Nicole Paiement

OP Founder, Artistic Director, and acclaimed conductor Nicole Paiement has performed with companies across the US and internationally, including the Orchestra Sinfonica Siciliana in Palermo, Washington National Opera, Seattle Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago, the Atlanta Opera, and the Dallas Opera. Highlights include George Benjamin’s Written on Skin and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar for Opéra de Montréal, Jake Heggie’s It’s a Wonderful Life for English National Opera, Joby Talbot’s Everest with the BBC Symphony at the Barbican Center, and John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary for the Volksoper Vienna. In summer 2025, she conducted the world premiere of Derek Bermel’s The House on Mango Street at the Glimmerglass Festival, as well as concerts with the Grant Park Music Festival in Chicago. During the current season, Paiement returned to Montreal to conduct Jenůfa, followed by debuts with the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra in Romania and Pacific Opera Victoria.