About Christopher Gaudreault

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Canadian conductor and pianist Christopher Gaudreault is a captivating and uniquely versatile artist, equally at home in the operatic, orchestral, and choral repertoires. The 2024/2025 season sees Gaudreault as répétiteur for Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opéra de Montréal and Bluebeard’s Castle at Edmonton Opera as well as conductor for Nanatasis with Musique 3 Femmes and Don Giovanni with Opéra du Royaume. He looks forward to returning to Brott Opera for a third summer as staff répétiteur and making his Festival de Lanaudière debut in a chamber music recital. 

 

In 2024, Gaudreault’s conducting appearances included making his mainstage debut at Opéra de Montréal conducting La Traviata with the Orchestre Métropolitain, a concert for voice and string orchestra with Ensemble Obiora for the Société d’art vocal de Montréal, a concert performance of Les pêcheurs de perles with Opéra du Royaume, and the world premieres of two new operas with Musique 3 Femmes. 

 

Christopher was invited to the final rounds of both the 2021 and 2023 editions of the Besançon International Competition for Young Conductors. In addition to being a recent graduate of the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, he holds a master’s degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Michigan, where he studied with Kenneth Kiesler, and a bachelor’s degree in Piano Performance from the Schulich School of Music of McGill University.