Mezzo Soprano
Born in Normandy, France, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur has been working with soprano Maryse Castets at the Bordeaux-Aquitaine Conservatory since 2014, after graduating from Sciences Po Bordeaux.
In October 2018, she sang Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle at the Opéra National de Bordeaux, under the baton of Marc Minkowski, followed by performances in Mozart's Great Mass in C minor with Les Musiciens du Louvre in Geneva, the Philharmonie de Paris, Grenoble, at the Bozar in Brussels and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. In May 2019, she interpreted the role of Grimgerde in Wagner's Die Walküre at the Opéra National de Bordeaux in with Paul Daniel.
In summer 2019, she participated in the Young Singers Project of the Salzburg Festival, where she appeared as Second Lady in Cherubini's Medea with the Wiener Philharmoniker, conducted by Thomas Hengelbrock, and also performed in a concert with the Mozarteum Orchestra. In autumn 2019 she joined the Académie de l'Opéra de Paris and performed in recitals in China (Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shengjing Grand Theatre and at the Nanjing Theatre). On the stage of the Opéra Garnier she interprets the roles of The Mother, the Chinese Cup and the Dragonfly in Ravel's L'Enfant et les Sortilèges.
In 2020/2021, Marie-Andrée sang Dido in Dido and Aeneas at the Festival La Grange au lac in Evian, directed by L.Garcia Alarcon and Lucretia in Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris. Other highlights include L'Enfant et les sortilèges (the Mother, the Chinese Cup and the Dragonfly) at the Opéra national de Bordeaux, Geneviève in Pelléas et Mélisande, Ethel in Philippe Hersant’s Les Éclairs at the Opéra Comique, Third Lady in Mozart’s Magic Flute at the Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Margaret in Wozzeck, the Second Esquire and a Flowermaiden in Parsifal at the Paris Opera, Trashella in Marc-Olivier Dupin’s Robert le Cochon at the Opéra Comique and Mère Marie in Dialogues des Carmélites at the Opéra national de Bordeaux. She also performed Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder with the Luxembourg National Youth Orchestra.
Her most recent and future appearances include Zweite Norn, Siegrune and cover for Sieglinde in Die Walküre at La Monnaie in Brussels, 2nd Lady in Magic Flute and Inès in Il Trovatore at Opéra de Paris, as well as Meg Page in Falstaff at Opéra de Liège and the Paris Opera.
In September 2023, Marie-Andrée Bouchard-Lesieur won the 2nd prize at the international Klaudia Taev Competition in Pärnu, Estonia. The jury was composed of 11 distinguished opera and casting directors from many European countries.
