Canadian-American soprano Gabrielle Turgeon is making waves across North America, most
recently garnering critical acclaim for her performance in the finals of the Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Competition."Her delivery of “Piangerò la sorte mia” from Handel’s Julius Caesar was naturally engaging. She effortlessly floated across octaves and fast passages, nailing the high notes with precision...she is definitely a talent to watch for." (Denise Lai, La Scena Musicale, Montreal).
In the 2025-26 season, Turgeon will make her role debut as Micaëla in Bizet's Carmen at the Brott Music Festival. She will also be returning to Los Angeles Opera for her second season as a Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist, where she will perform as the Daughter of Akhnaten in Glass's Akhnaten, and First Lady in Die Zauberflöte under the baton of James Conlon.
In the 2024-25 season, Turgeon joined the roster of the esteemed Domingo-Colburn-Stein Young Artist Program at Los Angeles Opera, where she made her company debut as Kate Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, performed Voice of the Fountain in Golijov’s Ainadamar and the Countess Ceprano and Page in Verdi’s Rigoletto, and covered Despina in Mozart’s Così Fan Tutte.
In the 2023-2024 season, Turgeon made her debut at Des Moines Metro Opera, performing A Slave in Strauss’s Salome and covering Mélisande in Debussy’s
Pelléas et Mélisande.
In 2023, Turgeon was a finalist in Houston Grand Opera’s Eleanor McCollum Competition and was the recipient of the Ana María Martínez Encouragement Award. Turgeon was also the winner of the Michigan District in the 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and received an
Encouragement Award at the Great Lakes Regional Round.
Turgeon earned her Master’s from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM), where she performed both the title role in Janáček’s The Cunning Little Vixen and Blanche de la Force in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites. Turgeon earned her Bachelor’s from the University of Toronto. She is also an alumnus of the Aspen Music Festival and School, the Houston Grand Opera Young Artists’ Vocal Academy, and the Ravinia Steans Music Institute.