Canadian soprano Soriane Renaud, originally from Montreal, works in opera, concert performance and vocal ensembles across Europe. Since September 2026, she has been a member of the core group of the Zusatzchor at Opernhaus Zürich, a chorus that performs in the opera house’s productions and also stages its own opera productions. She is scheduled to appear in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro, Verdi’s Don Carlo and Puccini’s La bohème.

Since 2023, Soriane has been regularly engaged at the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Theater Görlitz-Zittau, appearing in productions including Bizet’s Carmen, Verdi’s Nabucco, Puccini’s Suor Angelica, Wagner’s Der fliegende Holländer, Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte, Handel’s Saul and Janáček’s Die Ausflüge des Herrn Brouček.

As a concert soloist, Soriane has performed with orchestras and ensembles including the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, the Brandenburger Symphoniker, the Filharmonia Pomorska in Bydgoszcz, the Berliner Konzert Orchester, the Junge Philharmonie Berlin and the Baroque Orchestra SìBaró. Her repertoire spans several centuries, with works by J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Francesco Conti, Johan Helmich Roman and Heinrich Kaminski.

With a particular interest in early and contemporary music, she has taken part in projects supported by Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM). Her recordings include The Lilly by Canadian composer Samy Moussa, based on a poem by William Blake, and NORDNORDOST, recorded with the Berliner Cappella under Kerstin Behnke and the Brandenburger Symphoniker.

Soriane has also collaborated with Ensemble Modern. As a member of the Neue Kammerchor Berlin, she took part in the Deutsches Chorfest in Leipzig, where the ensemble won first prizes in the Contemporary and Romantic Music categories, as well as a special award for a CD recording with the Rondeau label.

Her musical training began in Montreal, where she studied trumpet with the Royal Canadian Air Cadets and continued her education at Pierre-Laporte High School, focusing on instrumental and vocal music. She later studied classical singing at Collège Vincent-d’Indy, won first prize in classical singing at a NATS competition and became a laureate of the Canadian Music Competition.

At the Institut Royal de Musique et de Pédagogie (IMEP) in Namur, Belgium, Soriane earned both her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Classical Singing.

Early in her career, she spent several years as a cantor at Saint Joseph’s Oratory in Montreal, developing a strong connection to sacred music. She also performed Bach’s St Matthew Passion with the choir and orchestra of St. Andrew and St. Paul’s Church in a performance recorded by CBC Radio 2.

During two months of singing in Japan, Soriane developed a particular interest in Japanese art song, especially Kōsaku Yamada’s song cycle AIYAN no uta. The cycle reflects the influence of the German Lied tradition, including the song-cycle tradition associated with Schubert. She later continued her artistic development in Europe and established her professional career in Berlin. She is now based in Switzerland and Berlin, Germany, and continues to perform in opera, as a concert soloist and with vocal ensembles.