EQ 2018-2019 season: Elgan Llyr Thomas is Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress and will sing in Mozart’s Requiem.
Charles Sy tenor
Toronto native Charles Sy has been recognized locally and nationally as a promising young artist with a “softly lyric sound, a natural sense of phrasing coupled with a rare willingness to project beyond the apron” (National Post). Charles completed his BMus and MMus degrees at the University of Toronto and is an alumnus of several prestigious opera training programs including …
Gyula Rab tenor
EQ 2018-2019 season: Gyula Rab is Tom Rakewell in The Rake’s Progress
Marta Świderska mezzo-soprano
EQ 2018-2019 season: Marta Świderska is Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress
Emma Sventelius mezzo-soprano
Emma Sventelius made her international debut in November 2017 as Suzuki in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly at Deutsche Oper am Rhein, Düsseldorf and Duisburg, and during the season of 2018-2019, she sung Carmen in Bizet’s opera at Malmö Opera. On the opera stage, she has found a special interest in newly composed operas, having premiered several roles. In 2019 Emma had …
Kate Howden mezzo-soprano
EQ 2018-2019 season: Kate Howden is Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress
Jillian Bonner mezzo-soprano
Hailing from Saint John, New Brunswick, Jillian Bonner is a graduate of the Calgary Opera Emerging Artist Program (2017–2018) and the University of Manitoba. A winner at the Boston District of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in 2019, Jillian’s notable engagements include Handel’s Messiah with Symphony New Brunswick and Mozart’s Requiem with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. On the opera …
Fleur Barron mezzo-soprano
EQ 2018-2019 season: Fleur Barron is Baba the Turk in The Rake’s Progress
Jenavieve Moore soprano
Described as “an artist of extraordinary talent,” soprano Jenavieve Moore has a “silvery voice of great flexibility, precision, and beauty,” and is internationally renowned for her Mozart and Strauss interpretations. The young Canadian began gaining attention in London when she stepped in at the last minute to sing Verdi’s Requiem at the Barbican Centre for the opening concert of the …
Elizabeth Karani soprano
EQ 2018-2019 season: Elizabeth Karani performs Mozart’s Requiem with the Münchner Philharmoniker.