Rose Naggar-Tremblay is a versatile mezzo-soprano, acclaimed for the richness of her voice and the intelligence of her interpretations. Recent credits include Carmen, Carmen, Sofia Opera and ballet, 2021, Dido, Dido and Aeneas, Chœur Vivace, 2019. Duchesse Della Volta, La fille du tambour major, Opéra Bouffe du Québec, 2019. Gabrielle (premiere), La nuit est ma femme, Théâtre de Longueuil/...
Nikkei Canadian settler Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 (they/them) is a queer/trans non-binary opera singer and theatre creator based in Tkarón:to (Toronto). Recently featured in the CBC short-doc OPERA TRANS*FORMED, Teiya is a graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and the 2022 recipient of the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Music (Canada Council for...
Baritone Renowned for his luminous voice “capable of the most powerful explosions as well as the gentlest covered notes” (Toronto Star) baritone Russell Braun rightfully claims his place on the concert, opera and recital stages of the world. His intelligent and thoughtful portrayals of Chou En-lai, Billy Budd, Prince Andrei, Figaro, Papageno, Count Almaviva, Don...
Raneem Barakat (she/her) is a Syrian Mezzo-Soprano based in Toronto. She has just earned her bachelor’s degree in Voice Performance, with Honours, from the University of Toronto – Faculty of Music, under the supervision of Prof. Darryl Edwards. As a soloist, she performed with many orchestras and choirs, in Canada and around the globe, including...
Brett Polegato‘s artistic sensibility has earned him the highest praise from audiences and critics: “his is a serious and seductive voice” says The Globe and Mail, and The New York Times has praised him for his “burnished, well-focused voice” which he uses with “considerable intelligence and nuance.” The Italian-Canadian baritone appears regularly on the world’s...
Canadian Soprano Jonelle Sills has been praised for her “… warm, full, elastic tone” (Schmopera, Greg Finney). Jonelle was named one of CBC Music’s classical “30 under 30” performers for 2020. Looking to the fall of 2021, Jonelle will perform Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at Koerner Hall with Stewart Goodyear and the Penderecki String Quartet. In...