Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 7, 2015
• Invested on: September 23, 2016

For her achievements in Canada’s opera community as a renowned contralto.

Marie-Nicole Lemieux is one of our great opera singers. Blessed with an exceptional voice, she won the top prize awarded at the Jeunesses Musicales Canada National Competition not long after completing her studies at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec. She now ranks among the best contraltos in the world. Performing in recitals, operas and concerts, she has been acclaimed in some of the world’s most prestigious opera houses, notably for her performance of Mrs. Quickly in Verdi’s Falstaff. She shares her inspiring passion through her warm and cheerful personality, and is the official ambassador for the Domaine Forget de Charlevoix International Festival.