Sharon Azrieli

Originally from Montréal, soprano Sharon Azrieli has enjoyed international success at world-famous venues including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Opera, the Opéra Bastille de Paris, and with leading organizations such as the Canadian Opera Company, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, and the New Israel Opera, among others. In 2019, she was awarded the National Order of Quebec (Chevalière du Québec) for her remarkable achievements as a performer. Known for her versatility as a singer, Sharon has released several albums, including, "Sharon Azrieli Sings Broadway" (with arranger Marvin Laird), "The Gift of Joy", "Rare French Arias of the 19th Century", and "Fiddler on the Roof" (in Yiddish). Blogcritics praised her most recent album, "Frankly Sharon" with Tony Award-winning composer Frank Wildhorn, saying, “Azrieli’s softly impassioned phrasing is exquisite... She has, always, a naturalistic freshness in her voice, which makes it easy – or sound easy – for her to shunt aside opera’s tendency to call forth the mannered and the over-the-top, and sing with balance and grace.” Translations for the album were done in French, Italian, and Hebrew by Sharon herself.