Marie-Claire Giraud was born on the island of Dominica in The Caribbean, grew up in The Bronx, NYC, studied singing in Rome, Italy and debuted at Carnegie Hall. She has performed on world stages singing, opera, jazz and musical theater at Madison Square Garden, Barclays Center, United Nations, Summerstage, Jazz at Lincoln Center and HB Studio to name a few.
Marie-Claire is also a composer collaborating on a song cycle with Pulitzer Prize winning composer John Harbison and creating her very own genre where she mixes her operatic vocals with other genres of music.
A firm believer in giving back Marie-Claire reaches out to under privileged children and young adults in her community of the South Bronx and whenever she tours locally, nationally and internationally with awards from the NAACP, City of New York and New York State Senate.
Marie-Claire was about to make her Broadway debut in the Tennessee Williams play, " Hello from Bertha " before the Covid 19 Pandemic hit.