YANNICK-MURIEL NOAH, Tosca

Soprano Yannick-Muriel Noah triumphed as Madama Butterfly both with the Canadian Opera Company, and with the Staatsoper Hannover in Germany. This recent COC Ensemble Studio graduate just sang her first Aida in Klagenfurt, where she previously made a stellar Austrian début as La Wally. Ms. Noah is the recipient of the top Canadian award from the George London Foundation Awards Competition, the 1st Prize Advanced Division from the Palm Beach Opera Vocal Competition as well as their first-ever Audience Favourite Award. Native of Madagascar, Ms. Noah holds a Bachelor of Architectural Studies with a Minor in Italian from Carleton University.

ROBERT BREAULT, Cavaradossi

Born and raised in Wisconsin and a graduate of the University of Michigan and St. Norbert College, Breault also serves as Professor of Music and Director of Opera at the University of Utah. During the 2009 – 2010 season, Breault joined the Edmonton Opera for the first time in the role of the Duke in Rigoletto. Opera Canada wrote, “Tenor Robert Breault made his EO (Edmonton Opera) debut with distinction as the Duke of Mantua. He looks the part of a man who can seduce women with more than just his power and wealth, and he has a lustrous voice.”

NATHAN BERG, Scarpia

With a “first-class voice” (The Boston Globe), Nathan Berg has emerged as one of the most in-demand bass-baritones of his generation. Berg enjoys a versatile career that incorporates a balance of concert, recital and operatic performances.With repertoire ranging from Bach and Handel to Mahler and Verdi, he has travelled extensively to perform with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Chicago Symphony, Montreal Symphony, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre de Paris and the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

TOM GOERZ, Angelotti / Sciaronne

Dramatic integrity and vocal clarity are the enduring artistic hallmarks of performances by bass-baritone Thomas Goerz. Of particular note this season is Mr. Goerz’s return to New York’s Metropolitan Opera as cover artist for Don Alfonso in COSI FAN TUTTE. International repertoire includes performances with Cincinnati Opera, Arizona Opera, as well as having performed with the Japan Philharmonic at the Takefu International Music Festival. Thomas is well remembered as the villainous Inspector Javert in the original Canadian cast of LES MISERABLES at Toronto’s Royal Alexandra Theatre and has toured to Singapore and Hong Kong as M. Firmin in PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.

ALEXANDRE SYLVESTRE, Sacristan / Jailer

Alexandre studied at the Conservatoire de musique de Montréal where he successfully obtained the Premier Prix avec Grande Distinction. He has performed The Magic Flute with Pacific Opera Victoria, The Marriage of Figaro with the Opera Centre in Sulmona, Italy, Roméo et Juliette and Madama Butterfly with the Opéra de Montréal and has participated in the premiere work based on the writings of Jacques Cartier as part of Quebec City's 400th anniversary celebrations .

KEITH KLASSEN, Spoletta

Keith Klassen has emerged to become one of Canada's busiest tenors, averaging 12 productions a season since graduating with honours from the Opera Division at the University of Toronto in 2002. He has been engaged across Canada, as well as in Scotland, Germany, the United States, Ireland and the Czech Republic. In the past season alone, critics and audiences alike have enthusiastically received his performances of Rodolfo (La Boheme), Alfredo (La Traviata), Don Jose (Carmen), the Duke (Rigoletto), Samson (Samson et Dalilah), Uriel (Haydn's 'Creation') and Spoletta (Tosca).