Canadian mezzo-soprano Mireille Lebel grew up in Vancouver and is based in Berlin. She sings leadingroles for lyric mezzo in opera houses internationally. While continuing to add roles to her corerepertoire, she produces and creates musical projects. In2020 she co-founded the artistic collectiveCrown The Musein Berlin with frequent collaborator, the soprano/pianist Rachel Fenlon. They wereawarded a Canada Council Grant for their first collaboration, a staged two woman opera directed byBruno Ravella.
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Mireille graduated with a Bachelor of Music from the University of Toronto and a Master of Music fromthe University of Montreal and is the recipient of grants from the Canada Council and the JacquelineDesmarais Foundation. Following her tenure as a young artist at the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra deMontreal, a grant from the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques sent her on an audition tour to Germany. Shewas engaged at Theater Erfurt where she became a member of the ensemble for 5 years singing rolessuch as Sesto (Clemenza di Tito), Orlovsky (Die Fledermaus), Haensel (Haensel und Gretel), and Idamante(Idomeneo).Once the fest contract in Erfurt was complete, Berlin captured her imagination and Mireille relocatedthere as a freelance artist. Since then, she hasworked in opera and concert with theatres in Europe andNorth America including Opera Atelier, Narodni Divadlo Praha, Theater Basel, Opera Theatre de Metz,Opera de Nancy, Opera de Nice, Vancouver Opera, Schwetzingen SWR Festspiele, Aix-en-ProvenceFestival, Schleswig Holstein Musik Festival, Les Violons du Roy, Collegium 1704, and the HoustonSymphony.
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Her roles include Octavian inDer Rosenkavalier(recorded for BR Klassik and conducted byJoana Mallwitz) Elle inLa Voix Humaine(recorded for Vancouver Opera’s digital season 2020), CharlotteinWerther(recorded for Culture Box and French television), the title role inCarmen, Penelope inIlritorno d’Ulisse in Patria, Nerone inL’incoronazione di Poppea, the title role in Gluck’sOrfeo, NicklausseinLescontes d’Hoffmann, Siébel inFaust, and Cherubino inLe nozze di Figaro. She has worked as asoloist with conductors Christoph Eschenbach, Bernard Labadie, Hervé Niquet, Jonathan Darlington,Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Rodolfo Richter, Jacques Lacombe, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, and regularly performsthe music of composer Samy Moussa. She has recorded 6 opera discs with the Boston Early MusicFestival on the CPO label, including the 2015 Grammy WinnerLa descente d’Orphée aux enfers, andcontinues to collaborate withthem on live and recorded baroque opera projects