Stephen Stubbs, born in 1951 in Seattle (U. S.), has been engaged in music making since early childhood. Parallel interests in new and pre- romantic music led him to take a degree in composition at university and to study the lute and the harpsichord. Further years of study in Holland and England preceded his professional […]
Stephanie Marshall’s performance in the demanding title role of The Handmaid’s Tale at the English National Opera marked her out as one of the most interesting mezzo-sopranos to emerge in recent years; she reprised the role with the Canadian Opera Company. She was a Company Principal with the English National Opera and her roles there […]
Pianist Stéphane Lemelin is well-known to audiences throughout Canada and regularly performs in the United States, Europe and Asia as soloist and chamber musician. His repertory is vast, with a predilection for the German Classical and Romantic literature and a particular affinity for French music, as evidenced by his more than twenty-five recordings, which include […]
Montreal-born Stéphane Beaulac received a bachelor’s degree in performance from the Université de Montréal, where he studied with Jean-Luc Gagnon. He completed his studies at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal where, as a member of Manon Lafrance’s class, a jury unanimously him a First Prize with marks of 98%. With grants from the Fondation […]
Stephen Varcœ has established a reputation as one of Britain ‘s most versatile baritones, and has sung in opera, concerts and recitals covering a wide range of repertoire in Europe, the USA and the Far East.Stephen’s operatic appearances include Haydn’s L ‘Infedelta Delusa in Antwerp, Debussy’s Fall of The House of Usher in Lisbon and […]
Originally from Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Steve Normandin is an ardent champion of French chanson and of the accordion. He is a devoted collector of 78 rpm records and of anything to do with the popular music of the first half of the 20th century. Between 2002 and 2007, he toured the show Chansons en noir et blanc throughout Quebec and France. […]
Hailed as “the real thing” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) and praised for his “elegant style” (Boston Globe), Sumner Thompson is one of the most sought-after young baritones singing today. His appearances on the operatic stage include the title role in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo (Contemporary Opera Denmark in Copenhagen), Uberto in La Serva Padrona (Apollo’s Fire), the Traveller […]
Praised for its “rich-textured, vibrant sound” and “hypnotic beauty”, the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal (SMAM) has established a reputation as Montréal’s finest early music vocal ensemble. Composed of 10 to 13 singers chosen for the remarkable clarity and purity of their voices, the choir is often accompanied by period instruments to perform Renaissance […]
British-born Canadian mezzo-soprano Susan Platts brings a uniquely rich and wide-ranging voice to the concert and recital repertoire for alto and mezzo-soprano. In May of 2004, as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, world-renowned soprano Jessye Norman chose Ms Platts from 26 candidates world-wide to be her protégée. She has had the […]
Steven Dann’s career has covered the gamut of violistic possibilities. As principal viola of some of the world’s leading orchestras, as a veteran of the string quartet and chamber music world, as soloist and recitalist and as a dedicated teacher, he enjoys all of what his instrument and his abilities can put in his path. […]
