Canadian soprano Ariane Cossette is a recent alumna of the prestigious Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, having also graduated from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal and Université de Montréal. Praised for her powerful and focused tone, she has garnered the endorsement of esteemed foundations such as Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, the Art Song Foundation of Canada, the Fonds des Amis de l’Art, the Opéra Bouffe du Québec, the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, and the Canada Council of the Arts. In 2023, she won second prize in the Louis and Christina Quilico Awards and first prize at the National Capital Opera Competition in Ottawa. As a concert soloist, she made her debut in France for Choeurs Éternels concerts, a tribute to opera through duets and arias, in 2018 and 2019 under the direction of Andrei Feher and Aldo Salvagno. She has performed with various orchestras across Eastern Canada over the last few years.

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Cossette's opera credits includes roles such as Pepik and the Woodpecker in The Cunning Little Vixen (COC), Frasquita in Carmen (COC), Micaëla in La tragédie de Carmen (Université de Montréal). She has also served as cover for the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (COC), Musetta in La Bohème (COC), Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (COC). This past season, audiences enjoyed her funny portrayal of Norina in Don Pasquale at the Canadian Opera Company and she participated in the renowned 2024 Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Germany.

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This November, Toronto audiences will hear her at the Canadian Opera Company’s new production of Gounod’s Faust in the role of Marguerite.