada,
which consists in a 30-recital tour in 2016-2017.
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REPERTOIRE
Composer
Work
Role
Bernstein
Trouble in Tahiti
Girl*
Donizetti
La flle du régiment
Marie
Hérold
Le pré aux clercs
Nicette*
Massenet
Cendrillon
La Fée
Massenet
Werther
Sophie
Menotti
Te Old Maid and the Tief
Miss Pinkerton*
Moretti
Trois jeunes flles nues
Lilette*
Mozart
Cosi fan tutte
Despina
Mozart
Die Zauberflöte
Pamina
Mozart
Don Giovanni
Zerlina
Mozart
Le Nozze di Figaro
Susanna, Barbarina*
Offenbach
Orphée aux enfers
Vénus*
Poulenc
Dialogue des Carmélites
Constance*
Ravel
L'enfant et les sortilèges
Feu*/Rossignol*
Strauss, J.
Die Fledermaus
Adele
Strauss, R.
Arabella
Fiakermilli
Verdi
Un ballo in maschera
Oscar
* Sung on stage or coming - non exhaustive list
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PRESS
Le pré aux clercs (F. Hérold) – Wexford Festival Opera – 2015
Opera Canada – Winter 2016 – Patrick Dillon
“Soprano Magali Simard-Galdès was a delicious lemon soufflé of a soubrette (...)”
Opera News – February 2016 – Brian Kellow
« Magali Simard-Galdès was delightful as Nicette, the innkeeper […] »
Opéra Magazine – 2015 – Catherine Scholler
« En ce qui concerne les nouveaux venus, on dressera de nombreux lauriers à Magali Simard-Galdès, Nicette
toute de fraîcheur […] »
Frankfurter Allgemeine – 2015 – Gina Thomas
« Den Adeligen steht ein aus dem Volk kommendes Paar zur Seite, die soubrettenhafte Nicette, gesungen
von Magali Simard-Galdès, deren wunderbar schmiegsame Koloraturen sich mit den warmen
bassbaritonalen Klängen von Tomislav Lavoie als Girot verweben. »
Opera Journal – 04/11/15 – Charles Jernigan
« I really liked Magali Simard-Galdès as Nicette, who also sang a Lunchtime Recital. She is a charming,
animated actress, perfect in light roles like Nicette, or in the music she sang in the recital. (One of her songs,
a Spanish-style French song was by Calixa Lavallée, the composer of Canada's national anthem "O Canada";
another was the very funny "Fly Duet" from Offenbach's Orphée aux enfers, with compatriot Dominique
Côté.) »
Opera Today – 31/10/15 – Claire Seymour
« Te Canadian duo, soprano Magali Simard-Galdès and baritone Tomislav Lavoie, eased us delightfully into
proceedings, demonstrating vocal charm and dramatic vivacity. It was almost a shame that their duet, which
established a wonderfully ebullient spirit, was followed by the arrival of Mergy, thereby abruptly curtailing
the buoyancy of their sincere happiness! [...] Simard-Galdès, however, revealed a captivating vocal agility, not
least in the Act 3 rondo, ‘À la fleur du bel âge’, with which she serenades her wedding guests. »
The Times – 30/10/15 – Anna Picard
« Yet the evening belongs to the [24]-year-old Magali Simard-Galdès (Nicette) making her professionnal
debut with sparkling foritura […] »
The ArtsDesk.com – 28/10/15 – Alexandra Coghlan
« Strong support from Magali Simard-Galdes’s perky, soubrette Nicette (her wedding song is a highlight) and
her tetchy Girot (Tomislav Lavoie) round out the operatic picture. »
Online Merker – 26/10/15 – Werner Haussner
« Am schönsten profliert sich im Wexforder Ensemble Magali Simard-Galdès als Nicette mit leichtfüßigen
Koloraturen, einem hellen, aber nie engen Timbre und einer unverstellt luftigen, aber nie dünnen
Tonemission. »
Bachtrack – 24/10/15 – Mark Pullinger
« Canadian soprano Magali Simard-Galdès, making her european debut, was a delightful Nicette, who despite being peripheral to the plot - earns a couple of charming arias, including the folk-like "À la fleur du
bel âge", with which she serenades guests at her wedding. Simard-Galdès made Nicette bubble with
enthusiasm. »
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