Praised as a “warm, colorful mezzo” by Opera News, French mezzo-soprano Sophie Michaux has become one of North America’s most versatile and compelling vocalists. Born in London and raised in the French alps, Sophie’s unique background informs her artistic identity: she’s at home in an eclectic span of repertoire ranging from grand opera to French cabaret songs.
This season, highlights include the role of The Sorceress in Boston Baroque's production of Dido and Aeneas, the alto soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Erie Philharmonic, and in St. Matthew Passion with Upper Valley Baroque, as well as appearances with Grammy Award-winning vocal band Roomful of Teeth, and a full season with Blue Heron and Tiny Glass Tavern.
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 Alcina in Caccini’s La Liberation di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Haymarket Opera Company), Olofernes in Scarlatti’s La Giuditta (Haymarket Opera Company), and 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.”
Sophie is also a sought-after concert soloist. Recent solo engagements include a John Dowland recital with Lutenist Dani Zanuttini-Frank (Urbino Musica Antica), soloist in the world premiere of Kevin Siegfried’s arrangement of Three Shaker Songs (Boston Symphony Chamber Players), Clorinda in Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento di Tancredi e di Clorinda (A Far Cry), excerpts of Roustom's Clorinda Agonistes (A Far Cry), an eclectic solo recital in Zürich (La Folia), DeFalla’s El Amor Brujo (Lowell Chamber Orchestra), Mozart’s Coronation Mass (Dartmouth College Handel Society), Handel’s Dixit Dominos (Upper Valley Baroque), the world-premiere Paul Rudoi’s Transcendental Passion (Boston Cecilia), and many others.
Sophie is a member of Blue Heron and the Lorelei Ensemble, touring with both ensembles across the USA and abroad since 2017. She has collaborated with several orchestras and ensembles around the US including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Haymarket Opera Company, Roomful of Teeth, Les Délices, Bach Collegium San Diego, Palaver Strings, Ruckus, Upper Valley Baroque, Musicians of the Old Post Road, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, Aston Magna, and more. She can be heard on recordings with the Boston Early Music Festival, Blue Heron, Tiny Glass Tavern, the Lorelei Ensemble, Palaver Strings, La Cappella Mediterranea, and The Revels.
In addition to classical music, Sophie is passionate about performing folk music, world music, and popular song literature. She founded Tiny Glass Tavern, an eclectic cross-genre ensemble that released its first album on PARMA Recordings in 2025, and Sophie et Adam, a folk music duo with guitarist and singer Adam Jacob Simon, which recently presented an Edith Piaf Tribute Night at Cambridge’s legendary Club Passim. She is also the co-founder of Culomba, a vocal ensemble specialized in polyphonic music traditions from around the world.
This season, highlights include the role of The Sorceress in Boston Baroque's production of Dido and Aeneas, the alto soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Erie Philharmonic, and in St. Matthew Passion with Upper Valley Baroque, as well as appearances with Grammy Award-winning vocal band Roomful of Teeth, and a full season with Blue Heron and Tiny Glass Tavern.
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 Alcina in Caccini’s La Liberation di Ruggiero dall’isola d’Alcina (Haymarket Opera Company), Olofernes in Scarlatti’s La Giuditta (Haymarket Opera Company), and 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.”
Sophie is also a sought-after concert soloist. Recent solo engagements include a John Dowland recital with Lutenist Dani Zanuttini-Frank (Urbino Musica Antica), soloist in the world premiere of Kevin Siegfried’s arrangement of Three Shaker Songs (Boston Symphony Chamber Players), Clorinda in Monteverdi’s Il Combattimento di Tancredi e di Clorinda (A Far Cry), excerpts of Roustom's Clorinda Agonistes (A Far Cry), an eclectic solo recital in Zürich (La Folia), DeFalla’s El Amor Brujo (Lowell Chamber Orchestra), Mozart’s Coronation Mass (Dartmouth College Handel Society), Handel’s Dixit Dominos (Upper Valley Baroque), the world-premiere Paul Rudoi’s Transcendental Passion (Boston Cecilia), and many others.
Sophie is a member of Blue Heron and the Lorelei Ensemble, touring with both ensembles across the USA and abroad since 2017. She has collaborated with several orchestras and ensembles around the US including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Haymarket Opera Company, Roomful of Teeth, Les Délices, Bach Collegium San Diego, Palaver Strings, Ruckus, Upper Valley Baroque, Musicians of the Old Post Road, Lowell Chamber Orchestra, Aston Magna, and more. She can be heard on recordings with the Boston Early Music Festival, Blue Heron, Tiny Glass Tavern, the Lorelei Ensemble, Palaver Strings, La Cappella Mediterranea, and The Revels.
In addition to classical music, Sophie is passionate about performing folk music, world music, and popular song literature. She founded Tiny Glass Tavern, an eclectic cross-genre ensemble that released its first album on PARMA Recordings in 2025, and Sophie et Adam, a folk music duo with guitarist and singer Adam Jacob Simon, which recently presented an Edith Piaf Tribute Night at Cambridge’s legendary Club Passim. She is also the co-founder of Culomba, a vocal ensemble specialized in polyphonic music traditions from around the world.
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Conductors
Thomas Adès Leonardo García Alarcón Marin Alsop Celso Antunes David Angus Steven Asbury Adam Boyles Simon Carrington Orlando Cela Tiffany Chang Filippo Ciabatti Federico Cortese Jean-Marie Curti Azat Fishyan Gabriel Garrido Lisa Graham Giancarlo Guerrero Brett Hodgdon David Hodgkins Andrew Howell Fred Jodry Stefano Lano François López-Ferrer Colin Lynch Daniel Meyer* Scott Metcalfe Lionel Meunier* Andris Nelsons Paul O’Dette Tim Ribchester Gil Rose Robert Russell Michael Sakir Stephen Stubbs Craig Trompeter Ruben Valenzuela Richard Webster Beth Willer Lidiya Yankovskaya *future performances |
Opera Houses/Concert Halls
Baldwin Auditorium, NC Baryshnikov Arts Center, NY Boston Symphony Hall, MA Caffè Lena, NY Carnegie Hall, NY Caramoor Centre, NY Cathédrale St Pierre, Switzerland Central Square Theatre, MA Chicago Symphony Center, IL Cincinnati's Music Hall, OH Club Passim, MA Corpus Christi Church, NY Davies Symphony Hall, CA Distler Hall, MA Durgin Hall, MA Faneuil Hall, MA Fondazione Cini, Italy George Kent Hall, RI Grand Théatre de Genève, Switzerland Huntington Theatre, MA Jarvis Opera Hall, IL Jordan Hall, MA Kilbourn Hall, NY Knafel Center, MA Koussevitzy Music Shed, MA Lutheran Church in Honolulu, HI 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 Spaulding Auditorium, NH Somerville Theatre, MA Southern Theatre, OH Trinity Church of Boston, MA Warner Theatre, PA Weill Recital Hall, NY Weis Center, PA Westminster Abbey, UK Winchester Cathedral, UK Voxman Concert Hall, IA Victoria Hall, Switzerland Zack Box Theatre, MA |
Collaborations
A Far Cry Aston Magna Bach Collegium San Diego Blue Heron Boston Baroque* Boston Early Music Festival Boston Lyric Opera Boston Opera Collaborative Boston Percussion Ensemble Boston Symphony Orchestra Cappella Mediterranea Capital City Concerts Chicago Symphony Orchestra ChoralArt Chorus of Westerly Culomba Dartmouth College Handel Society Ensemble Elyma Guerilla Opera Haymarket Opera In Stile Moderno Les Délices Lorelei Ensemble Long&Away Lowell Chamber Orchestra Metropolitan Chorale Musicians of the Old Post Road Nashville Symphony Orchestra New England Classical Singers NEMPAC Palaver Strings The Revels Roomful of Teeth Ruckus San Francisco Symphony Orchestra Seven Times Salt The Shakespeare Concerts Tiny Glass Tavern Upper Valley Baroque Urbino Musica Antica* Stage Directors
Gilbert Blin Jim Findley Anne Kauffman Sarah Edgar David Lefkowich Allegra Libonati Joshua Major Rebecca Miller Roxana Myhrum Dona Roll Greg Smucker Eve Summer Patrick Swanson Gisele Ty Aria Umezawa Patricia Weinmann |
Photo credit: Anja Schütz