Caroleve is a graduate of the Royal Conservatory of Music (Toronto) with ARCT Degrees in Performance and Teaching.
She has an extensive operatic background having performed the title roles in Madama Butterfly by Puccini, Manon by Massenet, Lucia di Lammermoore by Donizetti, Suor Angelica by Puccini and the roles of Elvira in I Puritani by Bellini, Mimi in La Boheme by Puccini, Fiordiligi in Cosi fan tutti by Mozart, Violetta in La Traviata by Verdi, Amina in La Sonnambula by Bellini and Marguerite in Faust by Gounod.
Caroleve has also been the Soprano Soloist in The Seven Last Words of Christ by Dubois and Stabat Mater by Rossini, has performed many solo operatic recitals, has been the Guest Soloist with symphony orchestras and performed on CBC television.
Together with her husband, Tenor Nihal Fonseka, they have given four joint operatic recitals, produced a CD called A Treasury of Christmas Jewels and recently performed at Toronto's prestigious Roy Thomson Hall.