Education:

  • Diploma in Opera Performance; University of Toronto, 1990- 93
  • McGill Opera Studio, 1993-94
  • Voice studies with Jan Simons, Montreal, 2001


  •   Opera:



    Role Opera Company Year

    Zuniga

    Carmen (Bizet)

    Opera Ontario

    2004

    Argante

    Rinaldo (Handel)

    Opera in Concert

    2004

    Dr. Bartolo

    Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini)

    Opera Ontario

    2003
    Golaud
    Pélléas et Mélisande (Debussy)
    Royal Conservatory
    1997
    Sam
    Trouble in Tahiti (Bernstein)
    National Theatre School
    1994
    Schicchi
    Gianni Schicchi (Puccini)
    Opera School, University of Toronto

    1993
    Baldassare
    L´Arlesiana (Cilea)
    Opera in Concert
    1993
    Father
    Louise (Charpentier)
    McGill Opera School
    1994
    Figaro
    Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart)
    Opera School, University of Toronto
    1993
    Innkeeper
    The Cunning Little Vixen (Janacek)
    Vancouver Opera
    1988
    Falstaff
    Falstaff (Verdi)
    in preparation

    Balthazzar
    Amahl and the Night Visitors (Menotti)
    Role studied






      CONCERT AND ORATORIO:






    Composer

    Work

    Organization

    J.S. Bach
    Magnificat
    Ottawa Bach Choir (Dr. Lisette Canton, 2003)

    Christmas Oratorio
    Toronto Bach Consort (Yannick Nézet-Séguin, 2003)
    Chorus Niagara (Robert Cooper, CM, 2003)
    Ottawa Choral Society (Iwan Edwards, CM, 1997)

    St. Matthew Passion
    Ottawa Bach Choir (Dr. Lisette Canton, 2002)
    Carmel Bach Festival (Bruno Weill, 1997)

    Ich habe genug, BWV 82
    Carmel Bach Festival (Bruno Weill, 1997)

    Coffee Cantata

    Toronto Bach Consort(Ivars Taurins, 2004)
    Mass in B Minor
    J. Brahms
    Requiem



    B. Britten
    Journey of the Magi
    Les Voix Baroques, Montréal (2003)

    M-A. Charpentier
    Te Deum
    Canadian Centennial Choir (James Caswell, 1997)

    T. Dubois Les Sept Paroles de Christ
    Le Grand Choeur de Montréal (Martin Dagenais, 2002)
    Choeur Ville-Marie (Simon Fournier, 2001)
    G. Fauré Requiem
    various churches

    G.F. Handel Dixit Dominus
    Solomon
    Israel in Egypt
    Messiah
    Dettingen Mass
    Ottawa Bach Choir (Dr. Lisette Canton, 2003)
    Chorus Niagara (Robert Cooper, CM, 2002)
    Ottawa Choral Society (Iwan Edwards, CM, 1996)
    Brockville Choral Society (1996)


    F.J. Haydn Creation
    St. Lawrence Choir, Montréal (Iwan Edwards, CM, 2004)
    Ottawa Choral Society (Iwan Edwards, CM, 2003)

    G. Mahler Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen



    F. Mendelssohn
    Elijah
    Washington Masterworks Chorale (1997)

    W.A. Mozart
    Requiem
    Choeur de la Montagne, Montréal (Martin Dagenais, 2002)
    Ottawa Choral Society (Iwan Edwards, CM, 1996)

    C. Orff
    Carmina Burana
    Choeur de la Montagne, Montréal (Martin Dagenais, 1996)

    G. Puccini
    Messa di Gloria
    Canadian Centennial Choir (James Caswell 1997)

    F. Schubert
    Mass in G
    Ottawa Choral Society (Iwan Edwards, CM, 1996)

    R. Vaughan Williams
    Fantasia on Christmas Carols
    Hodie

    Songs of Travel

    Seattle Pacific Chorale (1995)
    Seattle Pacific Chorale (1995)

      Awards & Scholarships:


  • 1st place; Les Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Competition 1996
  • Canada Council Grant 1994
  • Ruby Mercer Scholarship 1992
  • Hermann Ubbink Scholarship . 1991
  • Andrew MacMillan Scholarship 1990
  • American-Israel Cultural Foundation 1986


  •   Reviews:


    "Also outstanding were the guest soloists, tenor Michiel Schrey and bass Sean Watson."
    (Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, November 18, 2002)

    "… his singing was a pleasure.
    (Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa, Ontario, March 10, 2003)

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