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Colin Ainsworth |
Colin Ainsworth – Tenor “The singing in both pieces was first-rate and alert to
the respective stylistic demands of the two composers. Colin Ainsworth brought a bright,
beautifully articulated tenor to the Arne, then darkened and deepened it as
Pygmalion.” San Francisco Chronicle, Joshua Kosman Cherubini – Requiem, Göttingen Handel Festival, Nicholas
McGegan conductor Laurie in Little Women – Calgary Opera Orphee i- Orphee et Euridice – Greek National Opera |
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Robert Cooper |
Robert Cooper Highlights... § Artistic Director
of the Orpheus Choir of Toronto and Chorus Niagara § Season engagements
include Toronto Operetta Theatre's production of The Pirates of Penzance, guest
conducting choirs in Winnipeg and Barrie, chorus preparation for the Royal
Conservatory of Music production of Cendrillon and Adjudicator for the World
Choral Games in Shaozing, China in July 2010. § Recipient of both
an Honorary Doctorate from Brock University and the Order of Canada for his
significant contribution to the Canadian choral community. Quote "...a live wire on the podium, Cooper showed himself a
sensitive and persuasive interpreter of this sublime work" (Iphigenie en
Tauride - Gluck) Globe and Mail “…Robert Cooper gave us a scrupulously tailored
performance, balanced and carefully paced, with admirably controlled dynamics
and lovely pianissimo singing” (Durufle Requiem) Bath Chronicle |
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Charlott Corwin |
Charlotte Corwin "Compelling with secure intonation, comfortable
coloratura and beguiling charm as Flaminia" Opera
Canada, Geoff Chapman Belinda - Dido and Aeneas, Opera Erratica, Toronto, 2009 Gilda - Rigoletto, Opera York, 2010 Fiordiligi - Cosi fan Tutte, Pacific Opera Victoria, 2010 |
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Alison
d’Amato |
Alison d’Amato “The strength of Opera in Concert's…presentation
Sunday was the authoritative grasp of the whole work by its music director
Alison d'Amato, who accompanied it valiantly on the piano.” Ken
Winters, The Globe and Mail Artistic Co-Director of Florestan Recital Project Pianist and coach for the Vancouver International Song
Institute (VISI) Music Director and pianist for OIC’s Roberto Devereux by
Donizetti and Poulenc’s Les Dialogues des Carmelites that featured
soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian Assistant Professor at the University at Buffalo, where she is
a recitalist and coach for a growing music department. |
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Virginia Hatfield |
Virginia Hatfield “Appropriately soaring and rapturous" ConcertoNet, Michael Johnson Zerlina - Don Giovanni, Canadian Opera Company, 2008 Italian Singer - Capriccio Pacific Opera Victoria, 2010 Musetta - La Boheme, Opera Hamilton, 2010 |
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Amanda Jones |
Amanda Jones Makes her OIC debut as Malcolm in Rossini's La Donna del Lago Makes her TOT debut as Manja in Kalman’s Countess
Maritza Sang the title role of TANCREDI for Summer Opera Lyric Theatre |
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Bruce Kelly |
Bruce Kelly – Baritone “Bruce Kelly as Sharpless was his usual class act,
vocally sure and character sound.” Opera
Canada, Paula Citron Germont – La Traviata, Pacific Opera Victoria Ein Deutsches Requiem, Orchestra London Capulet – Romeo et Juliette, Opéra de Québec |
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Michael Rose |
Michael Rose “…the tone was overflowing in a display of super
pianism. With chiselled excellence and a sure touch, he made the Steinway
sing and us listen.” Edmonton Journal Third Prize Winner in the 1989 Rio de Janeiro International
Competition for Pianists/Accompanists. Has been pianist for The Banff Centre, Edmonton Opera, St.
Louis Opera Theatre, Opera Nuova, Toronto Operetta Theatre, Opera in Concert. Music Director and pianist Falstaff (Verdi) - 2009 Summer
Opera Lyric Theatre. |
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Graham Thomson |
Graham Thomson Count Almaviva/Barbieri de Siviglia with Jeunesse Musicale Jessie/World premiere of Hannaraptor with Calgary Opera Rooster/World premiere of The Bremen Town Musicians with Opera
Lyra Ottawa And: 2nd Prize winner in The TD Canada Trust Festival Competition
2009 for Elora Festival |
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David Trudgen |
David Trudgen – Countertenor “The chief vocal honours went to David Trudgen as
Medoro. Trudgen could be the next
generation’s answer to David Daniels.
He sang with beautiful legato, fine musicality and uncommon expressive
conviction.” Chicago Tribune, John von
Rhein Mike Teavee – The Golden Ticket, World Premiere Opera
Theater of St. Louis and the Wexford Festival in Ireland Israel in Egypt – The Toronto Mendelssohn Choir Carmina Burana – Victoria Symphony |
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Justin Welsh |
Justin Welsh – Baritone “It was good to see baritone Justin Welsh tackle a
pivotal role like the Duke’s (Roberto Devereux), OIC) so well. He embraced it vocally and dramatically
with a verve that promises a great deal.” Opera
Canada, Wayne Gooding Guglielmo - Cosi fan tutte, Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Faure’s Requiem – Choeur St. Laurent Dancairo - Carmen, Canadian Opera Company |
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Paul Williamson |
Paul Williamson "High tenor Paul Williamson had some ecstatic moments, his
springtime aria was a high point". Ken Winters, The Globe and Mail Nemorino - L'Elisir d'Amore, University of Toronto, 2007 Czar - Korsakov's Snow Maiden, Opera in Concert, 2008 Hamlet - Mark Richards, TrypTych Opera, 2009 |
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Gene Wu |
Gene Wu An inaugural member of the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist
Development Program Musiklehrer and Harlekin in ARIADNE AUF NAXOS with the Toronto
Summer Music Festival The Speaker in Vancouver Opera’s THE MAGIC FLUTE Figaro in LE NOZZE DI FIGARO, both for the Banff Centre Summer
Arts Festival |
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