Magali
Simard-Galdès

A grant holder from the Jeunesses Musicales Ca na da Foundation, the Vancouver Opera Guild and the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, Magali Simard- Galdès hails from Rimouski, QC. In the fall of 2017, Magali made her U.S. début as Roxane in Cyrano with Opera Carolina after which she was invited to return to perform Gilda (Rigoletto) in a co-production with Toledo Opera. Past engagements include Cons — tance in Dialogue des carmélites with Opéra de Montréal, Flowermaiden in Parsifal at the Festival international de Lanaudière, Ève in Paradis Perdu at Atelier lyrique de Tourcoing, and as Nicette in Le pré aux clercs at the Wexford Festival Opera. Prize winner of the 2015 Jeunesses Musicales Canada’s Maureen Forrester Award, Magali fulfilled in 2016 2017 an Eastern Ca nada tour of 30 recitals. She completed her studies at the Con servatoire de mu- sique de Montréal where she graduated with una nimous distinction. Magali was also a Young Artist with l’Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier Ly ri que and a Fellow at both the Ravinia Steans Music Institute and Académie du Festival d’Aix-en-Provence.