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The dark-haired, dark-eyed Nesrallah is a riveting performer. Her head-turning looks certainly help, but the real magic lies in her voice, which is not just good, but astonishing…it was full and dusky, with power at the top end and dark appeal at the bottom. She shaped her sound beautifully to suit each song… her notes cascaded out voluptuously. Nesrallah, who does everything from opera to cabaret, supplemented that voice with an exceptional theatrical talent. An arched eyebrow or a sly smile spoke volumes. Though she stood on the spot for most of the evening, she conveyed the impression of a fully staged performance.
Mark Bachmann
The Record

Described by Artistic Director, Timothy Vernon, as a “future supernova,” mezzo-soprano, Julie Nesrallah is an extremely versatile singer and actress, at ease in all styles. Miss Nesrallah has achievements and standards of musical excellence established across the continent and abroad, dazzling audiences with her rich tone, engaging personality and deeply expressive communicative skills. She is regularly cast in principal roles by leading opera companies across North America and abroad. Roles include Carmen (Carmen), Isabella (L’Italiana in Algeri), Rosina (Il Barbiere di Siviglia), Angelina (La Cenerentola), Der Komponist (Ariadne auf Naxos), Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Suzuki (Madama Butterfly), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Meg Page (Falstaff), Anita (West Side Story), Jocasta (Oedipus Rex), Miss Todd (Old Maid & the Thief), Dritte Dame (Die Zauberflöte), Queen Elizabeth (Maria Stuarda), Queen Henrietta (I Puritani), First Maid (Elektra), the Young Mozart (The Jewel Box) and the Old Woman (The Death of Enkidu).

Symphonic engagements for Miss Nesrallah have included performances with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Ottawa Symphony, the Laval Symphony, the Kingston Symphony, the Victoria Symphony, the Cedar Rapids Symphony, the Charleston Symphony, l’Orchestre Métropolitain, l'Orchestre Leonardo da Vinci, the Toronto Philharmonia and the Plattsburgh Symphony. Renowned ensembles include the St. Lawrence String Quartet, the Orford Wind Quintet, Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc, the Borealis String Quartet, La Pietà, the Montreal Guitar Trio and the Molinari String Quartet who recorded a CD with Miss Nesrallah as the multi-role soloist for R. Murray Schafer’s tour de force, Beauty and the Beast, which won the 2002/2003 Opus Prize for Record of the Year, Modern and Contemporary Category.

Miss Nesrallah has participated in many prestigious summer festivals which include the Ottawa International Chamber Music Festival, the Macau International Music Festival, the Vancouver Chamber Festival, Festival Vancouver, the Boré-Arts Summer Music Festival, the Huntsville Arts Festival, the Orford Summer Festival, the Guelph Spring Festival, Les Concerts des Iles-du-Bic, the Lanaudière International Music Festival, Nova Scotia’s Musique Royale and the Indian River Summer Music Festival in Prince Edward Island.

Miss Nesrallah is also part of a duo with classical guitarist, Daniel Bolshoy. The Nesrallah-Bolshoy Duo has graced concert stages across Canada, the United States and abroad. In 2003, they released their first CD, España and have been featured in a Bravo!TV documentary, The Classical Now, documenting and promoting classical musicians in Canada.

Miss Nesrallah has been the recipient of many prestigious awards and grand prizes, including the Canada Council for the Arts Emerging Artist Award, the Brian Law Opera Award Grand Prize Winner, the Cercle des Cents Associés Grand Prize Winner and the Journées de la Musique Française Grand Prize Winner. She has also been invited to sing for several high profile events including the Opera Canada Awards honouring great Canadian achievement in opera, and An Evening for Peace in Montreal for Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan. In 2004, Miss Nesrallah was invited to perform for Her Royal Highness Princess Haya in Amman, Jordan, to launch an endowment fund for underprivileged girls to study music in Canada.

Miss Nesrallah has recently released a new recording, Panache! (Centaur Records) with classical harpist, Caroline Léonardelli and is frequently featured on CBC Radio and National Public Radio. She was also chosen to film a television commercial for Wal-Mart Canada in which she sang an aria from Bizet’s Carmen.

Ms. Nesrallah's representation:

WOLF-PIPER ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL
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