Finalist at the International Puccini-Turandot Competition 2009 (Calaf),  winner of the Prix de la relève of the Arts and Cultur Fondation, grant recipient from several recognized organizations, such as the Fondation des Jeunesses Musicales du Canada, les Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques du Canada and the Fond d'Insertion en carrière de l'Opéra de Montréal; Canadian tenor Steeve Michaud has earned much acclaim for his charisma and intense interpretation of the romantic repertoire in recital as well as at the opera. Steeve, who was first professionally trained in piano and direction, earned a Master of Arts (cum lauda) in voice from the Montreal University.  Afterwards, he specialized in opera at Montreal Opera Young Artists Program, at the International Music Academy in Nice, at Domaine des Arts La Roche d’Hys near Dijon as well as at the International Vocal Arts Institute.

In 2002, as he was debuting at the Opéra de Montréal in La Traviata and, from 2002 to 2004, Steeve studied and interpreted the roles of Don José (Carmen), Rodolfo (La Bohème), Hoffman (Tales of Hoffmann), DesGrieux (Manon), Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly), Caravadossi (Tosca), MacDuff (Macbeth) and Werther (Werther). This excellent recital singer has had the pleasure to sing in Canada, America, China, France and Italy. In 2003, Steeve played the Duke of Mantoue (Rigoletto) in Projecting, a film by director Adrian Wills, which was presented at the International Festival of Films on Art finals. In December 2005, Steeve holds the lead male role, Don José, in Carmen on Chinese soil. In that same year, Steeve also collaborated on broadcasts of Opera Easy and Opera Story, for the Bravo Channel, where he sang excerpts from Tosca, Il Trovatore, Un Ballo in Maschera, Turandot and La Forza del destino.

In 2008, Steeve won the Prix de la relève of the Fondation des arts et de la culture de l’Outaouais. From 2006 to 2009, as producer and conductor, he conducted La Périchole & La Vie Parisienne, by Jacques Offenbach in collaboration with the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Strong believer and promoter of lyrical art, Steeve has been the musical and artistic director of the Productions lyriques de Gatineau from September 2006 to April 2010. Since 2009, he is associate voice teacher at the School for Studies in Art & Culture – Music Department of the Ottawa Carleton University and he is also the founder of the Gala Opéra Noir & Blanc of Western Québec. In 2009, Steeve was a finalist, as Calaf, at the International Turandot-Puccini Competition in Verona.  Afterwards, engagements are going well, he played Don José (Carmen) at the Casino Lac Leamy Theatre, held the role of Pinkerton for the Maria Pellgrini Madama Butterfly’s production, was soloist in the production of King David by Arthur Honegger as well as many other concerts such as Beethoven 9th Symphony, Mozart and Verdi Requiems, Puccini Messa di Gloria, Te Deum by Bruckner, lieder recitals, opera concerts and Forment-Savoie Requiem accompanied by the Gatineau Symphony Orchestra to name a few. Continuing the work on his instrument, since now two years, he is studying in New York City monthly with Maestro David Jones and coached under the guidance of William Hicks. Upcoming engagements include Carmen on Tap in Ottawa, Recital Tour in Western Québec and Ontario and Verdi Requiem.