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Rihab Chaieb

Mezzo-soprano

  • Tunisian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb is capturing international attention with her compelling stage presence and vocal versatility. 


    The 24/25 season sees Chaieb return to LA Opera as Dorabella in Mozart Cosi Fan Tutte, the Metropolitan Opera as Maddalena in Verdi Rigoletto, Canadian Opera Company as Fenena in Verdi Nabucco, make her house debut with Opera Australia as title role Carmen and return to the Bayerische Staatsoper as Lola in a new production of Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana

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  • In huge demand on the concert platform, this season Chaieb makes her debut with the Bregenzer Festspiele in Ravel Scheherezade with the Wiener Symphoniker cond. Elim Chan, performs Beethoven 9th Symphony with the Philadelphia Orchestra & Orchestre Metropolitain Montreal both cond. Nézet-Séguin, along with further performances of Beethoven 9th Symphony with the Los Angeles Philharmonic cond. Dudamel and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, Carmen in concert with the Los Angeles Philharmonic cond. Dudamel & Kalamazoo Symphony, Mozart Requiem with the Orchestre Symphonique de Quebec cond. Sousa and Beethoven Missa Solemnis with the Washington National Symphony Orchestra cond. Noseda.


    Recent operatic highlights include the title role in a new production of Carmen at Glyndebourne Festival and for the BBC Proms, Chaieb’s debut at Opernhaus Zürich as Charlotte in Massenet Werther, Fenena Nabucco under Daniele Rustioni in Chaieb’s debut for the Bayerische Staatsoper and for Deutsche Oper Berlin, her LA Opera debut as Cherubino Le nozze di Figaro under James Conlon, her debut at Washington National Opera & Seiji Ozawa Music Academy as Dorabella Così fan tutte and Nefertiti in Glass Akhnaten for The Metropolitan Opera.


    Other operatic successes include title role Carmen for Canadian Opera Company, Palm Beach Opera, Oper Köln & Calgary Opera, Lola Cavalleria Rusticana with Dutch National Opera cond. Lorenzo Viotti, Dorabella Così fan tutte for Santiago de Chile, Maddalena Rigoletto & Offenbach Fantasio for Opéra National de Montpellier, Rosina in Rossini Il barbiere di Siviglia at Cincinnati Opera & Kasturbai in Glass Satyagraha & Charlotte Werther for Opera Ballet Vlaanderen. 


    Elsewhere, Chaieb has sung Penelope Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria on tour and for a recording with Ensemble I Gemelli and Carmen in concert for her debut with the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián. She has created the role of Claire in the world premiere of Melancholia with the Royal Swedish Opera, La mère Meryem  in Jost Voyage vers l’espoir for Grand Théâtre de Genève & gave the world premiere of Tarik O’Regan’s The Phoenix in her debut for Houston Grand Opera.


    On the concert platform, Chaieb has sung Beethoven Symphony No.9 & Verdi Requiem with the Los Angeles Philharmonic cond. Dudamel, Beethoven 9 with Nézet-Séguin and The Philadelphia Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, Verdi Requiem with the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra cond. Gardner, Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen cond. Debus & a Rossini Gala cond. Nagano with the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, Handel Messiah cond. Gimeno with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra and with the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra cond. Egarr, Berlioz’s Les nuits d’été with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, de Falla El sombrero de tres picos with both Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra cond. Prieto & Mozart Requiem with Les Violons du Roi cond. Labadie. Her various recital appearances have included Vocal Arts DC with pianist Brian Zeger and for the National Arts Center's #CanadaPerforms series with pianist Jennifer Szeto.


    As a recording artist, Chaieb has appeared on Jonathan Tetelman’s ‘The Great Puccini’ album for Deutsche Grammophon, and has recorded both Bach’s Mass in B minor & Beethoven Symphony No.9 with Orchestre Métropolitain under Music Director Nézet-Séguin, the latter released on Deutsche Grammophon’s DG Stage. 


    As a former member of the The Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Program, Chaieb appeared in numerous productions there, including Zulma L’italiana in Algeri, Laura Luisa Miller, Lola Cavalleria Rusticana, and Sandmännchen Hänsel und Gretel. Chaieb returned to the Met as a guest with Zerlina Don Giovanni under Cornelius Meister.


     

    2024/25 season / 627 words. Not to be altered without permission.

Performances

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"a tour de force of singing and acting"

Kevin Wells, Bachtrack

"Carmen depends on a charismatic Carmen in total command of her role. Chaieb has the kind of warm and supple voice which is immediately beguiling, with no weakness as she moved through the registers, soaring effortlessly and at the lower end displaying a smoky richness with tobacco-infused chest tones. When she sang her “I defy everything” in Act 1, she sent out the unmistakeable message: don’t mess with me. This Carmen didn’t snarl or hiss but she did ooze endless spirit. Her richly varied characterisation included those moments of vulnerability, fragility even, when the cards fall badly for her in Act 3, and in the blackest depths of her mezzo range she felt Fate approaching fast. Above all, her superlative French diction added a ring of total authenticity."

 

Alexander Hall, Opera Today

"Chaieb was simply a dream of a Dorabella... with an unfailing communicative circuit running straight from the heart to the vocal cords."

Patrick Dillon, Opera Canada

Intermusica represents Rihab Chaieb worldwide.

Nathan Morrison
Director / Head of Vocal & Opera
+44 20 7608 9923
nmorrison@intermusica.com

Natasha Worsley
Associate Director, Vocal & Opera
+44 (0) 7870 979 794
nworsley@intermusica.com

Iago Campello
Associate Artist Manager, Vocal & Opera
+44 7548 317398
icampello@intermusica.com

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Chansonnier

HK Gruber

Counter-tenor

Tim Mead

Harpsichord

Richard Egarr

Piano accompanist

Roger Vignoles

Saxophone

Jess Gillam

Contralto

Avery Amereau