Marie-Juliette Ghazarian, mezzo-soprano
French mezzo-soprano Marie-Juliette Ghazarian initially focused on the harpsichord at a young age. Fascinated by classical singing, she began developing her voice and left Paris to further her development at the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
In 2018, she joined the MMAcademy at the Royal Theatre of La Monnaie-De Munt and today is among the MMLaureates. In 2019, she joined the opera studio at the Palace of Fine Arts in Charleroi, where she studied the roles of Carmen, Dorabella (Così fan tutte), and the Second Lady (Die Zauberflöte).
As an Artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel, Marie-Juliette began a new phase of her vocal training in 2022.
She made her stage debut in 2018 as Rick in I Was Looking at the Ceiling and then I Saw the Sky by J. Adams at the Royal Theatre of Brussels, followed by performances at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie and the Théâtre de l’Athénée in Paris. In recent seasons, she has sung the Third Lady (Die Zauberflöte) at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie, the Abuela in Cambio madre por moto by F. Nuyts in Ghent, the Page of Herodias (Salome) at the Opéra de Metz, and Suzuki (Madama Butterfly) as part of the Escales Lyriques. In October 2024, she performed solo in the contemporary opera Goud! by Leonard Evers at La Monnaie-De Munt.
She recently appeared in Ravel’s L’Enfant et les Sortilèges (roles of the Cat, the Squirrel, and the Shepherd) for Opera Ballet Flanders. She sings the role of L’Enfant under the baton of Alain Altinoglu, Lotte Zweig in the revival of À l’Extrême Bord du Monde by Harold Noben, and Danae in the world premiere of Medusa by Iain Bell at La Monnaie-De Munt.
Since September 2022, she has been an Artist in residence at the Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel in the classes of Stéphane Degout, Sophie Koch, and José van Dam. During her residency, she participated in numerous projects and concerts within the Music Chapel as well as on major stages such as Flagey and the Royal Palace of Brussels. From 2026, she is an Associate Artist at the Music Chapel.