A voice of gold, between the Atlantic and the Mediterranean. An intimate yet powerful moment.
Singer-songwriter, performer and pianist, Dominica Merola was born in Montréal of Italian parents. She charms her audiences in Canada, the United States and Europe with her charisma, commanding stage presence and piano virtuosity in various styles that each combine quality lyrics with talented composition.
An inspiring horizon is emerging for 2026
For 2026, the highlight has been the magnificent concert *La mémoire chantée* (Sung Memory), tailor-made to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Sault-au-Récollet neighbourhood (Montreal), presented in June at the Church of the Visitation—Montreal’s oldest church—where she was accompanied by the Alarica Choir.
In the spring, Dominica performed the national anthem fourteen times during the Montreal Canadiens’ playoff series, amidst the excitement of public screenings at the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Cathedral, organized by La Cargaison | creative collective.
n addition to her shows in Montreal and the surrounding region, she is actively preparing a tour in France this fall. This tour will first take her to Troyes, with the La Barbeline choir, then to Paris, to the renowned Théâtre des Deux Ânes in Montmartre, for two performances with the Parisian choir Kellermann. Following this, Dominica will travel to Montluçon in the Auvergne region for a concert with the FA.SI.LATOQUE choir, before continuing on to Châtel-Guyon for a piano-vocal concert. The tour will conclude in Saint-Florent-sur-Cher with the Vicus Aureus choir.
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Retrospective
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After a highly acclaimed tour in Taiwan in 2023 in the country’s finest theaters, with Taiwanese singer Ching-Hui Kuo, Dominica returns to France several times in 2024 and 2025, in a voice and piano format surrounded by choirs and string orchestras.
The year 2025 was marked by two major tours in France, a series of outdoor performances in Montreal and the surrounding region, including the Italfest festival in Montreal, and several Christmas concerts with a choir in the Montreal and Valleyfield areas. Another significant event was the release of Dominica’s single, “Nous les sangs mêlés” (We the Mixed-Race People), a moving tribute to Louis Riel, a distant relative on her mother’s side of the family and a Canadian politician who dedicated his life to protecting Métis rights and became the first Premier of Manitoba. In France, her spring tour began as part of Francophonie Month in Cambrai with the Martin-Martine Choir, followed by performances in Bar-sur-Seine with the Barbeline Choir, Châtel-Guyon in the Auvergne region with the Sainte-Anne Choir, Tours with the Bord de Loire Choir, and finally Bourges with the Les Compagnons du Chœur de Trouy Choir. The autumn tour began in the Périgord region: the historic site of Saint-Genies with the Saint-Roch choir, Saint-Germain-et-Mons (voice and piano), Ginestet with the Sainte-Foy-des-Vignes choir, and finally Saint-Philippe-du-Seignal with two choirs: Le Chœur du Seignal and Vocal-Ease. The tour concluded in Troyes with the performance “Once Upon a Time in Montreal, the People of Champagne, and New France,” as part of the major exhibition, where the choir was accompanied by the Alba Musica string orchestra from the region.
In 2024, Dominica released a single entitled “Lantana Bandana». In the spring, she was invited to France to present her show in several cities, performing as a solo artist with piano and accompanied by choirs and a string orchestra in Laval, France, as a Quebec guest at the annual assembly of the Fédération France-Québec-Francophonie. During the summer, Dominica presented a series of outdoor shows in Montreal. To end the year on a high note, several events are planned, including a Christmas concert in Valleyfield with the excellent choir Les Gondoliers, as well as a new show concept (simultaneous voice and drawing) entitled La Forêt enChantée (The Enchanted Forest), a duo performance with her sister Caroline.
2018, from Portugal to Belgium, to France and Québec!
This was a year marked by many concerts in Québec, among others, at the Théâtre Outremont in February with the premier of an original show called Tango mio d’amour with a winning trio formula: piano, accordion, contrabass, for Quebec and Canadian broadcasters. The show’s lineup included several original songs from her new album Bohémienne de cœur and a few classics from the world of tango (Piazzola and Gardel) in an energetic yet understated production by Élaine Salvail, choreographer and dancer.
The year ended with a concert tour in Portugal and Belgium as guest Quebec performer at the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the WW1 Armistice War (1914-1918).
Thereafter, she returned to France with a series of very successful Christmas concerts called Un Noël au Québec in churches in Berry, where she was accompanied by a choir from the Bourges region. Dominica received the medal of honour from the Mayor of Saint-Florent Sur-Cher, for her shows in France honouring her sensual voice and virtuosity at the piano.
2015, an international year
For the new year, a new album and new show with an original tempo: Bohémienne de cœur. At the piano and surrounded by her musicians, Dominica takes us on an emotional journey, that makes us want to move to the Latin rhythms. She plays with her voice, alternating between velvet sensuality and passionate strength.
Dominica has composed all the music for her songs, but collaborates with important French-language songwriters including Marc Chabot, Nelson Minville, Sandrine Roy, Gaële and Mala Barbulescu. Produced and arranged by Sylvain Michel, the album offers a musical voyage at the crossroads of modern, classic and Latin sounds. Distributed by Éditions À l’infini communications, the record is available on all digital platforms.
STILL PASSIONATE AFTER A 20-YEAR CAREER!
Dominica launched her career in the early 2000s. Among the concerts she performed was her first solo show Une voix, un voyage at the studio-theatre at the Place des Arts in Montréal, followed by a tour of the Maisons de la Culture, both in Montréal around the province.
Due to the resounding success of her first tour, she was able to create De Campobasso à toi, a second solo show staged by Robert Marien in which Dominica reconnected with her Italian roots.
Afterwards, things began happening very quickly, with the Rencontres francophones de la chanson, at the Salon de Provence in France, the Coup de Cœur Francophone, in Montréal and the Toronto Festival francophone.
In 2006 she launched her first album Les signes du désir. She wrote the music in collaboration with the authors Roger Tabra, Pierre Huet, Frédérick Baron, Jean-Guy Prince and Vincenzo Thoma. Catherine Perrin from Radio Canada said:
“Dominica Merola, has a very warm voice, a velvet voice that has a delicate timeless quality. The record is a beautiful musical object… Dominica, is someone worth discovering.” (in translation)
Her second album Appassionata, in 2010 was produced by Luc Boivin, (Audience de Fidelio Musique, distribution Naxos). It includes songs Dominica selected from the popular, modern Italian repertoire, and personal compositions in both French and Italian.
It also includes a performance of Naufragés, a beautiful love song in a duo with Daniel Lavoie, one of the heroes of the French-language musical Notre-Dame de Paris. In love with Quebec’s popular music classics, some of these titles translated into Italian, are also on the album. Her writing partners included Sandrine Roy, Vincenzo Thoma and Viano.
MORE ABOUT DOMINICA
Dominica Merola was born into a family of artists; her father is a painter-sculptor, her mother an actor. Dominica chose music and began taking piano lessons when she was five. Voice and piano studies at the Vincent-d’Indy music school in Montreal, as well as acting courses have given her the tools to truly perform her concerts.
Besides her tours and recordings, Dominica regularly participates in shows for charity as well as for radio and television. She also wrote the music for the song Laisse-moi y croire performed on the album Un enfant, une vie with words by Isabelle Lavoie. She also created and performed the theme song Laisse-toi bercer for the Relais pour la vie in Chambly, organised by the Quebec branch of the Canadian Cancer Society.