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| YEAR | COMPOSER | WORK | ROLE | LOCATION |
| 2008 | Shostakovich | Symphony #14 | Bass soloist | Atlantic Classical Orchestra - Stewart Robertson |
| 2007 | various | classical concert with soprano Mariateresa Magisano |
Panache - Auberge St Antoine (Quebec, Qc) | |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson | |
| Tchaikovsky | Yevgheny Onegin | Captain & Zaretsky | Montreal Symphony Orchestra - Kent Nagano | |
| various | Garden Party fundraiser | singer | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Judy Ginsburg, pianist | |
| Puccini | Madama Butterfly | Artistic Director | Green Mountain Opera Festival - Timothy Vernon | |
| Bizet | Carmen | Zuniga | Calgary Opera - Daniel Beckwith conductor | |
| Saint-Säens | Samson et Dalilah | Abimelech | Opera Ontario - Daniel Lipton conductor | |
| Strauss | Ariadne auf Naxos | Truffaldino | Vancouver Opera - Jonathan Darlington | |
| 2006 | Rossini | La Cenerentola | Don Magnifico | Calgary Opera - Robert Dean, conductor |
| Rossini | Barbiere di Siviglia | Artistic Director | Green Mountain Opera Festival - Giovanni Reggioli conductor |
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| Mozart | gala concert with orchestra | Figaro & Leporello | Bravissimo Concert Series (Guatemala City) Francis Graffeo, conductor |
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| Mozart | gala concert with orchestra | Orford Arts Centre & Orchestre Metropolitain, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor |
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| various | various - opera gala | Toqué (Montréal, Qc) | ||
| Nielsen | 3rd Symphony "Sinfonia Espansiva" | Bass Soloist | Montreal Symphony Orchestra Jacques Lacombe, conductor |
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| various | Gala Fundraiser for the St. John Ambulance | Ritz Carlton Ballroom (Montreal, Qc) | ||
| 2005 | Handel | Messiah | Bass soloist | Orchestre Symphonique de Trois Rivières |
| Various Repertoire | Recital with pianist Shannon Hiebert | OSEREDOK Ukrainian
Cultural Centre (Winnipeg, MB) |
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| Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Manitoba Opera - Dean Williamson, conductor | |
| various | Opera concert (The Garden Party) | Opera Lyra Ottawa | ||
| Offenbach |
Les Contes d'Hoffman |
Luther/Crespel/
Shlemil |
Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
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| various repertoire |
Opera concert |
Salle Pauline Julien
(Mtl, Qc) |
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| various repertoire | Opera concert | l'ARAM (Repentigny, Qc) |
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| 2004 | various repertoire |
Recital |
Washington Group Cultural Fund (Washington, DC) | |
| various repertoire | Recital | Overture Concert Series (Nelson, BC) | ||
| Tchaikovsky | Yevgheny Onegin | Prince Gremin | Usti Nad Labem Opera
Theatre (Czech Republic) David Agler, conductor |
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| Verdi | Rigoletto | Sparafucile & Monterone | Manitoba Opera - Tyrone Patterson, conductor | |
| various repertoire |
Opera Gala |
Orchestre Symphonique de
Trois Rivières |
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| Verdi | Rigoletto | Sparafucile & Monterone | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson, conductor | |
| Rossini | La Cenerentola | Don Magnifico | Opera Saskatchewan - Bill Boggs, conductor | |
| 2003 | various repertoire | Christmas Concert | Leonardo da Vinci Centre (Montreal, Quebec) | |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Manitoba Opera - Tadeusz Biernacki, cond | |
| Tchaikovsky | Yevgheny Onegin | Zarestky | Montreal Symphony Orchestra | |
| Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Basilio | Opera Saskatchewan - Tyrone Patterson, conductor | |
| 2002 | various | gala concert | Opéra de Montréal - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor | |
| Verdi | Aïda | The King | Vancouver Opera - Joseph Rescigno, conductor | |
| various | Art song recital | Recital | Music at Grazhda Festival, New York | |
| Tchaikovsky | Iolanta | Ibn-Hakia | Lanaudière Festival - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, cond | |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Opéra En Plein Air (touring France and
Belgium) Jérome Pillement, conductor |
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| Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson, conductor | |
| Bruckner | Mass in F minor | Bass Soloist | University of Ottawa | |
| Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Calgary Opera - Robert Dean, conductor | |
| 2001 | Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Figaro | Vancouver Opera - Jonathan Darlington, conductor |
| Verdi | Le Trouvère | Fernand | Lanaudière Festival - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, cond | |
| Mozart | Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail | Osmin | Orchestre Métropolitain Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor |
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| Schubert, Brahms | Lieder Recital with pianist Vladimir Feltsman |
Vier Ernste Gesange, Schwanengesang |
SUNY - New Paltz, NY McKenna Theatre |
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| varied repertoire | Opera concert | Verdi, Bizet, Rossini | Minnesota Orchestra - David Allan Miller | |
| Verdi | Aïda | The King | Opéra de Montréal - Victor DiRenzi, conductor | |
| Verdi | Il Trovatore | Ferrando | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson, conductor | |
| Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Figaro | Opera Saskatchewan - Tyrone Patterson, conductor | |
| 2000 | Verdi | Il Trovatore | Ferrando | Calgary Opera - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Vancouver Opera - Steuard Bedford, conductor | |
| Verdi | Aïda | The King | Calgary Opera - Mario Bernardi, conductor | |
| 1999 | Verdi | Aïda | The King | Edmonton Opera - Mario Bernardi, conductor |
| Mozart | Magic Flute (concert version) | Sarastro | Minnesota Orchestra | |
| Strauss | Salome | First Soldier | Opéra de Montréal - David Agler, conductor | |
| Beethoven | 9th Symphony | Bass soloist | Victoria Symphony | |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Pacific Opera - Timothy Vernon, conductor | |
| Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Edmonton Opera | |
| 1998 | Handel | Messiah | Bass soloist | Vancouver Bach Choir |
| Handel | Messiah | Bass soloist | Edmonton Symphony | |
| Ravel | Enfant et les Sortilèges | Armchair & Tree | Minnesota Orchestra - Eiji Oue | |
| Verdi | Un Ballo in Maschera | Tomaso | Pacific Opera - Timothy Vernon, conductor | |
| Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Vancouver Opera | |
| 1997 | Britten | Midsummer Night's Dream | Nick Bottom | Aspen Music Fetival - Robert Spano, conductor |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Aspen Music Festival - Julius Rudel, conductor | |
| Schubert | Die Zwillingsbrüder | Der Schulze | CBC Vancouver Orchestra - Mario Bernardi, cond | |
| Floyd | Susannah | Blitch (understudy) | Vancouver Opera - David Agler, conductor | |
| 1996 | Britten | Peter Grimes | Jim Hobson | Tanglewood Festival - Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| ART SONG | ORATORIO | |
| Brahms - Op. 32 songs, Vier Ernste Gesange | Bach: | B minor Mass |
| Debussy - Ariettes Oubliées | St Matthew Passion | |
| Duparc - Testament, Chanson Triste, Lamento | Magnificat | |
| Fauré - Prison, Les Berceaux, Le Secret, Poème d'un Jour | Ich habe Genug (#82) | |
| Finzi - Five Shakespeare Songs | Beethoven: | 9th Symphony |
| Ibert - Chansons de Don Quichotte | Bruckner: | Mass in F minor |
| Morawetz - Elegy | Duruflé: | Requiem |
| Mussorgsky - " Rayok " (The Puppet Show) | Handel: | Messiah |
| Schubert - Winterreise, Schwanengesang & other selected songs | Mozart: | Requiem, Missa Brevis |
| Schumann - Dichterliebe, Der Arme Peter & others | Schubert: | Ständchen |
| Sonevytsky - Withered Leaves (song cycle in Ukrainian) | Verdi: |
Requiem |
| Strauss - Zueignung, Aller Seelen, Breit über mein Haupt | ||
| Tchaikovsky - various songs (in Russian) | ||
| Vaughan Williams - Songs of Travel | ||
| Vesolovsky - tangos,
waltzes and foxtrots (composed between 1930 & 1970) |
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| Wolf - Michelangelo Lieder |
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| EDUCATION | SUMMER PROGRAMS |
| University of Toronto | Aspen Music Festival |
| Masters Level Opera Diploma | Opera Theater Program |
| 1995 - 1996 | Fellowship, summer 1997 |
| McGill University (Montreal) | Tanglewod Music Center |
| Bachelor of Music - Voice Major | Peter Grimes 50th anniversary production, cond: Seiji Ozawa |
| 1990 - 1995 | Fellowship, summer 1996 |
| YOUNG ARTISTS PROGRAMS | Ravinia Festival (Chicago) |
| Vancouver Opera Company | Steans Institute Young Artists Program |
| Member of Young Artists Ensemble | Fellowship, summer 1993 |
| 1996 - 1998 | |
| Montreal Opera | |
| Member of Young Artists Ensemble | |
| 1992 - 1993 | |
| AWARDS | |
| Metropolitan Opera National Council | Winner - Western Canada District
(Vancouver, BC) Regional Finalist (Seattle, WA) - Nov 1996 |
| Martha Lou Henley Foundation | Grant Recipient 1997, 1999, 2004 |
| Canada Council for the Arts | Travel Grant Recipient - Summer 1999 |
| Belvedere International Opera Competition | Finalist - August 1999 (Vienna, Austria) |
| Jacqueline Desmarais
Foundation For Young Canadian Opera Singers |
Grant recipient 2001 |
| Conseil des Arts du Québec | Professional development grant - July 2006 |
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| OTHER TRAINING & EXPERIENCE | |
| Languages: | English, French, Italian, Ukrainian, Russian (All fluent); and a basic knowledge of German |
| Voice Training: | 2007 - present: Sanford Sylvan; 2004 - 2007 Claude Corbeil; 1989 - 2004 Carmen Mehta |
| Master Classes: | Daniel Beckwith, Victor Braun, Phyllis Curtin, Victoria DeLosAngeles, Judith Forst, Reri Grist, Warren Jones, Martin Katz, Yuri Mazurok, Carmen Mehta, Louis Salemno, Virginia Zeani |
| Coaches: | Richard Bado, Dale Bartlett, James Craig, Peter Dala, Ken Griffiths, Esther Gonthier, Stuart Hamilton, Carol Isaac, Martin Katz, Denise Massé, Michael McMahon, Kenneth Merill, David Owen Norris, Stephen Ralls, Leslie Uyeda |
| Conductors: | David Agler, Christian Badea, Daniel Beckwith, Mario Bernardi, Johnathan Darlington, Francis Graffeo, David Alan Miller, Peter McCoppin, Gzegorz Nowak, Eiji Oue, Seiji Ozawa, Tyrone Paterson, Bruce Pullan, Joseph Rescigno, Julius Rudel, Louis Salemno, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Robert Spano, Alexandre Vedernikov, Timothy Vernon, Willy Waters, Dean Williamson |
| Stage Directors: | Henry Akina, Michael Albano, Elizabeth Bachman, Edward Berkeley, Michael Cavanagh, Brian Deedrick, Tom Diamond, Atom Egoyan, David Gately, Irving Guttman, Nancy Hermiston, David Kneuss, Glynis Leyshon, Martin Otava, James Robinson, Kelly Robinson, Nicholas Muni, Bernard Uzan |
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