Nicole Car

Australian soprano Nicole Car has established herself as one of the leading sopranos of her generation and has become a fixture at many of the top houses around the world. Often praised for her beautiful, rich timbre and her unique musicality, Nicole was recently made a Chevalier de l’ordre des arts et des lettres de la république de France. During the 2024/25 season she will make four significant role debuts including Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann at the Wiener Staatsoper, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera at the Bayerische Staatsoper, Matréna in Mazeppa with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester and the title role in Dvořák’s Rusalka at Opera Australia. Further on the operatic stage she returns to the roles of Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and Elisabetta in Don Carlo all at the Wiener Staatsoper, as well as a return to Mimì in La bohème at the San Francisco Opera. Career highlights on the operatic stage include Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes for her recent debut with Teatro alla Scala, Amelia in Simon Boccanegra, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Elisabetta in Don Carlo at Opéra National de Paris, Desdemona in Otello, Blanche in Dialogues des Carmélites and Marguerite in Faust at Wiener Staatsoper, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Mimì in La bohème and Ellen Orford in Peter Grimes at the Metropolitan Opera, Tatyana in Eugene Onegin and Mimì in La bohème at both the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and the Bayerische Staatsoper, Elisabetta in Don Carlo and Salomé in Hérodiade at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, as well as Contessa Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro and the title role in Luisa Miller at Opera Australia. She was the first prize recipient of the 2013 Neue Stimmen Competition and the 2012 Australia Opera Awards and was nominated for Best Young Singer at the 2015 International Opera Awards. She won the Best Female Performer in an Opera category at the 2018 Helpmann Awards. She is currently the co-artistic director of L’Institut Canadien d'Art Vocal (ICAV) alongside her husband, baritone Étienne Dupuis.