Originally from Burundi, Queen Hezumuryango holds both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Montreal. She is currently a resident artist with Opera on the Avalon and a laureate of Théâtre Lyrichorégra’s Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques.

A Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio alumna, her recent roles include Carmen (Carmen, BrottOpera), Lola (Cavalleria rusticana, COC), Ebba Sparre (La reine-garçon, COC), and Rosina (Il barbiere di Siviglia, Highlands Opera Studio). She is a finalist of the 2025 Rumbold Vocal Prize, a semifinalist in the 2021 OSM Competition, received an Encouragement Award at the 2023 Laffont Competition (Eastern Region), and won the Kurt Weill Award at the 2025 Lotte Lenya Competition.

In 2024, she was named one of CBC’s “30 Hot Classical Musicians Under 30” and nominated for a Dora Award for Treemonisha. This season, she covers Erda (Siegfried, Edmonton Opera) and appears as the alto soloist in Händel’s Messiah (Brott Music Festival) and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 (Cathedral Bluffs Symphony).