Canadian soprano Ariane Cossette is a recent graduate of the prestigious Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and a distinguished laureate of the 2025 Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, as well as a Master’s degree and a

postgraduate degree from the University of Montreal. Praised for her powerful

voice and captivating dramatic interpretations, she has received support from renowned foundations and organizations such as the Canada Council for the Arts, the AIDA Fund of Jeunesses Musicales Canada, the Art Song Foundation of Canada, the Opéra Bouffe du Québec, and the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation. She is also a recipient of a Francis Poulenc Bursary from the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques 2024. In 2023, she distinguished herself by winning second place at the Louis and Christina Quilico Awards and

first place at the National Capital Opera Competition in Ottawa.

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On the concert stage, she made notable debuts in France in 2018 and 2019 at the Chœurs Éternels concerts, a vibrant tribute to opera presented through duets and arias, under the expert baton of Andrei Feher and Aldo Salvagno. Over the past few years, her stage presence and musicality have led her to perform with various prestigious orchestras.

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November 2024 marked a significant milestone in her career with her brilliant debut as Marguerite in a new production of Faust with the Canadian Opera Company. Her rich repertoire of operatic roles also includes interpretations of

Norina in Don Pasquale (COC), Pepik and the Woodpecker in The Cunning Little Vixen (COC), Frasquita in Carmen (COC), and Micaëla in La tragédie de Carmen (University of Montreal). She has also covered the roles of Donna Anna in Don Giovanni (COC), Musetta in La Bohème (COC), and Barbarina in Le Nozze di Figaro (COC).

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The summer of 2024 saw her participate in the prestigious Internationale Meistersinger Akademie in Germany, a testament to her continued commitment to excellence. In May 2025, she shone as a semi-finalist in the Concours musical international de Montréal, where she won the André Bourbeau Award for the Best Canadian Artist as well as the Observatoire québécois d’art lyrique Prize, solidifying her position among the emerging operatic stars of tomorrow. She was a proud member of the 2025 class of the renowned Merola Opera Program in San Francisco.