ABOUT
BIOGRAPHY

At the beginning of his twenties, he was recruited by Cirque du Soleil to sing in La Nouba (directed by Franco Dragone) at Walt Disney World in Florida. A multidisciplinary artist—actor, singer, stage director, and writer—he has built a career of more than twenty years, marked by versatility and an exceptional mastery of the music-theatre arts.
As an actor-singer, he has distinguished himself in more than forty productions across a remarkable range of styles, from Monteverdi’s Baroque operas to Broadway rock opera, as well as theatre for young audiences. His stage career has brought him to opera and operetta houses including Opéra de Montréal, Opéra de Québec, the Opéra-Comique in Paris, Nouvel Opéra Métropolitain, and Toronto Masque Theatre. He has also performed in hit musicals with the Just for Laughs Festival, Théâtre du Rideau Vert, and Théâtre du Nouveau Monde, and in straight theatre in both French and English at events such as Montréal’s Festival TransAmériques, the Cleveland International Children’s Festival, and Pittsburgh’s International Children’s Festival.
Trained in stage direction at the Atelier lyrique of Opéra de Montréal, he often combines performance with creation in theatricalized concerts, which he also directs and co-authors, for ensembles such as Orchestre de l’Agora, Sinfonia de Lanaudière, Arion Baroque Orchestra (La Révolte des anciens, winner of the 2023 Opus Prize for Youth Production of the Year), and the Drummondville Symphony Orchestra. His directing credits include soprano Marianne Lambert’s projects Paris sous les étoiles and Mers intérieures, as well as Canzone di Notte, a joint program with harpist Valérie Milot. Among his major stage directing achievements are Le Chanteur de Mexico at Opéra bouffe du Québec and several productions for the Nouvel Opéra Métropolitain (the opera division of Festival Classica), where he also serves as Director of Operations. His NOM credits include the world premieres of A. Ichmouratov’s L’Homme qui rit and T. Dubois’s Miguela, Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis, Bizet’s Carmen with Marie-Nicole Lemieux in the title role, and the operatic adaptation of the landmark musical Starmania (2025). These expanded responsibilities at NOM also encompass community engagement and outreach, and he has served as stage manager, production director, and author of program notes.
A specialist in acting through song, he holds an M.A. in Theatre (UQAM, 2025, with distinction), where his thesis explored the importance of dramatic interpretation in the training of opera singers. He is also active in academia as a visiting professor and stage director, teaching these skills at institutions such as the Canadian Vocal Arts Institute, the University of Ottawa, UQAM, Bishop’s University, the Vincent-d’Indy School of Music, Cégep Saint-Laurent, and the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal—where he has directed J. Strauss’s Die Fledermaus and J. Massenet’s Cendrillon.
PRESS REVIEWS

« Proulx Lemire almost stole the show with his portrayals of clumsy Basilio and the stuttering judge »
-La Tribune's review for Le Nozze de Figaro (Université de Sherbrooke)
« …the cast was dominated by […] Isabeau Proulx Lemire’s acrobatic clowning while playing the drunk jailer […] »
-La Presse’s review for Die Fliedermaus (Université de Montréal)
« Dazzling performance by Isabeau Proulx lemire ».
- La Presse about his short appearance in Carmen of Peter Brook by the Canadian Vocal Art Institute, Montréal.
« ...the talented […] Isabeau Proux-Lemire, [was] fabulously comic in three roles... [He] strut[s] his theatrical stuff with panache.»
-The Toronto Star about his performance in the Molière’s Celebration of Toronto Masque Theater.
« a special mention goes to the actor and singer Isabeau Proulx Lemire, who in his role of Master of Ceremonies called out loud each different scene with always with finesse and timing. Revalation of University of Montreal’s Die Fledermaus a couple years ago, this exeptionally gifted yougn man was one the stars of the evening ». -La Presse reiterates after Lully’s Ballet de l’Impatience at the Montreal Baroque Festival.
« from this evening on, we will always remember the actor and singer Isabeau Proulx Lemire as the perfect Master of Ceremonies, in particular for his immense charisma and the care he brouthg to his old-fashioned pronunciation.» [of French]
-Montreal’s Le Devoir elaborates very much in the sames lines (Balllet de l’Impatience)
GALLERY
Pictures

Just for laughs Festival

Opera Bouffe du Québec

Opera Bouffe du Québec

Toronto Masque Theater: a double-bill featuring generous musical (Lully/Charpentier) and theatrical excerpts of Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Le Malade Imaginaire.

The rock musical

Jeunesses Musicales du Canada Opéra de Québec

Choeur Vives Voix

The rock musical Théâtre du Rideau Vert

Opera Bouffe du Québec

Opera Bouffe du Québec

Choeur Vives Voix

Opéra Bouffe du Québec






