Soprano Nathalie Paulin made her European debut as Iris in Semele at the Opernhaus Halle. She has toured the Czech Republic and further international engagements have taken her to Germany, the United States and Japan. With featured roles in Dallas Opera productions of Manon, Carmen and the Cunning Little Vixen behind her, she debuted for l’Opéra de Montréal as Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande and for Chicago Opera Theater as Galatea in Acis and Galatea. Reviewing from Chicago, John van Rhein noted that “Paulin in particular is a real find; her rich, agile voice possesses great depth and allure, her manner radiates sensuous charm.” She returned to Chicago Opera Theater for the title role in Semele and she has been heard as Constance in Les Dialogues des Carmélites for Calgary Opera, Zerlina in Don Giovanni for L’Opéra de Québec, and Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro for Cincinnati Opera.

In 2004–2005, Ms. Paulin makes her New York City debut with the New York Collegium in a Handel program conducted by Andrew Parrott. She also looks forward to her appearance at the Acadian World Congress in Halifax, Leila in Les Pecheurs de Perles for Festival Vancouver, Zerlina in Don Giovanni for Opera Atelier, Mendelssohn’s Lobgesang with the Québec Symphony and Norina in Don Pasquale for the Montréal Opera. Back on the concert stage, she will be heard in the works of Bach, Pergolesi and Vivaldi with the Calgary and Edmonton symphonies.

She began her 2003-2004 season with Festival Vancouver as Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande co-produced with Vancouver Opera. Ms. Paulin covered this role for the Boston Symphony and toured Korea in Opera Atelier’s Don Giovanni. Hoiby’s The Tempest for Pacific Opera Victoria, the title role in Massenet’s Manon for L’Opéra de Québec and Nadia in La Veuve Joyeuse were also on her busy schedule. She was in Chicago for Bach’s B Minor Mass with Music of the Baroque and at the National Art Centre in Ottawa for Messiah, a work she repeated with Boris Brott in Montreal. The Aldeburgh Connection, l’Orchestre symphonique de Québec and the Victoria Symphony also engaged Ms. Paulin for 2003–2004.

Mozart roles highlighted her schedule for 2002/2003 during which she was heard as Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte for Manitoba Opera and as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro for Opera Atelier. She sang Créuse in Opera Atelier’s Medée and also appeared with L’Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal in Messiah. As a concert artist she was engaged by the Aldeburgh Connection and Pax Christi Chorale in Toronto, l’Ensemble Arion and the André Turp Musical Society in Montreal and the Ottawa Choral Society.

Ms. Paulin was Andromède in Opera Atelier’s Persée under Hervé Niquet, a conductor with whom she previously collaborated for Desmarest’s Grand Motets at Versailles, Metz and Luneville. She was featured in the World Premiere of the Applebaum/Moore opera Erewhon for Pacific Opera Victoria and was heard for Orchestra London (ON) as Adina in L'Elisir D'Amore. A frequent star with Opera Atelier, she appeared with that company as Amour in Rameau's Pygmalion, the Angel in Handel’s La Resurrezione, Belinda in Dido and Aeneas and Damon in Acis and Galatea. Ms. Paulin triumphed in the title role of La Calisto for the Canadian Opera Company and also appeared in Kulesha's Red Emma. She debuted for Ottawa’s Opera Lyra at the National Arts Centre as Valencienne in The Merry Widow; other roles in her repertoire include Héro in Béatrice et Bénédict, Diane in Iphigénie en Tauride, Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera and Elvira in Rossini’s L'Italiana in Algeri.

As a concert artist, she has been featured by the Toronto Symphony in Messiah, the Thunder Bay Symphony in Die Schöpfung and the St. Lawrence Choir in Vaughan Williams’ Benedicite. She has also been featured by Les Idées Heureuses and Le Studio Musique Ancienne de Montréal. Ms. Paulin has toured Europe as a recitalist and has been heard in programs of contemporary Canadian works across the country. She is frequently heard in recital on both French and English CBC radio broadcasts. Toronto's Aldeburgh Connection has engaged her in programs celebrating the music of Bizet, Poulenc and Ravel and she has toured her home province with Quatuor Arthur LeBlanc. A winner of the Montréal Symphony Competition, Ms. Paulin holds a Master's Degree from the University of Montréal. In 1993 she took the Dvorák prize and has also received awards and prizes from the George London Foundation in New York, the Young Mozart Singers' Competition in Toronto and the Canadian Music Competition.

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