Ben Wallace, baritone
“Versatile and vocally powerful” baritone Ben Wallace currently studies at the University of Toronto and will be joining the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio in August. He was the second prize winner of the 2025 Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition, recipient of the Laurier Alumni Gold Medal, and a winner of the Laurier Concerto Competition. Recent […]
Andrea Bickford, soprano
Soprano Andrea Bickford hails from Boston, MA and is praised for her musical sensitivity, stage acting, and vocal power (The Ithaca Times). Possessing a diverse repertoire, Ms. Bickford has sung on opera and concert stages worldwide including the Alice Tully Hall at Lincoln Center, at the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti in Milan, Italy and […]
Lauren Margison, soprano
Canadian soprano Lauren Margison is a graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble studio, the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal and a multi year alumna of the Highlands Opera Studio. In 2024 she was a first prize winner of the Sullivan Foundation and the recipient of a Sylva Gelber Foundation Grant. She was a […]
Julia LoRusso, soprano
Julia is a Canadian soprano currently pursuing her Master of Music Degree at Western University. She’s been recognized with several scholarships, including the Lindsay Memorial Scholarship, Music Entrance Scholarship, Western Graduate Research Scholarship, and Lily Niblock Memorial Scholarship. She recently won 3rd place in the Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition in January 2024. Her earliest performances […]
Mary Jane Egan, soprano
A native of Toronto, Mary Jane Egan completed her Masters in Voice and Opera at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, where she was the recipient of the Gaelyne Gabora Memorial Prize, the Martha Schiller Memorial Award, and the Duncan Campbell Memorial Award. In 2024, she was selected as a District singer in the Metropolitan […]
Jamie Groote, soprano
Praised for her rich sound and captivating finesse, soprano Jamie Groote is immensely dedicated to her artistry and is creating a reputation for herself as a young singer to watch.
Lyndsay Promane, mezzo-soprano
Praised for “a genuine and deeply satisfying sound” (The WholeNote), Canadian mezzo-soprano Lyndsay Promane (she/her) has been described as a “top-notch performer” (Opera Canada) with “an arresting presence on the opera stage, and a thoughtful concert artist” (Schmopera). Most recently, Lyndsay is a Dora Mavor Moore Award-winning artist for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble. She […]
David Walsh, tenor
David Walsh, born and raised in Toronto, recently finished his Diploma of Opera Performance at the University of Toronto with Honours in 2022. From there David has participated in a wide range of vocal performances. In the winter of 2023, David made his debut with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra as Count Almaviva in a performance […]
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 […]