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The Canadian mezzo-soprano, Rose Naggar-Tremblay, Bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance with a minor in European literature and culture from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music. She was a member of l'Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal (2017-2020). She has received several scholarships and awards in the past including the Schulich Scolarship, the Maureen Forrester - Montreal Musician’s Guild Scholarship, the Foundation McAbbie Scholarship, the Maureen Forrester Award, the E.M Wirth Scholarship, the Peter and Mary White Award and the Schulich Entrance Scholarship.
Rose Naggar-Tremblay made her Opéra de Montréal debut in the roles of Tisbe in La Cenerentola. She was a soloist in A Broadway Evening (Aramusique), On the Path of Love (Pro Musica), Soirée à l’opérette (Orchestre symphonique de Longueuil) and in YO’péra! (creation, Opéra de Montréal). In 2019-2020, her slate includes the concerts with the Lachine and Saint-Eustache Music Festivals, and the Eternal Light concert (I Musici),
Rose Naggar-Tremblay is praised for her dark and velvety voice bordering on contralto. She is is commended for the richness of her voice and the intelligence of her interpretations. She is a conductor of change. She is bridging the gap between expertise and innovation, old and new audiences, and convention and creative freedom. She makes use of her creativity and love of languages through varied artistic projects including song writing, composing original librettos and music and dramaturgical conception of staged concerts and of musical workshops for children. She is particularly inclined to perform contemporary opera.
Her vast musical experience and curiosity allowed her to explore a very diverse repertoire. Rose Naggar-Tremblay was recently heard at the Opéra de Montreal, the Halifax Summer Opera Festival, with La Compagnie baroque Mont-Royal, the Toronto summer music festival, the Opéra de Lévis, Stella Musica, Production point d’arrêt, the Lyric Montreal Ensemble, and Opera McGill. Recent opera credits include the title role in Georges Bizet's Carmen (Sofia Opera and Ballet, October 2021), Dido in Dido and Aeneas (Chœur Vivace, 2019), Duchesse Della Volta in La fille du tambour-major (Opéra Bouffe du Québec, 2019), a premiere performance of Gabrielle in La nuit est ma femme (composer Mathilde Côté and librettist Ivy, Théâtre de Longueil/CD Spectacles 2019-2020), Carmen (cover) in Carmen (Opéra de Montréal, 2019), Gertrude Stein in Twenty-Seven (Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, Gordon and Vavrek, 2019), Giovanna in Rigoletto (Opéra de Montréal, 2018), Zora in Sokolovic's Svadba, (Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, won the Opus Prize for musical event of the year, 2018) and the title role again in Carmen (Halifax Summer Opera Festival, 2017), Dejanira in George Frideric Handel's Hercules, (Compagnie baroque du Mont-royal, 2017) Mrs.Quickly in Verdi's Falstaff. (Toronto Summer Music Festival, 2016), Bradamante in George Frideric Handel’s Alcina (Opera Mcgill, 2016).
Rose Naggar-Tremblay is also a very active chamber music performer, taking part in many concerts and recitals. She has appeared in concert the alto soloist in G.F. Handel’s Messiah (Orchestre philharmonique et chœur des mélomanes, 2019) and Antonio Vivaldi’s Dixit Dominus (I Musici, 2019), Palmeri’s Magnificat (Choeur de la montagne), W.A. Mozart's Requiem (OPCM), in the Maurice Duruflé's Requiem (Chœur de l’Orchestre Métropolitain), as a soloist in a concert of W.A. Mozart arias (Orchestre de l’Agora, 2019), as Anita in a concert version of Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story (Orchestre de la Francophonie, 2019), as the alto soloist in J.S. Bach’s Cantatas BWV 7, BWV 21 and BWV 89 (Serenata at St. John’s, 2018–2019), A. Vivaldi’s Gloria (I coristi, 2018) and as a soloist in Concert autour de Semele (Festival Montréal Baroque, 2018).She was also heard in recital with Festival Montréal Baroque, the Highlands Opera Studio and the Toronto Summer Music festival. ”It’s a big, rich, hall-filling low mezzo bordering on contralto, yet her top is big and firm. I loved “Von ewige Liebe” by Brahms, which she sang with dramatic acuity. “Comment disaient-ils” showed off her excellent technique, complete with a beautifully controlled pianissimo. But the best was “Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer” which really showed off the richness and resonance of her sound. ” Joseph So.
In 2020, Rose Naggar-Tremblay is awarded one of the Bourses des 33 musiciens by the Fondation des jeunesses musicales for the composition competition Domicile adoré, and an open innovation prize granted by l’Opéra de Montréal during the Coopérathon. |
