Julie Robard-Gendre

French mezzo-soprano Julie Robard-Gendre garnered accolades from public and press alike with her recent role and house debut as Venus / Tannhaüser with Korea National Opera, her role debut as Santuzza / Cavalleria Rusticana with Opéra de Saint-Étienne and her powerful Foreign princess / Rusalka with Opéra de Massy.

Other recent engagements of note include Nefertiti in Philip Glass’ Akhnaten with the Opéra de Nice, Sesto / La Clemenza di Tito at  Angers-Nantes Opera, Marguerite / La Damnation de Faust at the Domstufen Festspiele in Erfurt, Germany, Maddalena / Rigoletto with the Cercle de l’Harmonie at the Festival Berlioz in La Côte Saint-André and in Bremen, Meg / Falstaff in Lille, Luxembourg and Caen, La Tragédie de Carmen on tour with the ensemble Miroirs étendus, Carmen at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Hérodias / Salomé in Metz, La Mort de Cléopatre in concert at the Angers-Nantes Opera, and Perséphone / Ariane  by Massenet in Munich with Palazzetto Bru Zane, which was recorded with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks.

In recent seasons, Julie appeared as Gertrude / Hamlet in a new production with Opera de Nantes/Angers and Opera de Rennes. At Lausanne Opera she sang the title role in La Belle Hélène, a role she previously performed at Opera de Rennes, Opera de Vichy and in Avignon, and a new production of Dulcinée / Don Quichotte at Opera de Tours.

Additional career highlights include Robard-Gendre’s Paris Opera debut as Dame d’honneur /Bohémienne in Les Huguenots and a reprise of Zweite Dame in  Carsen’s production of Die Zauberflöte. She made her debut in the title role of Carmen at Opera de Rennes and was highly acclaimed by critics and public alike as Ghita / Der Zwerg at Opera de Lille, Opera de Rennes and Opera de Caen. She also enjoyed a debut at Festival Aix-en-Provence in the role of Ramiro / La Finta Giardiniera, which was broadcast live via ARTE, and sang the role of Prince Raphaël / Offenbach’s La Princesse de Trébizonde at Opéra de Limoges.

Prior roles for the artist include: Orphée in Orphée et Eurydice at Opera de Nantes/Angers, where she also revived the role of Prince Charming / Cendrillon (a role she previously sang at Opera de Massy); Olga / Eugene Onegin in Nice, Metz and Reims; Fenena / Nabucco in Toulon and Nice, and a debut at Opéra de Monte Carlo as the Kitchen Boy / Rusalka.

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