Adam Da Ros is a Canadian stage and music director from Dawson Creek, B.C. active in opera and musical theatre. He is on academic staff at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee as adjunct instructor and director of the UWM Opera Theatre program. He recently completed two seasons as Resident Artist Stage Director at Minnesota Opera, where he assisted on eight mainstage productions, including two world premieres, as well as directing members of the Resident Artist Program in promotional and outreach activities, including a concert at the National Opera Center in New York City.Adam holds a ...


Alex Chen is a collaborative pianist, baritone, and vocal coach whose curiosity brings fresh perspectives on a diverse body of musical works. In the words of his mentor John Hess, he is "an immensely musical and sensitive player" with "a deeply inquisitive mind." Alex performs regularly both as a singer and collaborative pianist in the Victoria music community, exploring genres such as art song, opera, and choral music. Moreover, as a faculty member at the Victoria Conservatory of Music he supports a wide variety of students and young professional singers from the piano. He currently studies ...


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As a sought-after voice coach, host, and lecturer, pianist David Eliakis continues to expand his musical offerings both on the concert stage and the lecture hall. His performances have taken him to the stages of Brazil, Switzerland, England, Germany, and across Canada recently as pianist and musical director for Against The Grain Theatre’s national tour of La Bohème. David shares his time between the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Music, the Royal Conservatory of Music, and Against The Grain Theatre and has also collaborated with Tapestry Opera, Opera In Reach, and Amplified Opera in ...


Erin Bardua is primarily a singer, voice teacher, and stage director. Like many performers, much of Ms. Bardua's most recent work has been on film and online. In 2020, her company Essential Opera produced two operatic films: Mirror, mirror, by Anna Pidgorna; and December, by Monica Pearce. In 2021, Erin created a solo programme of contemporary and original music for unaccompanied voice and voice with flute titled Afterwards-Day, which premiered at Sappyfest: Infinite Variety, a 24-hour streamed performance event. She also played the role of Helen in a hybrid live and streaming production of ...


Celebrated for her warm voice and sense of dramatic immediacy, Canadian soprano Frédérique Vézina has performed with many opera companies including the Canadian Opera Company and Washington National Opera. A young artist with the Canadian Opera Company and the Juilliard Opera Center (New York), Mrs. Vézina made her mainstage debut as Liza in Tchaikovsky’s Queen of Spades during her first season as an ensemble member at the COC. She has collaborated with internationally renowned conductors including Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Richard Bradshaw, James Conlon, Hans Fricke, Bernard Labadie, Jacques ...


Conductor Leslie Dala enjoys a multifaceted career spanning the genres of opera, symphonic music, choral and contemporary works. On the podium, he is known for his passionate, dynamic, and charismatic approach to music making. Named one of the top ten artistic leaders by the Vancouver Sun, Dala's national profile has grown steadily with guest conducting appearances with Pacific Opera Victoria, Edmonton Opera, Saskatoon Opera, Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Kamloops Symphony, Thirteen Strings of Ottawa, the COSI Festival in Sulmona, Italy, the Goh Ballet, University of Toronto Opera ...


Maureen focusses on celebrating Canadian classical contemporary repertoire by collaborating with established and emerging composers to commission, premie`re, and re-perform their works. Her discography includesLighthousewith Grej (ECMA Winner Classical Recording of the Year 2022);Breathing in the Shadows(JUNO nomination 2022);Aunt Helen(ECMA and Music NS nominations 2021-2);Mirror, Mirror; andLady of the Lake(ECMA and Music NS nominations 2017-8). She is the co-artistic director with Erin Bardua of Essential Opera, an opera company founded in 2010. In 2015, Maureen founded Crossing Borders, a ...


Queer, gender non-binary, and Chinese-Canadian tenor Mike Fan | ??? (they) astonishes audiences with their versatility, passion, and commitment to social justice. Fluent in 7 languages Mike performs in 10 languages across Canada, Finland, Italy, USA, and Australia. As a host, pianist, educator, and actor, Mike brings their quicksilver wit to numerous engagements crossing disciplines, most recently as McGill University’s PGSS/AÉCSUM Equity & Diversity Commissioner and BIPOC Graduate Network founder. Mike is also Founder and Artistic Director of a ground-breaking company Opéra Queens which ...


Morgan Reid is a Nova Scotian-born portfolio artist whose diverse skillset informs her career as a performer, administrator, and academic. Morgan works as a freelance social media manager/consultant for a handful of arts organizations and individuals, was the administrator for COSA Canada’s 2020-2021 online season, and has worked as an administrative assistant and teaching assistant with Voice Studies at the University of Toronto Faculty of Music. Additionally in 2020-2021, Morgan was selected as an RBC Future Launch/LINK Emerging Artist Fellow with the Association for Opera in Canada. As a ...


Rachael Kerr is an alumna of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and has served as rehearsal pianist forCOC productions ofBarber of Seville, Turandot, Aïda, Hansel and Gretel, Hadrian,Elektra, La Bohème,The Elixir of Love,RigolettoandThe Nightingale and Other Short Fables. She has been part of two workshops developing world premieres by Ana Sokolovic and Ian Cusson at the COC. She was recently the Dora Award-nominated music director for Against the Grain Theatre’s Figaro’s Wedding. Rachael has also been a rehearsal pianist for the Toronto Symphony Orchestra in numerous projects, ...


A proud Newfoundlander, tenor Ryan Downey is quickly gaining nationwide recognition for his “nimbleness of voice” (Bachtrack) and “attractive lyric tenor colour” (Edmonton Journal).You’ll have seen Ryan on the opera stage recently with the Canadian Opera Company, Vancouver Opera, Toronto Operetta Theatre and Opera in Concert. Recent solo credits include the title role in Candide (North York Concert Orchestra), Tamino in Die Zauberflöte (Opera York), Rodolfo in Laboheme (COSA), Ralph Rackstraw in HMS Pinafore, Rinuccio in GianniSchicchi, Goro (Pinkerton cover) in Madama Butterfly (Windsor ...