Marie-Eve Munger; Les Boreades de Montreal - Mozart: Airs d'Opera

For her second collaboration on the ATMA Classique label, soprano Marie-Eve Munger presents a program devoted exclusively to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. She is accompanied by Les Boreades de Montreal conducted by Philippe Bourque.

Mozart composed these rarely heard arias between the ages of twelve and sixteen.

Munger's recent successes include her debut with the Lyric Opera ofChicago in Massenet's Cendrillon, the premiere of Boesmans 'Pinocchio at La Monnaie' in Brussels, appearances at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, the Liceu in Barcelona, and the Festival d'Aix-enProvence in Richard Strauss's Elektra.

Specializing in baroque repertoire, Les Boreades was founded in 1991 by Francis Colpron. The ensemble has chosen a faithful approach to historical performance practise. Critics and audiences in Canada and abroad have unanimously praised the ensemble's verve,spontaneity, and its theatrical, expressive, and elegant playing qualities that reflect an intimate understanding of the spirit of the Baroque.

Marie-Eve Munger's new recording is a tour de force of scholarship and artistry. [�] She collaborates with the vibrant period-instrument ensemble Les Bor�ades de Montr�al, conducted by Phillipe Bourque, as if on a mission - which, of course, she most fervently is. - Gramophone

this young Canadian soprano, whom I regrettably had never heard before, sings with such verve, musicality and technical accomplishment that I was quite stunned. Where she impressed most of all was in the three arias from Mitridate; in Pallid'ombre her intensive dramatic singing is a revelation. Glorious singing! - Music Web International