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Praised by Indy Maven to be “a powerhouse sure to entertain and inspire” and by Opera Canada for her “enthusiasm and attractive singing”, American-Canadian Dramatic Soprano, Madison Montambault has been praised for her versatile performance ability across the operatic repertoire. After much anticipation and success as a Mezzo-Soprano, Madison moved into the Dramatic Soprano repertoire/voice fach in 2024.

For the 2024-2025 season, Madison joins Opera on the Avalon’s Emerging Artist Program in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. In collaboration with Opera on the Avalon and Newfoundland’s Tapestry Project, Ms. Montambault will portray Georgina Stirling, Newfoundland’s first international opera singer in a multi-media project to be produced in Europe in the spring of 2025. Commissioned by Opera on the Avalon, she will also premiere Juliana Hall’s new chamber monodrama, Marguerite, written specifically for Madison, in the summer of 2025. The monodrama is based on Marguerite de La Rocque. She also looks forward to covering her first Santuzza in Mascagni’s Cavalleria rusticana (company TBA).

In the 2023-2024 season, Ms. Montambault made her company debut with Dayton Opera in Wagner’s Das Rheingold where she sang Wellgunde and covered Fricka. Later in the season, she returned to Edmonton Opera in Wagner’s Das Rheingold as Wellgunde, and made her recital series debut at Kerrytown Concert House in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

She made her role and company debut with Indianapolis Opera as Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, and later appeared as the Announcer in Douglas Moore’s one act opera, Gallantry with Indianapolis Opera. Recently, she was seen in the role of Muley’s Wife in Ricky Ian Gordon’s The Grapes of Wrath with Detroit Opera Theatre, where she is a frequent collaborator. She made her professional debut in 2017 with Detroit Chamber Winds & Strings as Mrs. Williamson in the difficulty of crossing a field by David Lang lead by internationally renowned coach and conductor, Kathleen Kelly.

Ms. Montambault was named a finalist in the 2024 International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, a semi-finalist in the 2023 George London Foundation Competition, a 3rd place winner of the 2022 Edmonton Opera Rumbold Vocal Prize, a Central Regional Finalist in the 2022 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, two time prize winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition- Indiana District, a semi-finalist in the 2022 Premiere Opera Foundation International Voice Competition, a semi-finalist in the 2022 Opera Tampa D’Angelo Young Artist Vocal Competition, and a two time semi-finalist in American International Czech & Slovak Competition.

Madison completed Young Artist Program residencies with Sarasota Opera and Indianapolis Opera. She holds a Master of Music degree in Voice Performance, a Bachelor of Music Degree in Voice Performance and is a proud alumna of The University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. During her academic career, she was a graduate fellow and awarded the Blanche Thebom Opera Fellowship for Dramatic Voices, was a recipient of the University of Michigan’s EXCEL Enterprise Fund Grant, and was a finalist in the University of Michigan Concerto Competition. At Michigan, she studied with internationally acclaimed Bass-Baritone, Stephen West.

She currently studies with world renowned Soprano, Jennifer Rowley.