Gabrielle
Turgeon
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Hailed by critics and beloved by audiences, this eagerly anticipated revival transports you to Ancient Egypt in Philip Glass’s enthralling portrait of a trailblazing pharaoh. Countertenor John Holiday is the titular Akhnaten, determined to lead Egypt into a new age even as his plan to abandon the old gods puts his kingdom (and his life) in peril. Mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce is his queen Nefertiti, soprano So Young Park is the powerful dowager Queen Tye, and Grammy winner Zachary James reprises his memorable role as Amenhotep III, leading the audience through the ritualistic action on the stage.
Director Phelim McDermott revives his visually arresting production, replete with soaring acrobats, astonishing jugglers, and towering sets. With a libretto drawing on ancient texts like The Book of the Dead and a hypnotic, atmospheric score, Akhnaten portrays a doomed visionary with all his feats and foibles. Finland’s Dalia Stasevska makes her company debut conducting this tribute to one of the most transformative chapters in Egyptian history.
Gabrielle Turgeon
Meretaten
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Blair Salter
Repetiteur
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James Conlon ends his legendary tenure as LA Opera Music Director with the world's most popular opera in one of our most emblematic productions. Mozart's catchy melodies meet astonishing projected animations in our perennial crowd pleaser. Miles Mykkanen makes his LA Opera debut as Prince Tamino opposite Sydney Mancasola as the beautiful Pamina. Kyle Miller might just steal the show as the lovable sidekick Papageno, while Aigul Khismatullina and Kwangchul Youn face off as the Queen of the Night and Sarastro.
Gabrielle Turgeon
First Lady
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Nathan Bowles
First Armored Man
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Biography
In the 2025-26 season, Turgeon will make her role debut as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen at the Brott Music Festival. She will also be returning to LA Opera for her second season as a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist, where she will perform as the Daughter of Akhnaten in Glass's Akhnaten, and First Lady in Die Zauberflöte under the baton of James Conlon.
In the 2024-25 season, Turgeon joined the roster of the esteemed Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at LA Opera, where she made her company debut as Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, performed Voice of the Fountain in Golijov’s Ainadamar and the Countess Ceprano and Page in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and covered Despina in Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte.
In the 2023-2024 season, Turgeon made her debut at Des Moines Metro Opera, performing A Slave in Strauss’s Salome and covering Mélisande in Debussy’s
Pelléas et Mélisande.
In 2023, Turgeon was a finalist in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition and was the recipient of the Ana María Martínez Encouragement Award. Turgeon was also the winner of the Michigan District in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and received an Encouragement Award at the Great Lakes Regional Round.
Turgeon earned her Master’s from the University of Cincinnati - Conservatory of Music , where she performed both the title role in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites. Turgeon earned her Bachelor’s from the University of Toronto. She is also an alumna of the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Houston Grand Opera Young Artists’ Vocal Academy, and the Ravinia Steans Music Institute.
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