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BRAMWELL TOVEY TRACY DAHL JILL PERT PHILIPPE CASTAGNER Bramwell Tovey conductor For a biography of Maestro Tovey please refer to page 9. Tracy Dahl soprano With her 2006 debut at La Scala as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos, Canada’s premier coloratura soprano Tracy Dahl has taken another milestone in a career that has brought her together with such opera houses as the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Canadian Opera Company, and the Chatelet in Paris, to name a few. Her “superlative coloratura” (Globe and Mail), “deliciously accurate, stratospheric” (Opera), is regularly singled out by critics. “Her extreme high notes, and she threw in a lot of them, are easy and spectacular.” (Boston Globe). In 2009 she was awarded the prestigious Opera Canada Award. 24 allegro
the Philharmonic in both Avery Fisher and Carnegie Halls. RICHARD SUART UBC OPERA ENSEMBLE Richard Suart baritone For a biography of Richard Suart please refer to page 19. UBC Opera Ensemble For a biography of UBC Opera Ensemble please refer to page 21. ■ Her discography includes A Disney Spectacular with the Cincinnati Pops (Telarc), Glitter and Be Gay with the Calgary Philharmonic (CBC), A Gilbert and Sullivan Gala with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra (CBC), and Love Walked In, a Gershwin collection with the Bramwell Tovey Trio (Red Phone Box Company). Jill Pert mezzo-soprano For a biography of Jill Pert please refer to page 19. Philippe Castagner tenor Canadian-American tenor Philippe Castagner is recognized for his beautiful and natural sound, as well as a fresh and appealing presence on symphonic, operatic and recital stages. Born in Canada and raised in New Jersey, Mr. Castagner joined The Metropolitan Opera Lindemann Young Artist Development Program in 2002 and made his Metropolitan Opera debut that season as the First Prisoner in Fidelio and, later, as Beppe in I Pagliacci. Though only in his fourth professional season, Mr. Castagner has already made a number of auspicious debuts with a wide variety of operatic and symphonic repertoire. He has bowed as both Iopas and Hylas in Les Troyens, Nemorino in L’elisir d’amore, Ferrando in Così fan Tutte, and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte, to name a few. He sang Freddy in the New York Philharmonic’s production of My Fair Lady with Kelli O’Hara and Kelsey Grammar and the tenor roles in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortileges with
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