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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 |
| Concordia University (Montreal) | Ravinia Festival (Chicago) |
| B.A. - Economics | Steans Institute Young Artists Program |
| 1987 - 1990 | Fellowship, summer 1993 |
| Vanier CEGEP (Ville St Laurent) | |
| D.E.C. in Commerce | |
| 1985 - 1987 | |
| YOUNG ARTIST PROGRAMS | |
| Vancouver Opera Company | |
| Member of Young Artists Ensemble | |
| 1996 - 1998 | |
| Opéra de Montréal | |
| 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 |
| YEAR | COMPOSER | WORK | ROLE | LOCATION & Conductor |
| 2012 | Shostakovich | Symphony #13 | Bass soloist | McGill Symphony Orchestra - Alexis Hauser |
| Verdi | Rigoletto | Sparafucile & Monterone | Hamilton Opera - David Speers | |
| 7th season | Green Mountain Opera Festival La Bohème & Don Pasquale |
Artistic Director | Vermont, USA | |
| Beethoven | 9th Symphony | Bass soloist | Hamilton Philharmonic - James Sommerville | |
| Verdi | Falstaff | Pistola | Opéra de Québec - Giuseppe Grazioli | |
| Verdi | Il Trovatore | Ferrando | Hamilton Opera - David Speers | |
| 2011 | Strauss | Salome | Erster Soldat | Opéra de Montréal - Yannick Nézet-Séguin |
| Verdi | Requiem | Bass Soloist | Victoria Symphony Orchestra - Tania Miller | |
| 6th season |
Green Mountain Opera
Festival Carmen & Così fan tutte |
Artistic Director | Vermont, USA | |
| Vaughan Williams | Serenade to Music | Bass Soloist |
Boston Symphony Orchestra Tanglewood - Stefan Asbury |
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| Various | Ukrainian concert | Soloist | Calgary Philharmonic - Edmond Agopian | |
| Puccini | Gianni Schicchi | Simone | Calgary Opera - Robert Tweten | |
| 2010 | Donizetti | Roberto Devereux | Gualtiero | Opéra de Montréal - Francesco Maria Colombo |
| Glinka | Ruslan & Ludmila | Ruslan | Opera in Concert - Toronto (Raissa Nakhmanivich) | |
| Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Orchestre Métropolitain - Yannick Nézet-Séguin | |
| 5th season |
Green Mountain Opera
Festival Lucia di Lammermoor & Orlando |
Artistic Director | Vermont, USA | |
| Mozart | Die Zauberflöte | Sarastro | Orchestre Symphonique de Longueuil | |
| Donizetti | Elisir d'Amore | Dulcamara | Southminster Music for Charity and Community (Ottawa, Ontario) | |
| 2009 | Tremblay, Gilles |
L’eau qui danse... (Fairy Tale opera, world premier) |
Le Roi | Chants Libres, Montreal |
| various | Broadway classics concert | soloist | Guatemala City, Guatemala | |
| Puccini | Gianni Schicchi | Simone |
Opéra de Montréal - James Meena |
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| 4th annual |
Green Mountain Opera
Festival Le Nozze di Figaro & Elisir d'Amore |
Artistic Director | Waitsfield, Vermont | |
| Strauss | Salome | Erster Soldat | Vancouver Opera - Jonathan Darlington | |
| opera concert | various | soloist | Barre Opera House - Claude Webster accompanist | |
| Verdi | Ariadne auf Naxos | Truffaldino & Wigmaster | Calgary Opera - David Agler | |
| 2008 | Fauré | Requiem | Bass soloist | Counterpoint Chorale - William Woloschuk |
| Thomas | Hamlet | The Ghost | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tadeusz Biernacki | |
| recital | works by Vaughan Williams,
Fauré, Sonevytsky, and Vesolovsky |
Ottawa - Esther Gonthier
pianist & Mario Leblanc acordion |
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| recital |
works by Vaughan Williams, Fauré, |
Music at Grazhda Festival, NY
Accompanied by Volodymyr Vynnytsky |
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| 3rd year | Green Mountain Opera Festival La Traviata |
Artistic Director | Vermont, USA | |
| Verdi | Falstaff | Pistola | Edmonton Opera - James Meena | |
| Shostakovich | Symphony #14 | Bass soloist | Atlantic Classical Orchestra - Stewart Robertson | |
| 2007 | various | 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 | soloist | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Judy Ginsburg, pianist | |
| 2nd year | Green Mountain Opera Festival Madama Butterfly |
Artistic Director | Vermont, USA | |
| 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 |
| Inaugural year |
Green Mountain Opera Festival Barbiere di Siviglia |
Artistic Director | Vermont, USA | |
| Mozart | gala concert with orchestra | Figaro & Leporello | Bravissimo Concert Series (Guatemala City) Francis Graffeo, conductor |
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| Mozart | gala concert with orchestra | soloist | Orford Arts Centre & Orchestre Metropolitain, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor |
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| various | various - opera gala | soloist | 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 | soloist | Ritz Carlton Ballroom (Montreal, Qc) | |
| 2005 | Handel | Messiah | Bass soloist | Orchestre Symphonique de Trois Rivières |
| Various Repertoire | Recital with pianist Shannon Hiebert |
soloist |
OSEREDOK Ukrainian
Cultural Centre (Winnipeg, MB) |
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Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Manitoba Opera - Dean Williamson, conductor |
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various | Opera concert (The Garden Party) |
soloist |
Opera Lyra Ottawa |
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Offenbach |
Les Contes d'Hoffman |
Luther/Crespel/
Shlemil |
Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
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various repertoire |
Opera concert |
soloist |
Salle Pauline Julien
(Mtl, Qc) |
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various repertoire | Opera concert |
soloist |
l'ARAM (Repentigny, Qc) |
| 2004 | various repertoire |
Recital |
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Washington Group Cultural Fund (Washington, DC) |
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various repertoire | Recital |
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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 |
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various repertoire |
Opera Gala |
soloist |
Orchestre Symphonique de
Trois Rivières |
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Verdi | Rigoletto | Sparafucile & Monterone | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
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Rossini | La Cenerentola | Don Magnifico | Opera Saskatchewan - Bill Boggs, conductor |
| 2003 | various repertoire | Christmas Concert | soloist |
Leonardo da Vinci Centre (Montreal, Quebec) |
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Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Manitoba Opera - Tadeusz Biernacki, cond |
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Tchaikovsky | Yevgheny Onegin | Zarestky | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
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Rossini | Il Barbiere di Siviglia | Basilio | Opera Saskatchewan - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
| 2002 | various | gala concert | soloist |
Opéra de Montréal - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor |
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Verdi | Aïda | The King | Vancouver Opera - Joseph Rescigno, conductor |
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various | Art song recital | Recital | Music at Grazhda Festival, New York |
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Tchaikovsky | Iolanta | Ibn-Hakia | Lanaudière Festival - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, cond |
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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 |
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Bruckner | Mass in F minor | Bass Soloist | University of Ottawa |
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Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Calgary Opera - Robert Dean, conductor |
| 2001 | Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Figaro | Vancouver Opera - Jonathan Darlington, conductor |
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Verdi | Le Trouvère | Fernand | Lanaudière Festival - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, cond |
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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 |
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Verdi | Aïda | The King | Opéra de Montréal - Victor DiRenzi, conductor |
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Verdi | Il Trovatore | Ferrando | Opera Lyra Ottawa - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
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Mozart | Le Nozze di Figaro | Figaro | Opera Saskatchewan - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
| 2000 | Verdi | Il Trovatore | Ferrando | Calgary Opera - Tyrone Patterson, conductor |
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Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Vancouver Opera - Steuard Bedford, conductor |
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Verdi | Aïda | The King | Calgary Opera - Mario Bernardi, conductor |
| 1999 | Verdi | Aïda | The King | Edmonton Opera - Mario Bernardi, conductor |
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Mozart | Magic Flute (concert version) | Sarastro | Minnesota Orchestra |
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Strauss | Salome | First Soldier | Opéra de Montréal - David Agler, conductor |
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Beethoven | 9th Symphony | Bass soloist | Victoria Symphony |
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Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Pacific Opera - Timothy Vernon, conductor |
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Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Edmonton Opera |
| 1998 | Handel | Messiah | Bass soloist | Vancouver Bach Choir |
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Handel | Messiah | Bass soloist | Edmonton Symphony |
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Ravel | Enfant et les Sortilèges | Armchair & Tree | Minnesota Orchestra - Eiji Oue |
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Verdi | Un Ballo in Maschera | Tomaso | Pacific Opera - Timothy Vernon, conductor |
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Puccini | La Bohème | Colline | Vancouver Opera |
| 1997 | Britten | Midsummer Night's Dream | Nick Bottom | Aspen Music Fetival - Robert Spano, conductor |
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Mozart | Don Giovanni | Leporello | Aspen Music Festival - Julius Rudel, conductor |
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Schubert | Die Zwillingsbrüder | Der Schulze | CBC Vancouver Orchestra - Mario Bernardi, cond |
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Floyd | Susannah | Blitch (understudy) | Vancouver Opera - David Agler, conductor |
| 1996 | Britten | Peter Grimes | Jim Hobson | Tanglewood Festival - Seiji Ozawa, conductor |
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| OTHER TRAINING & SKILLS | |
| Languages: | English, French, Ukrainian (fully fluent) / Russian & Italian (strong working knowledge) |
| Computer skills: |
Excellent knowledge of MS Office suite (WORD, EXCEL,
OUTLOOK, EXPRESSION 4). Excellent typing skills, quick learner and self-taught website builder using MS Expression 4 |
| Voice Training: | 2007 - 2012: 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, Marie-Ève Scarfone, Leslie Uyeda, Claude Webster |
| Conductors: | David Agler, Christian Badea, Daniel Beckwith, Mario Bernardi, Johnathan Darlington, Francis Graffeo, James Meena, 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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