Sophie Michaux Mezzo-soprano
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Biography

Praised for her “warm, colorful mezzo” by Opera News, Sophie Michaux has become one of Boston’s most versatile and compelling vocalists. Born in London and raised in the French alps, Sophie’s unique background informs her artistic identity, making her feel at home in an eclectic span of repertoire ranging from grand opera to French cabaret songs.

Recent solo engagements include a recital of Barbara Strozzi’s vocal music at the Fondazione Cini in Venice, Italy, the world premiere of Paul Rudoi's Our Transcendental Passion (Boston Cecilia), a New-England tour with Palaver Strings, among others. In 2022 - 2023 she will be part of the Lorelei Ensemble’s US tour, premiering Her Story by Julia Wolfe with the Boston, Chicago, Nashville, San Francisco and National Symphony Orchestras.

A consummate singing actor, Sophie is known for her committed portrayals of a wide variety of demanding roles on the opera stage. Sophie recently appeared as Ceres in Boston Early Music Festival’s production of Lalande’s rarely-staged Les Fontaines de Versailles, garnering acclaim from the Boston Musical Intelligencer for her “astonishing range and flexibility.” She has sung the title roles of La Cenerentola (NEMPAC), Lucretia in The Rape of Lucretia (Opera Brittenica), and Rinaldo (Boston Opera Collaborative) for which she was nominated as Best Female Performer in an Opera for the 2015 Arts Impulse Theatre Awards.

​Sophie has enjoyed the challenge of interpreting a number of modern and contemporary opera roles, among them Anne in To Hell and Back by Jake Heggie (Boston Opera Collaborative), Mrs. Soames in Our Town by Ned Rorem (Boston Opera Collaborative), Higuchi in Troubled Water by Mischa Salkind-Pearl (Guerilla Opera), and Ceres in The Tempest by Joseph Summer (The Shakespeare Concerts).

Winner of the 2nd place in the 2021 Handel Aria Competition in Madison WI, and of the William Grogan Award in the 2022 Lyndon Woodside Oratorio-Solo Competition, Sophie is a sought-after soloist on the concert platform. Recent engagements include Bach's Magnificat (New England Classical Singers) and B Minor Mass (ChoralArt), Beethoven’s Mass in C (Chorus of Westerly), Duruflé’s Requiem (Trinity Church of Boston), Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle (Metropolitan Chorale), and many others.

Sophie is a proud member of the Blue Heron renaissance ensemble and the Lorelei Ensemble, Boston’s groundbreaking professional women’s ensemble. With Lorelei, she has performed alongside the Boston Symphony Orchestra, A Far Cry, and others, and been featured soloist in numerous works from Renaissance polyphony to Björk. She can be heard on recordings with the Boston Early Music Festival, Blue Heron, the Lorelei Ensemble, La Cappella Mediterranea, The Revels, Palaver Strings and The Shakespeare Concerts. 
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Sophie belongs to Beyond Artists, a coalition of artists that donates a percentage of their concert fees to organizations they care about. Through her performances, she supports The Ocean Clean Up,  350.org (Climate Change), and Give Directly (Direct Poverty Relief).

Conductors
Thomas Adès*
Leonardo García Alarcón 
Marin Alsop*

Celso Antunes
David Angus
Steven Asbury
Adam Boyles
Simon Carrington

Tiffany Chang
Federico Cortese
Jean-Marie Curti
Gabriel Garrido
Lisa Graham

Giancarlo Guerrero*
Brett Hodgdon
David Hodgkins
Andrew Howell
​Fred Jodry
Stefano Lano
Colin Lynch
​Scott Metcalfe
Andris Nelsons
Gianandrea Noseda*

Paul O’Dette
Tim Ribchester
Gil Rose
Robert Russell
Michael Sakir

Stephen Stubbs
Kent Tritle*
Craig Trompeter*
Richard Webster
Beth Willer
​Lidiya Yankovskaya



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*future performances
Opera Houses/Concert Halls
Baldwin Auditorium, NC
Boston Symphony Hall, MA
Carnegie Hall, NY
Caramoor Centre, NY

Cathédrale St Pierre, Switzerland
Central Square Theatre, MA
Chicago Symphony Center, IL*

Davies Symphony Hall, CA*
Distler Hall, MA
Faneuil Hall, MA
Fondazione Cini, Italy
George Kent Hall, RI
Grand Théatre de Genève, Switzerland 
Huntington Theatre, MA
Jordan Hall, MA

Kilbourn Hall, NY

The Kennedy Center, DC*
Knafel Center, MA

Koussevitzy Music Shed, MA
Mahaiwe, MA
Musée-Château d’Annecy, France
Pickman Hall, MA
Plainfield Opera House, VT

​Sanders Theatre, MA
Schermerhron Symphony Center, TN*
Seiji Ozawa Hall, MA
The Sendesaal, Germany
Shalin Liu Performance Center, MA
Somerville Theatre, MA
Southern Theatre, OH
Trinity Church of Boston, MA
Weill Recital Hall, NY

Weis Center, PA
Westminster Abbey, UK
Winchester Cathedral, UK
Victoria Hall, Switzerland
Zack Box Theatre, MA


Stage Directors
Gilbert Blin
Jim Findley
David Lefkowich
Allegra Libonati
Joshua Major
Rebecca Miller
Roxana Myhrum
Dona Roll
Greg Smucker
Eve Summer
Patrick Swanson
Gisele Ty
Aria Umezawa
Patricia Weinmann

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Collaborations
A Far Cry
Blue Heron
Boston Early Music Festival
Boston Lyric Opera
Boston Opera Collaborative
Boston Percussion Ensemble
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Cappella Mediterranea
ChoralArt
​Chorus of Westerly
​Culomba
Ensemble Elyma
Guerilla Opera
Haymarket Opera*
In Stile Moderno
Lorelei Ensemble
Long&Away*
​Metropolitan Chorale
New England Classical Singers
NEMPAC
Palaver Strings
​The Revels
​Ruckus*
Seven Times Salt
The Shakespeare Concerts



Photo credit: Asher + Oak Photography ​
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