« [Agnès] benefits from the clear and diamond-like soprano of Magali Simard-Galdès : her Agnès is gradually revealed in her luminous femininity, her courage too and her moral strength; the illiterate woman submissive to her husband becomes a woman with radiant sensuality, defying her oppressor and without ever faltering, until the final scene, both terrifying and sublime (with the dreamlike mist diffused by the glass harmonica). »

Distinguished by a brilliant, crystalline timbre that can also be adorned with heady colours, soprano Magali Simard-Galdès is the Quebec talent to watch.

Her vocal mastery and natural musicality enable her to magnify a very broad repertoire ranging from Baroque music, which she is particularly fond of, to contemporary music, for which she possesses all the precision required.

On the operatic stage, Magali imposes a celebrated presence and theatrical ease. Her ability to blend in with each character has enabled her to take on roles as diverse as Agnès (Benjamin, Written on skin), Musetta (Puccini, La Bohème), Micaëla (Bizet, Carmen), Tytania (Britten, A Midsummer Night's Dream), Gilda (Verdi, Rigoletto), Roxane (DiChiera, Cyrano de Bergerac), Constance (Poulenc, Dialogues des carmélites) and Nicette (Hérold, Le pré aux clercs), performing in many prestigious venues, such as, the Vancouver and Montreal Operas, Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, Tapestry Opera and the Wexford Festival Opera, not forgetting the Cologne Opera and the Auditorium du Nouveau Siècle in Lille.

On the concert platform, Magali displays the charisma, performing with world renowned specialist ensembles such as Le Cercle de l'Harmonie, Les Violons du Roy, Arion Orchestre baroque and Ensemble Caprice.

With her considerable projection, she performs just as regularly with symphonic ensembles and conductors such as Orchestre National de Lille, Orchestre Classique de Montréal, the National Arts Center Orchestra in Ottawa, the Houston Symphony and Orchestre symphonique de Québec, Orchestre Métropolitain and Orchestre du Festival Classica in Quebec, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Jacques Lacombe, Jean-Marie Zeitouni, Bernard Labadie, Jean-François Rivest, Mathieu Lussier, François-Xavier Roth, Jérémie Rhorer and Alexandre Bloch.

Alongside a busy international career, Magali can be regularly heard on Radio-Canada ICI Premiere as an environmental consultant.