Croatian-Canadian soprano Chelsea Kolić is establishing herself as an exciting young artist throughout both North America and Europe. She has received over ten international awards including four first prizes, among which she was named Canada District Winner of the Laffont Competition (2021/2022). In fall 2023, after seven years of working and studying abroad in Europe, Chelsea returned to Canada to join Opéra de Montréal's Atelier lyrique young artist program. Throughout her first season, she successfully covered the roles of La Contessa (Mozart's Le Nozze di Figaro) and Violetta (Verdi's La Traviata), made her mainstage debut as Annina (Verdi's La Traviata), and sang the roles of La Virtù and Venere in Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea. She is currently preparing for the 2024/2025 season with Opéra de Montréal, where she will cover the role of Mimì (Puccini's La bohème), sing the roles of La princesse/La bergère (Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges), Vitellia (Mozart's La clemenza di Tito), as well as the role of La Lune in the world premiere of a new Canadian work, titled Le Phare.​

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