Nicole Car
Australian soprano Nicole Car has established herself as one of the leading sopranos of her generation and has become a prominent figure in major opera houses. She is praised for her beautiful, rich timbre and unique musicality and was recently appointed Chevalier de lʼOrdre des Arts et des Lettres de la République de France. In the 2024/25 season, she will make four significant role debuts, including Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann at the Vienna State Opera, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera at the Bavarian State Opera, Matréna in Mazeppa with the Munich Radio Orchestra, and the title role in Dvořák's Rusalka at Opera Australia. Additionally, she will sing Mimì in La bohème at the San Francisco Opera.
Highlights of her career include Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes at her debut at La Scala in Milan, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, and Elisabetta in Don Carlo at the Opéra National de Paris, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Mimì and Ellen Orford at the Metropolitan Opera, Tatjana in Eugene Onegin, and Mimì at both the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and the Bavarian State Opera, Elisabetta and Salomé in Hérodiade at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, as well as Countess in Le nozze di Figaro and the title role in Luisa Miller at Opera Australia.
Nicole Car won the first prize at the Neue Stimmen competition in 2013 and at the Australia Opera Awards. She is currently the artistic director of the L’Institut Canadien d’Art Vocal (ICAV), alongside her husband, baritone Étienne Dupuis. She made her debut at the Vienna State Opera in 2020 as Tatjana and also sang Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Marguerite in Faust, Mimì, and Desdemona in Otello.
Performances with Nicole Car
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Thursday 13. March 2025
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Sunday 16. March 2025
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Thursday 20. March 2025
with Joshua Guerrero, Étienne Dupuis, Vitalij Kowaljow, Nicole Car, Elīna Garanča, Conductor: Philippe Jordan
Don Carlo
Cast on Sunday 23. March 2025