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Madeleine Pierard
Born
New Zealand
Academic background
Alma materRoyal College of Music, National Opera Studio, New Zealand School of Music
Academic advisorsLillian Watson, Yvonne Kenny
Academic work
InstitutionsThe Royal Opera, New Zealand Opera, University of Waikato

Madeleine Pierard is a New Zealand lyric soprano opera singer and teacher. She holds the Dame Malvina Major Chair in Opera at the University of Waikato.

Early life and education

Pierard grew up in Napier. She was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of six, and spent two years in hospital.[1] She enrolled in a biomedical degree, but soon found she preferred studying music, having studied piano. She started singing lessons whilst studying composition with Jack Body.[1] Pierard sang in the New Zealand Youth Choir, The Tudor Consort and Voices New Zealand chamber choir.[2] Pierard's older sister Anna is also an opera singer.[1]

Pierard earned a Bachelor of Music with Honours in performance and composition from Victoria University of Wellington, and a Master of music from the Royal College of Music in London, where she studied with Lillian Watson.[3]

Opera career

International performances include Richard Strauss's Four Last Songs with the English National Ballet at Sadler's Wells, Meleagro in Atalanta in the London Handel Festival, Justice in The First Commandment with the Classical Opera Company, Das erste Blumenmädchen in Parsifal, Marzelline in Fidelio, with the Auckland Philharmonia and New Zealand Opera, and Musetta in La Boheme with Longborough Festival Opera. Pierard sang Sandman in Hänsel und Gretel, High Priestess in Aida and Noémie in Cendrillon, all with The Royal Opera. [4][2][5] She has appeared with Kiri Te Kanawa and Jonathan Lemalu, and performed a number of oratorios, including Carmina Burana, Mozart's Requiem and Haydn's Nelson Mass as St Martin-in-the-Fields under Ivor Setterfield, Verdi's Requiem with the Cleveland Philharmonic Orchestra, Haydn's The Creation in the King's Lynn Festival and Vaughan William's Dona Nobis Pacem and Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man at The Royal Festival Hall.[6][5][7]

New Zealand performances include the female lead in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas with the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra in 2023, and Brahms' Lieder with Michael Houstoun in the Hawke’s Bay Festival.[4][8]

Pierard was appointed as the Dame Malvina Major Chair in Opera at the University of Waikato in 2022.[9]

Awards

Pierard has won a number of awards and scholarships while studying and performing. Pierard won the Lexus Song Quest in 2005, the Dame Malvina Major Foundation's Mina Foley Award in 2014, the Lies Askonas and the Royal Overseas League Prize, and was a Jette Parker Young Artist at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden. Pierard also won the Les Azuriales Ozone Opera Competition on the Côte d'Azur, France, and the Elm Vocal Award at the Wigmore Hall, England, and won a New Generation Award from the New Zealand Arts Foundation.[10][11][2]

Personal life

Pierard is married to conductor and violinist Michael Joel. They have three daughters.[1][4] In her spare time, Pierard likes to ice cakes.[9][12]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Twelve Questions with Madeleine Pierard". NZ Herald. 19 December 2016. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "Madeleine Pierard | Arts Foundation New Generation". Arts Foundation. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  3. ^ "University of Waikato". profiles.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  4. ^ a b c "Madeleine Pierard: "sumptuous singing" at home and away". Five Lines. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Madeleine Pierard - SOUNZ". sounz.org.nz. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Madeleine Pierard". orchestrawellington.co.nz. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Rising Star: Madeline Pierard". PACANZ - Performing Arts Competitions Association of New Zealand. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  8. ^ Crump, Bryan (17 October 2023). "The prime of Ms Madeleine Pierard". RNZ. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  9. ^ a b "International soprano at Opera School in Whanganui". NZ Herald. 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  10. ^ "Madeleine Pierard". Music International. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Scholarships - Dame Malvina Major Foundation". 15 May 2015. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  12. ^ "Madeleine Pierard returns to New Zealand - The New Zealand Opera School". operaschool.org.nz. 16 March 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

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