Léa Kempf Badillo

Formed at the Université de Montréal and later at the Koninklijk Conservatorium Brussel under Valérie Guillorit, she has forged her artistic identity through a constant search for meaning and nuance. She first distinguished herself in iconic trousers roles such as Cherubino (Le Nozze di Figaro), Lazuli (L’Étoile), and Orlofsky (Die Fledermaus), before portraying Prince Charmant (Cendrillon) at the Berlin Opera Academy. Her career is marked by a close artistic collaboration with composer Benjamin Attahir and director Olivier Dhénin. Notably, she created roles in the opera Paysage dans l'oubli in Vietnam and was praised by critics for her "scenically superb and vocally admirable" performance in the lyrical piece Légendes. Deeply invested in 20th and 21st-century music, she recently performed Pierrot Lunaire as well as Le Marteau sans maître in Brussels. In May 2026, she made a striking debut in the title role of Dido and Aeneas at the Ateliers de la Monnaie.