“Whalen brought to her part her customary beautifully poised singing and authoritative vocal presence, but, perhaps unexpectedly, given her previous roles with the company, she has a fine sense of comedy, of both slapstick and delicate humour.”
Alice, Falstaff – Calgary Herald
Eve-Lyn de la Haye – Soprano
“However it was Soprano Eve-Lyn de la Haye as Nannetta who hit the spot for me. Her liquid-clear fragrant and intensely sweet voice left me with shivers and a desire to hear more from this talented young performer."
Nannetta, Falstaff –Applause! Meter
Isaiah Bell – Tenor
“Young tenor Isaiah Bell…sang with passion and a powerfully resonant tenor voice.”
St. Matthew Passion, Baldwin-Wallace Festival – Cleveland Classical
Geoffrey Sirett – Baritone
“His is a big, full-bodied voice but one capable of surprising finesse.”
Zoroastro, Orlando – Opera Going Toronto
Noteable...
Zach Finkelstein on tour with Mark Morris Dance Group…
"How unfair to have seen "Socrates" only once...it was beautifully sung in French by Zach Finkelstein."
Washington Post
Michael Nyby proves his acting chops onstage for Theatre Aquarius…
"Completing this quartet of perfectly believable, always intelligent performances, was Michael Nyby, opera singer by profession, turned actor with this play. He’s handsome as any Prince, sings like a nightingale and adds emotional fabric to the proceedings, giving us a glimpse of Ralph as a once young, possessor of dreams."
Hamilton Spectator
Congratulations…
to Suzie LeBlanc on receiving the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal
to Miriam Khalil on receiving a generous Professional Development grant from the Canada Council
Justin Welsh as Queequeg in Moby Dick
“Bass baritone, Justin Welsh’s exotic Queequeg had vocal heft, but also a vulnerability that gave his scenes with Ainsworth a sweet flavour of brotherly love.”
Globe and Mail, William Rankin [Calgary Opera, Moby Dick, January 2012]
“Justin Welsh brings a finely drawn vocal technical to the part, his voice beautiful throughout the registers. Dramatically, too, Welsh’s role was exceptionally well realized, a major accomplishment as a singing actor.”
Calgary Herald, Kenneth Delong
Dean Artists Get Around
Carrol Anne Curry and Alia Rosenstock with Lucia Cesaroni on the opening night of West Side Story for Vancouver Opera
Henry Ingram with Allyson McHardy at the Paris Opera after one of her performances of Annio in Clemenza di Tito
