Nicole Paiement

Nicole Paiement (Opera Parallèle Artistic Director, Conductor, and Founder) has gained an international reputation as a conductor of contemporary music and opera. Her numerous recordings include many world-premiere works.

Her 2012 Dallas Opera debut conducting Peter Maxwell Davies’ 1979 thriller, The Lighthouse earned rave reviews. Subsequently, Paiement was appointed Principal Guest Conductor at The Dallas Opera. Paiement has since returned to Dallas to conduct performances of Tod Machover’s Death and the Powers, as well as the critically acclaimed and highly anticipated world premiere of Joby Talbot’s opera Everest, Benjamin Britten’s The Turn of the Screw, and Douglas Cuomo’s Arjuna’s Dilemma, and the US premiere of Sunken Garden.