Ariana Chris
mezzo-soprano
Roles and Performances
ROLE OPERA COMPANY DIRECTION YEAR
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 2009/10
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 2002/03
Concert Performances
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
2002 Graduate Diploma in Opera Studies University of Toronto
1999 Bachelor of Music, Voice Performance University of Toronto
1992 Grade 9 Piano Royal Conservatory of Music
1992 Analysis, Counterpoint, Harmony Royal Conservatory of Music
Apprenticeships
Santa Fe Opera
Lake George Opera
Opéra de Montréal
Aspen Opera Theater
IVAI Tel Aviv
Oberlin a Casalmaggiore
Martin Isepp Summer Workshop, Dijon, France