Biography

Originally from Tours, French mezzo-soprano Marie Le Normand began her vocal studies in her native city with Marie-Geneviève Solnais-Poussard. She continued her training with Christine Gerbaud in Angers and Doris Lamprecht in Paris, before entering the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Lyon, where she studied with Mireille Delunsch and obtained her Master’s degree in 2026.

A prizewinner at several competitions, in 2023 she received the Ville de Gordes Prize, the Montperreux Festival Prize and the Opéra de Vichy Prize at the 15th Gordes Competition. She was also awarded the Francis Poulenc Academy Prize at the 12th Toulouse Mélodie Competition, as well as the Avant-Scène Opera Prize at the 7th Raymond Duffaut Young Singers Competition in Avignon.

On stage, she has performed L'Opinion Publique  in Offenbach’s Orphée aux Enfers, the Forester’s Wife in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen, and Concepción in Ravel’s L’Heure espagnole at the CNSMD Lyon. She has also sung the title role in Bizet’s Carmen at the Théâtre Edwige Feuillère.

Marie Le Normand also appears regularly in concert and recital. Her concert repertoire includes the mezzo-soprano solo parts in Rossini’s Stabat Mater and Petite Messe solennelle, as well as Mozart’s Requiem under the direction of Bernard Tétu; Honegger’s Le Roi David with the Orchestre de Mulhouse conducted by David Walter; Alma Mahler’s Vier Lieder, in an orchestration by Fabrice Pierre and under his direction; and Dvořák’s Stabat Mater.

Among her futur project, Beethoven's 9th Symphony in Lyon, the part of Olympe de Gouge (Isabelle Aboulker's Olympe la rebelle) at the Théâtre Nouvelle Génération of Lyon