Odile Portugais
Soprano, Canada
At 23, Canadian soprano Odile Portugais has performed with the renowned Molinari Quartet and won numerous awards, including the Grand Prix at the Lanaudière Music Competition, the Prix d’excellence de l’Opéra bouffe du Québec and first prize at the Canadian Music Competition. Her repertoire includes the roles of the Woman (Erwartung), the Mother and the Witch (Hänsel und Gretel), Athamas (Semele), Angelina (La Cenerentola), the Woman (The Juniper Tree) and Actéon (Actéon changé en biche). This season, Odile makes her debut with the Opéra de Montréal in the role of Jano in Jenůfa and is the understudy for Micaela in Carmen. Odile has participated in the Franz Schubert Institute in Austria and the Académie Francis Poulenc in France and holds a bachelor’s degree in vocal performance from the Conservatoire de Montréal as well as a master’s degree in opera performance from McGill University.
Odile Portugais’s residency is made possible through artistic sponsorship by Claude Leblanc.