Québec baritone Dominique Côté maintains a flourishing career across North America and France.

This season, Dominique toured Évangeline, appearing as Benoît Bellefontaine, in over two dozen performances across Québec and New Brunswick. He is then thrilled to star as Javert in Cameron MacIntosh’s Les Misérables, in a co-production between Juste pour rire, Théâtre du Châtelet, and SPJL Productions – Stéphane Letellier-Rampon. Additional recent and upcoming engagements include appearances with Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Arion Baroque, while preparing for the world premiere of Pedro Halffter & Kristian Frédric’s La Lettre au général Franco in Opéra de Montréal’s upcoming 26/27 season.

Dominique’s recent seasons included Eisenstein in Opéra de Québec’s Le chauve souris, the titular role of Mozart’s Don Giovanni with Opéra de Royaume, Carmina Burana with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal, Beethoven’s Ninth with Ensemble Caprice, the opera-ballet Don Quichottechez la Duchesse with Ensemble Caprice, and a return to both Festival d’opéra de Québec for La vie Parisienne and Festival Classica for an award-winning, one-night-only performance of Bizet’s Carmen.

The baritone’s 2022-2023 season included appearances with Orchestre symphonique de Drummondville, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas and Handel’s Messiah with Ensemble Caprice, a concert with Quebec folk rock group Les Cowboys Fringants at Maison Symphonique de Montréal, Schaunard in La bohème with Orchestre symphonique de Trois-Rivières, the Brahms Requiem with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal and the world premiere of Messe solennelle pour une pleine lune d'été at Festival d’opéra de Québec.  

2020-2021 saw Dominique appear in Le maréchal ferrant and Bonsoir Voisin for Opera Lafayette, taking him to Colorado, Washington, D.C. and New York City as well as projects with Théâtre du Rideau Vert and an international tour with Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. His 2019-2020 season featured Carmina Burana for Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, the title role of Nelligan for Théâtre du Nouveau Monde and Messiah for L’orchestre Philharmonique et Choeur des Mélomanes.  

Previously highlights include appearances with Opéra de Lille in Offenbach’s rarely heard Le roi carotte as well as Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) in Berlioz’s Lélio conducted by Kent Nagano, Dancaïro in Carmen for Opéra de Montréal, performances of Footloose in Québec City and his wildly-applauded appearances at Maison Symphonique with the OSM and Les Cowboys Fringants. Further credits include Opera Lafayette’s Leonore Project in Washington D.C., Edmonton Opera’s Les Feluettes, Nicandro e Fileno with le Nouvel Opéra de Montréal and Les Boréades, Ireland’s Wexford Festival in Le pre aux clercs and Le chauve souris for le Grand Théâtre de Genève. Côté has been nominated for three Prix Opus awards: Berlioz’ Lélio with OSM – Best concert musique classique, romantiques; Bal des Enfant de l’OSM – Best production for Kids; Nicandro e Fileno – Best recording - musique baroque.   

Praised for his warm tone, stage presence and skill as an actor, he has won several first prizes including the Concours International de chant de Canari and for operetta at the Concours International de chant de Marmande. He also received the first prize and the grand prize from the Voice Festival of McGill University. Trained as an actor at L’école de théâtre de St-Hyacinthe, he completed his vocal training at Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. 

March 2026

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