Evan Korbut
Evan Korbut is a Toronto-based Anishinaabe baritone, born in Sault Ste. Marie, ON who is quickly garnering praise for his work in traditional, and particularly, new opera. His lyric baritone has been called “beautiful” and his command of the stage “complete” (Operaramblings, 2019).
Evan’s season included the title role of Louis Riel/ Robideau in Manitoba Opera’s world premiere of Li Keur - Riel’s Heart of the North, a workshop with Art Impacts Inc. for the theatrical song cycle American Patriots, and in concert for Handel’s Messiah with the Regina Symphony. His 2022-23 season included multiple roles in Anchorage Opera’s Missing, by Métis playwright Marie Clements and Juno-winning composer Brian Current, and in recital with the Women’s Musical Club of Toronto. 2021-22 saw the baritone appear in a variety of live and digital presentations including Bird in Ian Cusson’s Indians on Vacation as part of Edmonton Opera’s ‘Wild Rose Project’ of new Canadian operas, and as Virgil Thompson in The Mother of Us All and Michonnet in Adriana Levouvreur, both for Toronto’s VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert.
Evan is a Dora Award winner for his roles as Simms/Spirit Chorus in Shanawdithit by Dean Burry, produced jointly by Tapestry Opera and Opera on the Avalon. The Stuart Hamilton Memorial Award Winner starred as Jamie Paul in the world premiere of The Ecstasy of Rita Joe, followed by the Canadian premiere of Schubert’s Fierabras for VOICEBOX: Opera in Concert. Other career highlights include Owl in the premiere of Vancouver Opera and Pacific Opera Victoria’s production of Flight of the Hummingbird by Maxime Goulet, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Marcello in La bohème, Tarquinius/Junius in The Rape of Lucretia, Dandini in La cenerentola, Figaro/Count Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro, Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri, Publio in La clemenza di Tito, and Moses in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.
Evan studied voice at the University of Western Ontario where he earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees.
August 2024
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“... Korbut had some of the show’s best blending of singing and character. His baritone is in good shape, and he seems a natural at straddling the lines between playing a character who’s at once sympathetic and laughable. [Italian Girl in Algiers, MYOpera (2018)]
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![Evan Korbut, as Jaimie Paul, was perhaps the most impressive of a line up of mainly Indigenous singers. His lyric baritone is rather beautiful and his command of the stage was complete. [The Ecstasy of Rita Joe (2019), Opera Ramblings]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ea12b219c03680a5cc556d0/1599226685169-ZE1FZC601GPKPKNPS4JN/Marion-Newman-and-Evan-Korbut.jpg)
