WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME MEZZO SOPRANO LILLIAN BROOKS TO THE DEAN ARTISTS MANAGEMENT ROSTER!
Canadian mezzo-soprano Lillian Brooks has been praised for her “lyric sound” (Ludwig van Toronto), “easy handling of coloratura” (Schmopera), and has been noted for her “wonderful sensitivity to story and the development of song,” (FYI Music). During the 2023 season, Lillian will appear with chamber ensemble InnerCHAMBER (Stratford, ON), for an intimate performance of Mahler’s Ruckert Lieder and returns to Chorus Niagara in March 2023 for Beethoven’s epic oratorio, Missa Solemnis. To close out the season, Lillian will be seen performing the role of Mrs. Anderssen in the Royal Conservatory Presents: A Little Night Music (Sondheim), alongside a star studded all-Canadian cast.
Lillian made her professional debut in 2015 singing Mozart’s Requiem with Chorus Niagara, under the baton of Robert Cooper. Her love of oratorio and concert works has continued to grow, as she performs as a soloist in repertoire such as Handel’s Messiah and Dixit Dominus, Bach’s St John Passion and St Matthew Passion, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Durufle’s Requiem, Mahler’s Das Lied von der Erde, and the Canadian premieres of both Last Light Above the World by Alan Bevan and The Cross of Christ by Romulo Delgado. Equally at home on the operatic stage, her past roles include Bradamante in Alcina, Annio in La clemenza di Tito, Third Lady in Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Flora in La Traviata, and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro.
Lillian’s musical journey has led to numerous accolades for her dedication to the craft. In 2015, she was awarded the prestigious Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artists Grant, while graduating cum laude from York University, where she studied with Canadian mezzo-soprano Catherine Robbin and earned first prize in their annual Concerto Competition. Brooks received her Artist Diploma Program in Vocal Performance from the Glenn Gould School in 2017 and went on to participate in the Calgary Opera Young Artists Program and the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme in Aldeburgh, UK, where she studied with internationally acclaimed faculty including Matthew Rose and Anne-Sofie von Otter.
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