Florie Valiquette

« Imaginative and committed soprano with ravishing high notes » — La Libre Belgique, Florie Valiquette has established herself as one of the most notable Canadian voices of her generation.

She holds a master’s degree in classical vocal performance from the Université de Montréal and continues her vocal training with Marlena Malas in New York.

Since the beginning of her career, Florie Valiquette has cultivated a keen artistic curiosity. In 2010, she made a notable debut in musical theatre playing Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music, a production nominated in the "Performer – Show of the Year" category at the 2011 ADISQ Gala, and has also collaborated on several occasions with Cirque Éloize for corporate events, as well as with the Ecole nationale de Cirque for the Hänsel und Gretel production marking the 30th anniversary of the Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique.

She has distinguished herself in several international competitions, including the Queen Sonja International, the Mirjam Helin International, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra Competition, the Tremplin International of the Canadian Music Competition, and the Prix d’Europe. Early in her career, she received support from the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Opera Singers.

Between 2012 and 2015, she was a member of the Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique and was awarded the Mario Létourneau Award of Excellence at the end of her residency.

She performed the lead role of Milica at the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in the critically acclaimed new production of Ana Sokolović’s Svadba-Mariage. This part which she subsequently reprised at the Angers-Nantes Opera, the Ljubljana Opera marked her debuts on the international stage.

Her career then took her to the Opernhaus Zürich, where she became an artist in residence at the International Opera Studio before joining the Ensemble. There, she notably performed the roles of Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro, Mademoiselle Silberklang in Der Schauspieldirektor, Papagena in Die Zauberflöte, as well as Amour in the new production of Charpentier’s Médée conducted by William Christie, Fortuna and Damigella in L’Incoronazione di Poppea conducted by Ottavio Dantone and staged by Calixto Bieito. She has also performed at the Amsterdam Opera in Il matrimonio segreto and at the Verbier Festival in Carmen (as Frasquita) under the baton of Charles Dutoit.

As her career gains momentum, Florie Valiquette is taking on increasingly significant roles on major international stages. After making her debut as Sophie in Werther first at the Festival d’été de l’Opéra de Vichy and subsequently at the Opéra national du Capitole de Toulouse, the Opéra de Lyon, and the Opéra de Bordeaux, she created the title role of Mark-Anthony Turnage’s Coraline at the Opéra de Lille, before appearing notably as Madeleine in Michel Fau’s new production of Le Postillon de Lonjumeau at the Opéra Comique and as Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Opéra de Montpellier.

She made her debut at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées as Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro conducted by Jérémie Rhorer and directed by James Gray, before taking on the role of Pamina in Die Zauberflöte at the Opéra Royal de Versailles and the Opéra Grand Avignon under the baton of Hervé Niquet. Her affinity for Mozart was further confirmed through her portrayals of Giunia in Lucio Silla with Capella Cracoviensis, Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro notably at the Grand Théâtre du Luxembourg and the Opéra royal de Versailles and Zerlina in Québec in Don Giovanni, prior to tackling the roles of Donna Anna at the Opéra royal de Versailles but also Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Opéra royal de Versailles, the Opéra de Tours and in a concert version at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées.

At the same time, Florie Valiquette is demonstrating her affinity for the French repertoire through roles such as Gabrielle in the Palazzetto Bru-Zane’s production of La Vie Parisienne staged by Christian Lacroix at the Opéra de Rouen, the Opéra de Montpellier, the Opéra Royal de Versailles and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Micaëla in Carmen at the Opéra Royal de Versailles, Ophélie in Ambroise Thomas’s Hamlet at the Opéra de Massy, the roles of Le Feu, La Princesse, and Le Rossignol in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, and Sœur Constance in Dialogues des Carmélites, a part she first performed at the Glyndebourne Festival in a new production by Barrie Kosky conducted by Robin Ticciati, and later reprised at the Opéra de Québec in the production by Olivier Py conducted by Jean-Marie Zeitouni.

Recently, she has also been acclaimed for her performance in the part of Orasia in Telemann’s Orpheus under the direction of Francesco Corti at the Drottningholm Festival, for her debut in the part of Musetta in La Bohème in Luxembourg, at the Opéra de Reims, and at the Opéra de Dijon, as well as in the part of Marie in La Fille du régiment at the Opéra de Tours.

Alongside her operatic career, Florie Valiquette maintains a significant concert schedule. She performs with ensembles such as the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal, the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Arion Orchestre Baroque, Les Violons du Roy, Le Concert de la Loge, Le Concert Spirituel, Les Talens Lyriques, the Paris Mozart Orchestra, Les Épopées… Her concert repertoire includes works such as Mozart’s Mass in C minor, Exsultate, jubilate and Requiem, the Stabat Mater by Pergolesi and by Haydn, Israel in Egypt, Carmina Burana, Fauré’s Requiem…

She boasts an extensive discography, notably participating in the recording of Ana Sokolović’s Tanzer Lieder for the album Sirènes with the Ensemble contemporain de Montréal; Saint-Saëns’s Phryné with Palazzetto Bru Zane and Hervé Niquet conducting the Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen; Salieri’s Armida (Rinaldo) with Les Talens Lyriques and Christophe Rousset and Haydn’s Stabat Mater with Le Concert de la Loge and Julien Chauvin. For the Château de Versailles Spectacles label, she has recorded La Flûte enchantée (as Pamina) conducted by Hervé Niquet; Couperin’s Leçons de ténèbres with Stéphane Fuget, her recital La Captive du Sérail, Handel’s Chandos Anthems, as well as Leclair’s Scylla et Glaucus (Circé) with Il Giardino d’Amore and Campra’s Le Destin du Nouveau Siècle (La Paix, Une Parque) with La Tempesta conducted by Patrick Bismuth.

Among her future projects, Candide in Nancy, Luxembourg and Reims, Roméo et Juliette in Saint-Etienne, Medea by Cherubini at the Opéra du Capitole de Toulouse… In concert, she will sing Cendrillon by Isouard with Arion Orchestre Baroque at the salle Bourgie, Mitridate with theKammerorchester Basel on tour in Basel, at the Theater an der Wien and at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Beethoven Symphony No. 9 at the Opéra royal de Versailles…

September 2026

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