Emily Rocha is a captivating soprano with a warm, unique timbre, currently based in Toronto. She is a member of the University of Toronto’s Opera School for her MMus, under the tutelage of Lorna MacDonald. Emily has offered exciting performances as Ernestine (M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le…), Cassandra (Disobedience – premiere), Lucie Manette (A Tale of […]
Mezzo Soprano Reilly Nelson, described by Opera News as “a revelation,” brings her “distinctly warm and burnished” sound to stages across North America and Europe. This past summer, she made her Glimmerglass Festival debut as Gianna in the world premiere of Tenor Overboard to great acclaim. A specialist in the works of Kurt Weill, and […]
Born in Belarus, Jamal now makes his home in Canada. Jamal is a colourful, eccentric, yet funnily relatable baritone with one goal – to make classical music resonate with everyone’s heart. When asked why he performs opera, Jamal says that “performing opera is a path to uplift one’s enjoyment of life”. Jamal’s belief is that […]
Eclectic is probably the best word to describe the rich artistic life of Leslie. Violinist, violist, mandolinist, singer and actress, you will find her performing a wide variety of material in all types of venues. Born and raised in Los Angeles, she trained in Baltimore and New York with Berl Senofsky and Dorthy DeLay. While […]
Soprano Nathalie Paulin has established herself in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Far East as an interpretive artist of the very first rank. Winner of a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding Opera Performance, she has collaborated with internationally renowned conductors including Harry Christophers, Jane Glover, Michael Christie, Robert Spano, Kent Nagano, Yannick […]
Hungarian-Canadian, mezzo-soprano Krisztina Szabó is highly sought after in both North America and Europe as an artist of supreme musicianship and stagecraft, and is known for her promotion and performance of contemporary Canadian works. In the 2022-23 season, Krisztina will perform with Calgary Opera (50th Anniversary Opera Gala), Honens International Piano Competition (Finals), Victoria […]
Helen Becqué was a finalist in the prestigious International Hugo Wolf Competition in Stuttgart, and a semi-finalist in the largest competition for Lied in the world, ‘Das Lied’ in Berlin. She completed post-graduate studies with the pre-eminent Lieder coach in Europe, Helmut Deutsch, at the München Hochschule für Musik und Theater, and has worked for […]
Winner of the 2021 Toronto Mozart Vocal Competition and finalist at the 2022 Montserrat Caballe Competition in Teatro Real, mezzo Sarah Richmond is known for her emotional engagement, with Opera Magazine remarking “her acting wholly convincing” and Classical Source on her “searing virtuosity”. She trained on English National Opera’s ‘Opera Works’ Programme, the National Opera […]
Catherine Psarakis actively performs with orchestras and chamber groups in the US and internationally. Catherine made her oratorio debut in 2017 as the soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with the Messiah Choral Society in Orlando, FL. She appeared as Cunegonde in the New England Conservatory (NEC) 2018 production of Bernstein’s Candide, and as Queen of […]
Amy Moodie a Toronto-based singer, actor and teacher based in Toronto, Ontario. Most recently, in November 2022, she performed the role of Giunia in Opera in Concert’s performance of Lucio Silla. Earlier in 2022, she made her Toronto Operetta Theatre debut as Franzi in A Waltz Dream and Glita in the world premiere of A […]
Toronto-based mezzo-soprano Jennifer Routhier is a unique voice on the Canadian stage. Jennifer is a co-founder of DUOver, a contemporary ensemble with pianist Natasha Fransblow. DUOver was created following their award-winning collaboration for the 2020 Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, placing second overall and taking home the prize for best performance of the commissioned work. Their first album, set to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]