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Jasmine Roy, Quebec's queen of the musical in France

A sought-after artist and vocal coach, Quebecer Jasmine Roy has become one of the leading figures of musical theater in France, where she knows everyone.

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Key facts

  • An artist and a coach, she thus brings together two figures of the musical. Among the most famous Quebec women in France, she draws her singularity…
  • Jasmine Roy, an artist and vocal coach, has become one of the major figures of musical theater. A Quebecker, she is undoubtedly the second most…
  • This standing is not limited to the stage. A sought-after vocal coach, she is described as a queen in the world of the musical, a milieu where she…

An artist and a coach, she thus brings together two figures of the musical. Among the most famous Quebec women in France, she draws her singularity from this dual status, and from a reign in a world where she knows everyone.

Jasmine Roy, an artist and vocal coach, has become one of the major figures of musical theater. A Quebecker, she is undoubtedly the second most famous in France. She also sings.

This standing is not limited to the stage. A sought-after vocal coach, she is described as a queen in the world of the musical, a milieu where she knows everyone.

She is not reduced to a Quebec singer. She occupies the center of musical theater, both as an artist and as a coach, in a world she frequents from the inside.

The formula distinguishes acting, sheltered by a character, from singing, which leaves less distance. For a vocal coach, the work lies in that gap: a voice delivered without the shelter of a role.

Jasmine Roy also knows this laying bare as a performer. She does not merely stand beside the singers she guides: she sings, too, on the same side of the stage.

Dig deeper

Who is Jasmine Roy?

A Quebec singer and vocal coach, she has established herself in France in musical theater, both as a performer and as a voice trainer.

What is a musical?

It is a show in which singing, acting and often dance tell a story, a genre widely followed on French stages and on tour.

What does a vocal coach do?

She helps singers place, protect and adapt their voices to the role, especially in rehearsal, without taking their place on stage.

Why mention the best-known Quebec women in France?

A shared language has made several artists from Quebec, led by Céline Dion, highly visible figures in France; Jasmine Roy ranks just behind that first tier.

Why does her dual status as an artist and a coach matter?

She does not view the musical from the outside: she sings in it and prepares other voices for it, hence the image of a central figure in a world she knows from within.

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