Nicole Car

Nicole Car, 2018

Nicole Car (born 1985) is an Australian operatic soprano. She has performed leading roles at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Semperoper Dresden, Paris Opera, Dallas Opera (USA) and Opera Australia.[1]

Early life and education

Car attended Strathmore Secondary School, where she performed in school musicals. In Year 12 she sang at the Victorian Schools' Spectacular, singing jazz songs from the 1930s and 40s.[2]

At age 17, Car saw her first opera, Tosca, in her final year of high school in Melbourne. She then completed a Bachelor of Music at the Victorian College of the Arts, rather than the legal degree her parents had hoped for.[3]

Career

Car's debut in a major role was singing Donna Anna in Don Giovanni with Victorian Opera in 2009.[4] Her American debut was singing the Countess in The Marriage of Figaro at Dallas Opera in 2014, a role she had previously performed for Opera Australia.[1]

She made her Covent Garden debut in 2015, singing Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen, followed by Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin.[2] Car had previously performed the role of Micaëla for Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour in 2013.[5]

In a review of her first recording, The Kiss, Car's voice is described as possessing "a lovely lyric soprano".[6]

Car will make her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the role of Mimi (La Bohème) in November 2018.[7]

Opera roles

Recognition and awards

  • At 21, while in her final year at the Victorian College of the Arts, Car won the 2007 Herald Sun Aria, performing arias by Verdi and Puccini. In making the announcement, chief adjudicator Anson Austin said she has "a wonderful talent and a most beautiful voice".[12]
  • In 2013 Car won joint first prize in the Neue Stimmen vocal competition held in Germany.[13]
  • Car won a Helpmann Award in 2016 for Best Female Performer in an Opera, for her role in Luisa Miller for Opera Australia.[14]
  • Car was to have been pictured on the March issue of Limelight magazine. The issue was cancelled when liquidators were called in by the publisher, Andrew Batt-Rawden.[15]
  • Won 2018 Helpmann Award for Best Female Performer in an Opera for La Traviata, Opera Australia.[16]

Discography

Personal life

Car is married to Canadian baritone Etienne Dupuis. They have one child, Noah.[17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Nicole Car – Soprano". Opera Australia. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Dow, Steve (19 April 2016). "Opera superstar Nicole Car hits all the right notes in Luisa Miller". The Weekly Review. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  3. ↑ Schaffer, Monique (30 April 2016). "Opera singer Nicole Car rising up the ranks of the international opera schene". ABC News. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  4. 1 2 Paget, Clive (5 May 2016). "Nicole Car: Australia's Wandering Star". Limelight. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  5. 1 2 Neutze, Benjamin (24 March 2013). "Carmen – Second time, just as lucky!". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  6. ↑ Pullinger, Mark. "Nicole Car: The Kiss". Gramophone. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "Metropolitan Opera | La Bohème". www.metopera.org. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
  8. 1 2 "Nicole Car". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  9. ↑ "Nicole Car — People — Royal Opera House". www.roh.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  10. ↑ "Nicole Car". Opéra national de Paris. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  11. ↑ "Andrea Licata's "Traviata" receives standing ovation". SBS Your Language. Retrieved 2018-06-23.
  12. ↑ "Soprano scoops Herald Sun Aria". Herald Sun. 2 November 2007. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  13. ↑ Paget, Clive (3 October 2013). "Aussie Wins Neue Stimmen Singing Competition". Limelight. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  14. ↑ James, Erin. "Helmpann Awards 2016 – Full List". AussieTheatre.com. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
  15. ↑ Galvin, Nick (8 February 2018). "Limelight magazine calls in liquidators". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  16. ↑ Jefferson, Dee (2018-07-16). "Sydney Theatre Company the biggest winner at this year's Helpmann Awards". ABC News. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  17. ↑ "La Traviata". Australian Arts Review. 2018-02-23. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
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