Biography

"Soprano imaginative and committed with ravishing treble" - La Libre Belgique, Canadian soprano Florie Valiquette is an artist renowned for her musicality, stage presence, and versatility.

She opens her 2026-27 season in Montréal with Arion Baroque in Isouard’s Cendrillon, conducted by Mathieu Lussier. She then makes her debut in the role of Cunegonde in Bernstein’s Candide, in a tour taking her to the Opéra national de Lorraine, the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, and the Opéra de Reims, in a production directed by Myriam Muller and conducted by Gaetano Lo Coco. Florie then joins Francesco Corti and the Kammerorchester as Ismene in Mozart’s Mitridate, re di Ponto, with performances in Basel, at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, and at the Theater an der Wien. She will then make her debut as Juliette in Gounod’s Roméo et Juliette at the Opéra de Saint-Étienne, in a production by Éric Ruf and conducted by Guillaume Tourniaire. In concert, she will also perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony at the Opéra royal de Versailles before appearing as Glauce in Cherubini’s Medea at the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, in Yannis Kokkos’s production, originally created at the Capitole in 2005, conducted by Dayner Tafur-Díaz, alongside Roberto Alagna and Karine Deshayes.

From Mozart to bel canto, from Baroque music to the great French repertoire, Florie approaches each character with particular attention to theatricality and truthful interpretation. Her career has taken her to leading opera houses including Opernhaus Zürich, the Opéra Royal de Versailles, the Opéra-Comique, the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, the Opéra de Dijon, the Opéra de Montpellier, the Opéra de Lille, the Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, and the Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg, as well as to major international festivals including Glyndebourne, the BBC Proms, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence, Festival de Verbier, Ambronay, Beaune, and Drottningholm.

Her repertoire ranges from Pamina in Die Zauberflöte to Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, Giunia in Lucio Silla, Donna Anna and Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Ophelie in Hamlet, Micaëla in Carmen, Marie in La Fille du Régiment, Orasia in Orpheus, Soeur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, Musetta in La Bohème, The Fire, the Princess, and the Nightingale in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges, Gabrielle in La Vie parisienne, and Cunegonde in Candide. She also has a strong affinity for the Baroque repertoire, collaborating with conductors and ensembles including Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, William Christie, Ottavio Dantone, Hervé Niquet, Francesco Corti, Gaétan Jarry, and Julien Chauvin. Her career is also marked by a commitment to contemporary creation, notably through Svadba-Mariage by Ana Sokolović, in which she created the role of Milica at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.

Concert work occupies an essential place in her artistic activity. She performs regularly with orchestras and ensembles in Canada and Europe, in repertoire ranging from oratorio and sacred music to recital and chamber music. Her collaborations includes Les Violons du Roy, Les Arts Florissants, the Kammerorchester Basel, the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, the Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse, Le Concert de la Loge, and Ensemble Arion.

Her discography reflects this diversity, with recordings devoted to Saint-Saëns, Salieri, Haydn, Mozart, Couperin, and Campra, as well as the music of Handel. Her recordings include Phryné with the Palazzetto Bru Zane and Hervé Niquet, Salieri’s Armida with Christophe Rousset and Les Talens Lyriques, as well as several projects released by Château Versailles Spectacles, including Die Zauberflöte, Les Leçons des Ténèbres, La Captive du Sérail, Scylla & Glaucus and Handel’s Chandos Anthems.

Originally from Montréal, Florie Valiquette was an artist-in-residence at the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal before joining the International Opera Studio at Opernhaus Zürich. She holds a Master’s degree in Classical Voice Performance from the Université de Montréal and continues her vocal studies with Marlena Malas in New York. Her career has been supported by the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation and recognized with several distinctions, including the Mario Létourneau Excellence Award from the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal.

Today, Florie Valiquette’s career is shaped by the meeting of music and theatre, repertoire and discovery, and by a desire to explore ever-new artistic worlds while bringing each work to life in all its richness and humanity.

August 2026