Soprano Magali Simard-Galdes is distinguished by her clear, brilliant and crystalline voice. As the years go by, her vocal uniqueness is defined, expressed and appreciated. Her varied repertoire, from baroque to contemporary music, bears witness to her great musicality. As a performer, Magali stands out for the uniqueness of her stage personality and her in-person charisma.

On the operatic stage, she has performed the roles of Agnès (Written on skin), Musetta (La Bohème), Tytania (A Midsummer Night's Dream), Gilda (Rigoletto), Roxane (Cyrano), Constance (Dialogues des carmélites), Sophie (Werther) and Nicette (Le pré aux clercs). She also has appeared with Vancouver Opera, Oper Köln, Opéra de Montréal, and Wexford Festival Opera, among others.

In concert, in recent years, the soprano has sung with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Orchestre national de Lille, Arion Orchestre baroque, Violons du Roy, Orchestre métropolitain, Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Orchestre classique de Montréal, National Arts Center Orchestra, Houston Symphony and Atelier lyrique de Tourcoing.

Since the fall of 2022, this committed woman has also been making her voice heard as an environmental columnist on Radio-Canada's ICI première. She holds a master's degree in sustainability management from HEC Montréal.

Available June 26 : Grétry's L'amant jaloux

Arion Orchestre Baroque ushers in the winds of change with a new recording, André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry's L'amant-jaloux.

With soloists Magali Simard-Galdès, Hélène Guilmette et Guylaine Girard as Léonore, Isabelle and Jacinthe, and Pierre Derhet, Artavazd Sargsyan and Matthieu Lécroart as Alonze, Florival and Lopez, all under the direction of Mathieu Lussier, conductor and artistic director of Arion. This album marks the orchestra’s third project in collaboration with the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles.