Vancouver-born soprano Erin Bardua has been praised for her "brilliant-toned voice, agile and strong, yet warm and relaxed." She began her singing career in Winnipeg, and has performed across Canada from coast to coast.

Erin made her professional operatic debut with Pacific Opera Victoria. Her operatic roles include Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute, Donna Anna in Don Giovanni, Nannetta in Verdi's Falstaff, and Antonia in Les Contes d'Hoffmann. She has also created leading roles in two new Canadian operas, Christopher Donison's Eyes on the Mountain (with the Victoria Conservatory of Music Opera Studio) and Andrew Ager's Frankenstein.

Also an accomplished concert soloist, Erin is a skilled interpreter of Handel's perennial favourite, Messiah. She is an alumna of various training programs, including the Dramatic Integration (Contemporary Opera and Song) program at the Banff Centre for the Arts and the Tafelmusik Baroque Summer Institute.

Erin and a group of other adventurous opera singers began clown training in 2003 with mentor Sue Morrison. Since then, Erin has continued her training and participated in the co-creation of a clown opera, which premiered in 2007.

Erin recently completed a Masters degree in Voice Performance at the University of Toronto.