Soprano Dominique Labelle is known for the luminous beauty of her voice, her committed stage presence, and the impeccable musicianship that she brings to her appearances in opera, concert, and recital. A frequent guest of the Handel and Haydn Society, she most recently appeared in Bach’s Mass in B Minor in October of 2002. Ms. Labelle has appeared with many of the finest symphonies, including those of Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Houston, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Toronto with such noted conductors as Bernard Haitink, Christopher Hogwood, Kurt Masur, Nicholas McGegan, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Roger Norrington, Robert Shaw, and Franz Welser-Möst. Her operatic appearances have included leading roles with Boston Lyric Opera, Canadian Opera Company, Göttingen Handel Festival, Glimmerglass Opera, and Vancouver Opera. One of today’s finest interpreters of Handel, she presented the modern-day premiere of his recently discovered Gloria at the International Handel Festival in Göttingen with Nicholas McGegan conducting the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and has since performed the work with the Philadelphia Orchestra and the Wiener Akademie in Vienna’s Musikverein.

Dominique Labelle appears in Bach's St. Matthew Passion on April 21 and 23, 2006.

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