Été musical de Barachois

Ms. Paulin debuted for L’Opéra de Montréal as Mélisande in PÉLLÉAS ET MÉLISANDE and for Chicago Opera Theater as Galatea in ACIS AND GALATEA. She was re-engaged by Chicago Opera Theater for the title role in SEMELE and for Mary in LA RESURREZIONE, both by Handel.  She has also been heard as Constance in DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES for Calgary Opera, Zerlina in DON GIOVANNI for L’Opéra de Québec and Susanna in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO for Cincinnati Opera. The Dallas Opera featured her in CARMEN and CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN. In the summer of 2012, Ms Paulin debuted for Bard Summerscape (New York) in Chabrier’s LE ROI MALGRE LUI, a production that was also performed this fall at the Wexford Festival Opera. Further engagements include performances of Mozart’s REQUIEM for Toronto’s Tafelmusik and the Alberta Ballet (Calgary and Edmonton), LALLAROUKH for Opera Lafayette (Washington D.C. and New York City), MESSIAH in Denver with the Colorado Symphony, Metella in LA VIE PARISIENNE for L’Opéra de Québec, Vivier’s LONELY CHILD for L’Orchestre symphonique de Trois Rivières and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 for Orchestra London Canada.  She was on the recital platform in Dallas, Ottawa and Toronto.

Ms. Paulin’s 11/12 season included MESSIAH for the Seattle Symphony, her debut for Ireland’s Wexford Festival Opera as La Baronne in LA COUR DE CELIMENE, Handel’s HERCULES for Tafelmusik, Hetu’s LES CLARTES DE LA NUIT for the National Arts Centre Orchestra, MATTHÄUS PASSION and Bach Cantatas for the Calgary Philharmonic, Marzellina in FIDELIO for Edmonton Opera, the title role in RODELINDA for Houston’s Mercury Baroque and CARMINA BURANA for the Québec Symphony.  

In the summer of 2010, Ms. Paulin made her Rotterdam Philharmonic debut in L’ENFANT PRODIGUE with Nézet-Séguin, who was also her conductor for Mahler’s SYMPHONY No. 8 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and Place des Arts in Montréal. She was featured in the Elora Festival’s Beethoven MASS IN C with Noel Edison and began the fall season as Susanna in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO for Opera Hamilton, followed immediately by the title role in RODELINDA for Pacific Opera Victoria. 

Further credits include the Montreal Symphony, the St. Lawrence Choir, Les Idées Heureuses, the Ottawa Choral Society, and she has toured Europe as a recitalist. Frequently heard on both the French and English CBC networks, she is a past winner of the Montréal Symphony Competition and holds a Master's Degree from the University of Montréal. She won the Dvorak prize and has also received awards and prizes from the George London Foundation in New York, the Young Mozart Singers' Competition in Toronto and the Canadian Music Competition.