Born in Montreal, French-Canadian baritone Olivier Bergeron made his stage debut at Opéra de Montréal at the age of 16, singing the role of the Younger Brother in Dead Man Walking. A graduate of the Verbier Festival’s Atelier Lyrique, he enjoys a budding career both in Europe and North America. Praised for his “impeccable diction”, his “supple and round voice” as well as his “convincing acting” (Opera Canada), he is equally at home performing opera, recitals and concert work.

Future engagements include a global tour with Les Arts Florissant’s Jardin des Voix conducted by William Christie, Charpentier motets at the Chapelle Royale de Versailles with Hervé Niquet and Le Concert Spirituel, and debuts with Clermont Auvergne Opéra for Dalayrac’s Maison à vendre, and Tage Alter Musik in Herne for Legrenzi’s Totila. He also looks forward to Tout ce qu’il reste, an interdiscplinary creation built around Schubert lieder, to be presented at Montréal’s Salle Bourgie, Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, and Domaine Forget de Charlevoix. His first album, Nuits Blanches, recorded with pianist Olivier Godin, releases in September 2025.

Recent projects include his mainstage début with Festival d’opéra de Québec in Bizet’s Carmen under Jacques Lacombe, Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin with pianist Michael McMahon at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal, the Fauré Requiem with the McGill Choral Society, performances at the Oxford Song Festival as well as the Lanaudière Festival with pianist Chloé Dumoulin, a joint recital with Laurence Kilsby at the Festival de musique de Lachine alongside Olivier Godin, and Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda at the Abbaye de Royaumont, conducted by Fabio Biondi. He also took part in a tour of Eastern Canada with Jeunesses Musicales Canada’s production of Je chante la nuit/La Voix humaine.

Dedicated to the art song repertoire, he has appeared in recital at Wigmore Hall, the Petit Palais and Salle Cortot in Paris, at the Lachine Music Festival, with the Société d'art vocal de Montréal and at the Chapelle historique du Bon-Pasteur in Montreal. While a member of the Verbier Festival Academy, he was invited to perform Poulenc's Le bal masqué in the UNLTD series with the Ensemble Appassionato.

Following his studies at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and at the École normale de musique de Paris, he made his European debut in 2017 with Les Talens Lyriques in the title role of La morte d'Orfeo (Landi) at the Abbaye de Royaumont conducted by Christophe Rousset, with whom he also performed Dido and Aeneas at the Festival de musique de Menton. Since then, he has appeared at Opéra Grand Avignon, Opéra de Reims and the Philharmonie de Paris. During his time as a member of Opera Fuoco's young artist program, he performed the roles of Riff (Bernstein's West Side Story), Il Poeta (Salieri's Prima la musica e poi le parole) and Andrea Coclé (Korngold's Die stumme Serenade).

July 2025

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