Ophelia emerged and became Dominica's first Lypo female singer to achieve international star status.
She is considered to be the "Godmother of Cadence", and has toured widely in France and had concerts broadcast over much of the Francophone world.
Ophelia's musical idol is the South African singer Miriam Makeba[3] Born in Willemstad, Curaçao,[4][5] Ophelia performed as a young girl in a group called the "Five O's", which performed at church functions.
Her first recording was "Ay Dominique," a "lament for Dominica as the country underwent political problems in the 1970s".
[3] The song became a popular anthem among Dominicans, and she began recording with Gordon Henderson, placing herself at the forefront of cadence-lypso.