Camille Labonté is a compelling and versatile soprano, music educator, and choral conductor based in Toronto, Canada.

Equally at home in both traditional and contemporary repertoire, she is recognized for her musical sensitivity and captivating stage presence. One of Canada’s most promising emerging young artists, Camille won the Hatch Audience Choice Prize at the 2026 Canadian Opera Company Centre Stage Ensemble Studio Competition, and was a prize-winner of the 49th annual Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition in Voice, where she presented a full-length recital of contemporary music.

On the operatic stage, her credits include Lucia (The Rape of Lucretia),  Prima Donna (Viva la Mamma!), Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Cathleen (Riders to the Sea), Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Frasquita (Carmen), and Poppea (L’incoronazione di Poppea). Most recently, she workshopped the role of Louise in Hector Parra’s Miroir de nos peines, commissioned by the Opéra National de Paris and performed at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Her world premiere performances include Antigone in With the Telling Comes the Magic and Anna Massey in Avenue of Avarice. Camille has also been involved in the workshop and creation of new operatic works by Canadian composers Cecilia Livingston and Danika Lorèn. Past concert appearances include soprano solos in Carmina Burana (Elmer Iseler Singers 2026, Stratford Summer Music Festival 2025), Messiah (York Chamber Ensemble) and Considering Matthew Shepard (Concreamus).

A passionate music educator, Camille conducts the children’s choir program at Metropolitan United Church, and is Assistant Conductor of Choir III and the Low Voice Ensemble with Bach Children’s Chorus. Her experience spans six seasons with the Mississauga Children’s Choir, as well as a variety of community music programming. In 2024, she directed the children’s chorus for Puccini’s Tosca in collaboration with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra. Camille has also hosted and co-curated Pax Christi Chorale’s performances of Children’s Messiah.

A graduate of the University of Toronto, Camille holds a B.Mus with honours in Vocal Performance and an M.Mus in Opera Performance. 

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