Rachel Miller, mezzo-soprano
Canadian mezzo-soprano Rachel Miller is a multi-disciplinary performer who finds expression through voice, acting and dance. In the 2022/2023 season Rachel makes her debut with the Canadian Opera Company Chorus, and performs as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah and Vivaldi’s Gloria (Toronto Beach Chorale); Beethoven’s Mass in C major (Oakville Choral Society); and Mozart’s Coronation […]
River Guard, tenor
River Guard is an operatic tenor, singer-songwriter, composer, actor, and multi-instrumentalist hailing from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. River completed his undergraduate degree in Voice Performance at Wilfrid Laurier University in 2017, studying with mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber. In the summer of 2017, River travelled to Edmonton, Alberta to sing the role of Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin […]
Kendra Dyck, soprano
Canadian opera singer Kendra Dyck has been described as “possessing a pleasant sweet-toned soprano” [OperaRamblings 2017]. She recently was a 2023 semi-finalist in The Lotte Lenya Competition and a finalist in The Canadian Music Competition’s Stepping Stone 2019. An avid lover of sacred and contemporary music, Ms. Dyck sang Mozart’s Requiem with Pax Christi […]
David Diston, baritone
David Diston’s rapidly developing artistry is quickly gaining him recognition as a ‘sonorous baritone’ (Huffpost Alberta) with ‘vocally impressive’ (Opera Canada) ‘full-throated and characterful singing’ (Calgary Herald). Mr. Diston’s professional credits include Ping (Turandot), Frederic (Lakmé), Pish-Tush (The Mikado), Moralès (Carmen), des Grieux (Le portrait de Manon), Papageno (Die Zauberflöte), Count Almaviva (Le Nozze di […]
Georgia Burashko, mezzo-soprano
Canadian mezzo-soprano Georgia Burashko has been hailed as a “model of expressiveness” and “emotionally evocative” (Opera Going Toronto). Based in Den Haag, Netherlands, Georgia is a Young Bach Fellow with De Nederlandse Bachvereniging for the 2022-23 season, and is a winner of The Dutch Classical Talent, which earns her a solo recital tour of her […]
Daevyd Pepper, tenor
Canadian Tenor Daevyd Pepper is a Toronto-based queer artist who strives to be a catalyst of change in both the art form and industry of opera by using his voice to challenge, heal, and inspire audiences and communities worldwide. A graduate of the University of Toronto Opera School and an alumnus of prestigious training programs […]
Elizabeth Polese, soprano
Canadian soprano Elizabeth Polese has been praised as “powerful and engaging” [The Globe and Mail], “sparkling” and “delightful”, with “power to spare” [Opera Canada]. Recently, she has been a young artist at l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, Tanglewood Music Center, and Detroit Opera. She is the winner of the prestigious 2019-20 Sullivan Foundation Gail […]
Whitney Mather, soprano
The Canadian soprano, Whitney Mather, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree with Honurs in in Music – Vocal Performance from the University of Saskatchewan (2008-2013); her Artist Diploma in Music Performance – Voice from The Glenn Gould School of the The Royal Conservatory of Music (2013-2015: ADP Voice Program); and her Master of Music degree […]
Andrea Núñez, soprano
Praised for her “blinding brilliance,” Canadian Soprano Andrea Núñez is establishing herself as a versatile young artist. Ms. Núñez is a graduate of l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opera de Montréal. As part of her tenure, she has performed the roles of the Page in Rigoletto, Woglinde in Das Rheingold, and Alice B. Toklas in Ricky Ian […]
Megan Miceli, soprano
Canadian Soprano Megan Miceli has been praised for her “bright, pure, well focused high lyric soprano, with admirably steady and evenly produced tone” (Musical Toronto). Some role highlights include Mother/Gravedigger/Guilt Spectre in the world premiere of Ghost Opera, music by Veronika Krausas, commissioned by The Old Trout Puppet Workshop in partnership with the Banff Centre […]