Darryl Edwards, tenor  

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Tenor Darryl Edwards enjoys a thriving career as an accomplished singer and voice teacher. He has appeared to critical acclaim in oratorio, recital, and opera in England, Germany, France, Italy, Corsica, the United States, and across Canada. He has performed as soloist with Charles Dutoit and the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Hans Graff and the Calgary Philharmonic, the Illinois Sinfonia da Camera, the Toledo Symphonic Chorus, the Whitehall Choir of London, England, the Heidelberg Bach-Chor, the Wuerzburg Bach-Chor, and the Bavarian Chamber Opera of Germany.

His recent and upcoming engagements include Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with Fanshawe Chorus London, the Britten War Requiem with the Ottawa Symphony and Choral Society at the National Arts Centre, the Verdi Requiem with Bach Elgar Choir of Hamilton, Orff's Carmina Burana with Orchestra London Canada, and the Mozart Requiem with the Pesaro Sinfonica in Italy. His recordings and broadcasts include Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (American Public Radio), Kodály's Psalmus Hungaricus (CBC Radio), Orff's Carmina Burana (CBC Radio), and Harry Somers' one-act opera, The Fool (Centrediscs).

Critics praise him as a "rich-voiced, cultured tenor who mastered the high notes effortlessly" (Coburg Tageblatt, Germany), and an "effective communicator who expressed the text with sensitivity and fervour" (Hamilton Spectator).

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