Fernande Chiocchio

Fernande Chiocchio (May 29, 1929 – September 27, 2021) was a Canadian mezzo-soprano, pianist and teacher. She performed numerous operatic roles on radio, stage and television across Canada and abroad. Chiocchio made her debut at Her Majesty's Theatre, London in 1952 and performed some 12 roles with the company as well as with Opéra de Québec, the Maurice Richard Arena and the Théâtre Graslin. She taught voice as a professor of music Conservatoire de musique de Hull between 1967 and 1978 and was the artistic director of the Opéra-Comique du Québec from 1984 to 1988. Chiocchio was an inductee of the Canadian Opera Hall of Fame.