Adine Fafard-Drolet

Adine Fafard-Drolet (May 3, 1876 – January 31, 1963) was a Canadian soprano and the founder of a music school, the Conservatory of Quebec, that lasted from 1910 to 1939.

In 1907 she went to Europe for two years of further training,[3] studying in London at the Royal College of Music and in Paris with the baritone Jean-Baptiste Faure.

[5] She auditioned for the composer Jules Massenet and was offered a leading role in his unfinished opera Don Quichotte; however, she declined because of her plan to return to Canada and found a conservatory.

The training was free thanks to an annual subsidy from the then-Premier of Quebec, Lomer Gouin,[3] and the course of study was designed to last three years.

[7] The conservatory moved within Quebec City at least six times before closing its doors in 1939 at the onset of World War II.