Gregory Dahl Bio

Gregory Dahl | Baritone Baritone Gregory Dahl is one of Canada’s most in demand performers for the works of Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, and Strauss. Dahl has appeared at every Canadian opera company, with highlights including the title role of Wagner’s Der Fliegende...

Jeremy Scinocca Bio

Jeremy Scinocca | Tenor Jeremy Scinocca is an award-winning tenor from Toronto and alumnus of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program. During his time with Vancouver Opera he made his main stage debut as Le Remandado in Carmen and played the roles of...

Simran Claire Bio

Simran Claire | Mezzo-Soprano Simran Claire is a mezzo-soprano from Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. She is currently a member of Vancouver Opera’s Yulanda M. Faris Young Artist Program, and splits her time between Vancouver and Calgary, AB. She is an alumnus of...

Noemi Kiss Bio

Noémi Kiss | Soprano Born and raised in Hungary, Noémi Kiss studied at the Academy of Music in Budapest and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. Her teachers in England were Nancy Argenta and Emma Kirkby. Noémi Kiss’ repertoire is wide-ranging,...

David Fallis Bio

David Fallis | Guest Conductor Conductor David Fallis is one of Canada’s leading interpreters of operatic and choral/orchestral repertoire, known especially for his work in the Baroque and Classical periods, and contemporary music. He has conducted across Canada, at...

Janina Fialkowska Bio

Janina Fialkowska | Piano For 50 years, concert pianist Janina Fialkowska has enchanted audiences and critics around the world. She has been praised for her musical integrity, her refreshing natural approach and her unique piano sound thus becoming “one of the Grandes...

Allen Harrington Bio

Allen Harrington | Saxophone Allen Harrington is a Professor at the University of Manitoba Desautels Faculty of Music where he is the chair of woodwinds and teaches saxophone and bassoon.  As “an extremely fluid player of superb artistry” (Thunder Bay Chronicle...

Rachel Mercer Bio

Rachel Mercer | Cello Described as a “pure chamber musician” (Globe and Mail) creating “moments of pure magic” (Toronto Star), Canadian cellist Rachel Mercer has appeared as a soloist and chamber musician across five continents. Grand prize...

David Fung Bio

David Fung | Piano Praised for his “ravishing and simply gorgeous” performances in The Washington Post, pianist David Fung is widely recognized for interpretations that are elegant and refined, yet intensely poetic and uncommonly expressive. With a repertoire of over...

Daniel Lapp Bio

Daniel Lapp | Fiddle & Trumpet Daniel Lapp grew up in Prince George, BC in a house with deep prairie roots that included his musical mother, an old-time piano player/teacher and a grandpa and 5 uncles who were all committed to the oldtime dancing fiddle tradition....