Julie Fuchs
Considered the "new voice of opera" with "silky high notes and a voluptuous middle range," soprano Julie Fuchs has established herself as one of the most versatile artists of our time, dazzling audiences in the world's greatest opera houses and concert halls. She began her musical and theater training in Avignon and graduated with distinction and unanimously from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris. She won second prize at Operalia in 2013 and received two Victoires de la Musique awards in 2012 and 2014.
During the 2019/20 season, Julie made her anticipated debut as Fatime and Emilie in a new production of Les Indes Galantes at the Paris Opera, and she returned to the Opernhaus Zurich for her debut role as Norina in a new production of Don Pasquale. She remains in Zurich for her third role debut as Zdenka in Strauss's Arabella, and then makes her debut as Despina in Così fan tutte at the Vienna State Opera. She returns to the Paris Opera to conclude her operatic season with Musetta in La bohème. Highlights from previous seasons include Marie in La fille du régiment at the Wiener Staatsoper, Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (the recording of which was released on the Pentatone label in early 2018), Guinia in Lucio Silla at the Teatro Real Madrid, Zerlina in Don Giovanni at the Aix-en-Provence Festival, Esther in Trompe-la-Mort and La Folie in Rameau's Platée at the Paris Opera, Musetta in La bohème at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia, Countess de Folleville in Il viaggio in Reims, and the title role in L’incoronazione di Poppea for the Opernhaus Zürich. In concert, Julie has notably participated in an American concert at the Chorégies d'Orange, Mozart's Grande Messe in C minor and La morte D'Abel at the Salzburg Festival, made her debut at the BBC Proms 2016 with the BBC Symphony Orchestra and at the Berlin Philharmonie for a concert with the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester.
Julie's discography includes a recording of early songs by Mahler and Debussy with pianist Alphonse Cemin and a CD of Poulenc's Mélodies (Atma Classique). In 2014, Julie signed an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon. Her first solo album, 'Yes!', was released in 2015.
Her new album, Mademoiselle, recorded with Enrique Mazzola and the Orchestre National d'Île-de-France, was released in February 2019. Considered a "pioneer" (France Musique) for her use of social media, she can be found at @juliefuchssoprano on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.