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Ariana Chris
mezzo-soprano
Roles and Performances
Role | Opera | Company | Direction | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gershwin & Love Songs | Gerswhin Songbook | Ancaster Music Society | John Fanning/Ken Gee | 2025 |
Carmen | Carmen | Ochestre Symponique de Trois Rivières | Alain Trudel | 2024 |
"Not Home" Benefit Concert | Exiled Composers | Knox Presbyterian | Suna Chung | 2024 |
Cendrillon (Cover) | Cendrillon | Chicago Lyric Opera | Davis/Pelly | 2018/19 |
Paulinka Bimbam | Charlotte | Theaturtle/Luminato | Brezina/Howard | 2018/19 |
Aloès - Cover | L'étoile | Royal Opera, Covent Garden | Elder/Clément | 2016 |
Garcias (Dulcinee cover) | Don Quichotte | Canadian Opera Company | Debus/Brovsky | 2014 |
Carmen | Carmen | Opera Baltycka, Poland | Koslowki/Weiss | 2013 |
Meg | Falstaff | Opera Hamilton | Speers/Cavanagh | 2013 |
Dorabella | Cosi faran tutti -Dawe | Italian Academy Columbia, NY | Dawe/McAdams | 2012 |
Cendrillon | Cendrillon | Kentucky Opera | Plasson/de los Santos | 2012 |
Flora | La Traviata | Kalamazoo Symphony | Harvey/Farlow | 2011 |
Dorothée (Cover + Sitzprobe) | Cendrillon | Royal Opera, Covent Garden | Bertrand de Billy/Pelly | 2011 |
Orlofsky | Die Fledermaus | Opera de Quebec | Trudel/Racine | 2011 |
Carmen | Tragedie de Carmen | Indianapolis Opera | Caraher/Schamberger | 2011 |
Lucretia | Rape of Lucretia | Opera Baltycka, Poland | Florencio/Weiss | 2011 |
Cherubino | Le Nozze di Figaro | Opera Hamilton | Gerrard/Krysa | 2010 |
Componist (Polish Premiere) | Ariadne auf Naxos | Opera Baltycka, Poland | Florencio/Weiss | 2011 |
Second Lady | The Magic Flute | New York City Opera | Manahan/Greenberg | 2009 |
Charmian (Cover) | Antony and Cleopatra | New York City Opera- Carnegie | Manahan | 2009 |
Poldine (US Premiere) | Marie Galante-K.Weill | Opera Français de New York | Abel/Clarac,Deloeuil | 2008 |
Dorabella | Cosi fan tutte | Angers Nantes Opera France | Shanahan/Constant | 2008 |
Gypsy (Cover) | Gypsy Life - Dvorzak | Gotham Chamber Opera NY | Goren/Einhorn | 2008 |
Lola | Cavalleria Rusticana | New York City Opera | Manahan/Lawless | 2007 |
Cendrillon (Cover) | Cendrillon | New York City Opera | Manahan/Doucet | 2007 |
Junon | Platée by Rameau | Santa Fe Opera | Bicket/Pelly | 2007 |
Carmen (Cover: A.S. von Otter) | Carmen | Santa Fe Opera | Gilbert/Rudolfsson | 2006 |
Cendrillon (Cover: J. DiDonato) | Cendrillon | Santa Fe Opera | Montgomery/Pelly | 2006 |
Miranda (Cover: P. Risley) | The Tempest | Santa Fe Opera | Gilbert/Kent | 2006 |
Cherubino | Le Nozze di Figaro | Opera Hong Kong | Dal Bon/ DiMattia | 2006 |
Cherubino | Le Nozze di Figaro | Modus Opera New York | Bischof/Schenkel | 2006 |
Dorabella | Così fan tutte | Int. Vocal Arts Inst. Tel Aviv | Briskin/Kuinka | 2005 |
Dido | Dido and Aeneas | Atelier Lyrique Montreal Opera | Zeitouni/Racine | 2005 |
Myrtale | Thaïs | Kentucky & Montreal Opera | Keenan/Labadie/Doucet | 2004 |
Giannetta | L'Elisir d'Amore | Lake George Opera, NY | McMunn/McConnell | 2004 |
Hänsel | Hänsel und Gretel | Atelier Lyrique Montreal Opera | Zeitouni/Racine | 2004 |
Angiolina | La Cenerentola | Orford Arts Centre, Quebec | Grossmann/Herbiet | 2003 |
Zulma | L’Italiana in Algieri | Opéra de Montréal | Nézet-Séguin/A.Grant | 2003 |
Carmen / Mercedes (Tour 55 perf) | Carmen | Atelier Lyrique Montreal Opera | Webster/Deschamps | 2002 |
Concerts
Ensemble | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
Five Duban Songs (Estonia) | Tallinn Chamber Orchestra | 2018 |
Kalamazoo Symphony. | Elijah | 2015 |
Key West Pops | Mozart Rossini Gala | 2012 |
American Modern Ensemble, | Lincoln Center | 2011 |
Hannaford Street Silver Band | Yuletide with David Briskin | 2011 |
Quebec Opera Gala | Dir.Alain Trudel | 2010 |
Karen Kieser Prize Recital | GAMUT Ensemble Toronto | 2010 |
Mantzaros Phil. Gala, | Corfu Fortress, Greece | 2010 |
NewYork City Opera | Vox Opera Lab | 2009, 2010 |
Opera Hamilton 30th Ann. Gala | Dir. David Speers | 2010 |
Mezzo Television Competition | Winner - Strauss | 2009 |
Canadian Chamber Orchestra of NY | Le Poisson Rouge | 2009 |
‘In Recital’ Series | Heliconian Hall, Toronto | 2008 |
Canadian Chamber Orchestra of NY | Recital - Weill Carnegie Hall | 2007 |
Riverside Choral Society, NY | Beethoven Mass in C | 2007 |
Radio Canada Debut Recital | Martin Dubé, Montreal | 2005 |
Canada House Gala | Athens Olympics, Greece | 2004 |
Montreal Symphony | Carmen - Montreal Annual Gala | 2004 |
Orchestre Metropolitain | Davide Penitente, Nézet-Séguin | 2002 |
Aspen Festival | Liebeslider with Leon Fleisher | 2001 |
Education
1992 | Analysis, Counterpoint, Harmony | Royal Conservatory of Music |
1992 | Grade 9 Piano | Royal Conservatory of Music |
1999 | Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance | University of Toronto |
2002 | Graduate Diploma in Opera Studies | University of Toronto |
Apprenticeships
Martin Isepp Summer Workshop, Dijon, France |
Oberlin a Casalmaggiore |
IVAI Tel Aviv |
Aspen Opera Theater |
Opéra de Montréal |
Lake George Opera |
Santa Fe Opera |
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