Gisèle Fredette
(mezzo-soprano/actress/composer)


Unions/Organizations:

ACTRA, UDA, EQUITY, SOCAN

Television/Film/Radio

The Magic of Love (Adriana) video
Bravo Television

Un Air De Famille (soloist)
CBC/Radio Canada

50ième anniversaire CKSB (Soloist)
CKSB Radio Canada

Les Intrépides (Soloist)
CBC Radio(SRC) Léo Dufault

Sameplait (Soloist)
CJBC(50th Anniv.CBC Radio)

The Rose Garden (Soloist)
Zaza Productions

Highlander (Soloist)
Magnum Productions

Summer Story (Singer)
Skywork Charitable Foundation

Mr. Beethoven Lives Upstairs (Soprano)
Devine/Moser Productions

Orphée et Eurydice (Soprano)
Madvo/World Film Productions

Dimension J (Principal)
CBC Productions, Marcel Collet

Ranch de la Rouge (Singer/Actor)
CBC Productions, Léo Foucault

Beaux Dimanches (Soloist)
CBC Productions, Léo Foucault

All Together Now (Soloist)
CTV/CKY Productions

A Night Out With Jimmy King (Soloist)
CKND Productions

Live at the Warehouse (Soloist)
CTV/CKY Productions

Guichets Fermés (Principal)
CBC Productions, Rick Simmons

Industrial Live

Note: Principal Singer & Host in all the following productions:

Production companies involved: DLJ, Meloche Communications, VMI, Foley Productions, TPL Produtions, Showmakers, Asterix Productions, Moffat/Moore Productions, Mariposa, Sandy Productions, Ian McLean Productions, AV House, Communiqué Group, Band World Productions, People Tech., Maritz Productions, Exclusives, and Ad-Venture Sight and Sound, Bonnie Rabishaw Productions.

Companies Represented:

Bristol Laboratories, American Express, Crown Life,Canada Post, Bell Canada, Easter Seals, Air Canada, Shaklee, Cadillac Fairview, Associated Food Distributors, Redo, Interior Designers Assoc., GMC (General Motors), Ford (Herbalife), Toyota Canada (Technic Panasonic, Darrel Kent Realty, Sunquest Vacations, Avon Canada, Canadian Ski Show, Tupperware, Mutual Life, Nissan, CP/Doubletree Hotels, Labatts, International Pension, ACTA (Assoc. Cdn. Travel Agents, Consumer Gas, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Mead Johnson, Timex, UpJohn, Marriott

Arm Forces Tours

(host and performer)
Northern Tour (Goose Bay, Alert, Yellowknife, Queen Charlotte Island)

Industrial on Camera and
Voice-Over
(French and English)

Companies Represented:

Electric Images (Canada Post)
Braun (American Express)
Shaklee (Curlcom/Knaughty Look)
Mattel/Disney (Kramer Meats)
GM (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Red Lobster (Moen Faucets)
Ontario Travel Bureau
(Shopper’s Drug Mart)
GSW Thermoplastics (Eaton’s)
CIL (Bridgestone/Firestone)

Commercials

Panasonic (Principal)
Canada Post (S.O.C)
Altimara (Principal)
Colgate Total (S.O.C.)
Leon’s Furniture (Principal)
Motrim IB (Principal)
Sprint Canada (Principal)
Tim Horton’s (S.O.C.)
Air Canada (Principal)
Molson Golden (S.O.C.)
Consumer Distributing (S.O.C.)
Zeller’s (S.O.C.)
VO5 (Hand Demo)
Molson Durango (S.O.C.)
Suzy Shier (Principal Voice)
Expo ‘88 (Jingle Singer)
Union Communications (Principal)
Crest (S.O.C.)
Mott’s Clamato (S.O.C.)
Glossettes Peanuts (S.O.C.)
Actiprofen (Principal)
Revenue Canada (Principal)
Swiss Chalet (Principal)
Winthrop (Jingle Singer)
Sears (S.O.C.)
Ministry of Transport (S.O.C)
Sprint Canada (Principal)
Canada Post (Principal)
Panasonic (Principal)

Special Skills

Dancing (Jazz, Ballet, Modern, Tap, Flamenco), Piano, Guitar, Synthesizer, Computer (Mac), Proficient in most sports (Running, Aerobics, Skiing, Cross country, Downhill, Water, Windsurfing, Squash, Raquetball, Tennis, Badminton, Golf, Skating, Hockey, Baseball, Football, Soccer, Field Hockey, Rollerblading, Lacross), Dog Trainer, Horseback Riding (Western, English), TV Hostess, MC Hostess, Voice-Overs, Translator (French, English), Narrations, Singing (6 languages: English, French , Spanish, Italian, Latin, German), Drive (Standard and Automatic), Languages (French, English, Spanish),Writer of songs for commercial use, Voice Mezzo-Soprano.

Theatre/Musical/Opera

Salute to Vienna (host/performer)
Budapest Operetta Theatre
Lincoln Center, NY
Roy Thomson Hall, Toronto
Center in the Square Kitchener-Waterloo

Jasper Station (Emiline)
Port Hope Festival Theatre

Merry Widow (Valencienne)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Gitango (soloist/star)
St. Lawrence Center

El Barberillo de Lavapiés (Paloma)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

The Widow (Doña Paquita Widow)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

One Voice Concert (soloist)
Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra

Cecilia Valdés (Dolores Santa Cruz)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Zarzuelas d'España (soloist)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

The Magic of Love (Adriana Sarastro) Lighthouse Festival Theatre

L'amour Toujours L'amour (soloist) Bermuda Concerts

Leo The Royal Cadet (Caroline)
Toronto Opera Theatre

My Fair Lady (Eliza Dolittle)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Adriana Lecouvreur (La Principessa)
Opera York

La Verbena de la Paloma (Casta)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

The Mikado (Katisha)
National Arts Centre/Ottawa

Czardas Princess (Countess Stasi)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Rhumba Español (Soloist)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Canto Latino (Soloist)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

A Night in Venice (Ciboletta)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

A Little Night Music (Mrs. Segstrom)
Canadian Stage/Grand Theatre

Les Fantastiques (Luisa)
Théatre Français de Toronto

An Evening of Cole Porter (Soloist)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Goyescas/La Revoltosa (Pepa/Soledad)
Opera in Concert

A Night in Vienna (Soloist)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Naughty Marietta (Adah de Clercq)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Carmen Flamenco (Carmen)
St. Lawrence Center

Spring Romance (Soloist)
Classical Cabaret

Summertime W/the Gershwins (Soloist)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

Carmen (Carmen)
Thunder Bay Symphony

Bernstein on Broadway (Soloist)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Gilbert and Sullivan Concert (Soloist)
Oakville Symphony

West Side Story (Anita)
Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Bernstein on Broadway (Soloist)
Charleston Symphony Orchestra

Trouble in Tahiti (Dinah)
Charleston Symphony Orchestra

Gaitée Offenbachienne (Mezzo)
Toronto Operetta Theatre

The Elixir of Love (Gianetta)
Co-Opera Company

Henry VIII (Anne Boleyn)
Opera in Concert

Magic Flute (Second Lady)
Opera Lyra

Die Fledermaus (Prince Orlofsky)
Mississauga City Centre Opera

An Evening of G&S (Soloist)
Oshawa Symphony

A Feast of Gilbert & Sullivan (Soloist)
Summer Music Festival

Red White & Hot (Star)
Niagara Falls, Canada

Hello Dolly (Chorus)
Rainbow Stage, Walter Burgess

Once Upon a Mattress (Lady Larken)
Manitoba Warehouse Theatre

Lock up Your Daughters (Hilaret)
Manitoba Warehouse Theatre

Oklahoma (Gertie Cummings)
Banff School of Fine Arts

Oratorio Messiah (Mezzo-soprano)
Oshawa Symphony

Elijah (Alto)
Kingston Symphony

Lloyd Nelson Mass (Alto)
The Bach Elgar Choir

Vivaldi’s Gloria (Alto)
The Bach Elgar Choir

Training

Audition Technique: Trent Gough, Stuart Hamilton, Patricia Hamilton, Brahm Goldhammer
Banff School of Fine Arts: Michael Bawtree, Howard Cable
Royal Conservatory of Music: Brahm Goldhammer, Irene Mclenahan, Richard Dixon
University of Toronto Music Faculty: Irene Jessner
Manitoba School for Theatre and Allied Arts: Walter Burgess, Tibor Fehregyhazi
Royal Winnipeg Ballet/Jazz: Jacques Lemay
Performing Dance Arts/Jazz: Brian Foley
Ballet: Mireille Grandpierre
Singing: Rolande Garnier, Dorothy Lawson, Herbert Belyea, Irene Jessner, Mark DuBois, JoAnne Bentley
Piano: Sister Noella Raymonde and Sister Agathe Dorge