Pelléas et Mélisande
Geneviève
Julie Pasturaud
Born in Bordeaux, Julie studied art history and law before studying music at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, where she completed her Master in Music Performance and took part in the opera course. She is currently studying with Rudolf Piernay. She was a finalist in the Richard Tauber Prize in 2003 and won the Ministére des Affaires Etrangères Prize in 2004 and the Wessex Glyndebourne Association Award in 2006. Opera engagements have included Mercedes (Carmen) for GTO, Laura (Iolanta) at the Royal Festival Hall, Speranza (Orféo) at the Opéra National de Lyon and the title role in The Rape of Lucretia conducted by Peter Robinson in London. She made her Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut and her Royal Albert Hall debut in the role of Dama (Macbeth) in 2007. Plans include Mastrilla and Brambilla (La périchole) at Lille Opera and L’Opéra de Nantes and Angers, and La Virtu (L’incoronazione di Poppea) at L’Opéra National de Bordeaux.
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