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2018
October WAINWRIGHT:  HADRIAN
Fabius
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, Ontario
Johannes Debus, conductor



2017
June ORFF:  CARMINA BURANA
McGill Chamber Orchestra
Boris Brott, conductor

June Choral Spectacular
Brott Music Festival
Hamilton, Ontario
Boris Brott, conductor

August Best of Italian Opera
Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
Hamilton, Ontario
Fabio Mastrangelo, conductor

November MAHLER:  DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
Ottawa, Ontario



2016
February Love in the Time of Opera
Second Wind Music Center
Tuesday, February 9 at 7:30pm
Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick
Sally Dibblee soprano, Juilien Le Blanc piano

  Master Class
Mount Allison University
Sackville, New Brunswkick

  Love in the Time of Opera
Mount Allison Performing Arts Series
Sackville, New Brunswick
Sally Dibblee soprano, Juilien Le Blanc piano

April VERDI:  Requiem
Orchestre Symphonique de Laval
Laval, Québec
Alain Trudel, conductor



2015
October BEETHOVEN:  Ninth Symphony
The Musicians of Orchestra London
London, Ontario
Bramwell Tovey, conductor

November STRAUSS:  ELEKTRA
Aegisth
Opéra de Montréal
Montréal, Québec
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor



2014
May STRAUSS:  SALOME
Herodes
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

September BEETHOVEN:  Ninth Symphony
Colorado Symphony
Denver, Colorada
Andrew Litton, conductor



2013
March HEGGIE:  DEAD MAN WALKING
Father Grenville
Opéra de Montréal
Montréal, Québec
Wayne Marshall, conductor

  VERDI:  Requiem
Orchestre Métropolitain
Montréal, Québec
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

April BEETHOVEN:  FIDELIO
Florestan
Michigan Opera Theater
Detroit, Michigan
Christian Badea, conductor

May BEETHOVEN:  Ninth Symphony
Symphony Nova Scotia
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Bernhard Gueller, conductor

July VERDI:  Requiem
Vail Valley Summer Music Festival
Vail, Colorado
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor



2012
March STRAUSS:  SALOME
Herodes
New Orleans Opera
New Orleans, Louisiana
Robert Lyall, conductor

April BEETHOVEN:  FIDELIO
Florestan
Edmonton Opera
Edmonton, Alberta
Robert Tweten, conductor

May BEETHOVEN:  Ninth Symphony
Victoria Symphony
Victoria, British Columbia
Tania Miller, conductor

August WAGNER:  TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
concert version

Tristan
Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Seoul, Korea
Myung-Whun Chung, conductor

November VERDI:  OTELLO
Otello
Calgary Opera
Calgary, Alberta
Robert Tweten, conductor



2011
February ULLMANN:  THE EMPEROR OF ATLANTIS Harlequin
Boston Lyric Opera
Boston, Massachusetts
Steven Lipsitt, conductor

March STRAUSS:  SALOME
Herodes
Opéra de Montréal
Montréal, Québec
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

April MAHLER:  DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
West Virginia Symphony Orchestra
Charleston, West Virginia
Grant Cooper, conductor

May GALA BENEFIT
Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Windsor, Ontario
John Morris Russell, conductor

  ORFF:  CARMINA BURANA
PUCCINI:  ARIAS
New West Symphony
Thousand Oaks, California
Boris Brott, conductor

June MAHLER:  DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver, British Columbia
Bramwell Tovey, conductor

December BEETHOVEN:  Ninth Symphony
Seattle Symphony
Seattle, Washington
Gerard Schwarz, conductor



2010
January ELGAR:  THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Kitchener, Ontario
Howard Dyck, conductor

  MAHLER:  SYMPHONY No.8
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Vancouver, British Columbia
Bramwell Tovey, conductor

March ROSSINI:  STABAT MATER
Fairfield County Chorale
Norwalk, Connecticut
Johannes Somary, conductor

  WEBER:  EURYANTHE
Adolar
Beethoven Festival
Warsaw, Poland
Łukasz Borowicz, conductor

April VERDI:  OTELLO
Otello
Edmonton Opera
Edmonton, Alberta
James Meena, conductor

May VERDI:  REQUIEM
Grand Philharmonic Choir
Kitchener, Ontario
Howard Dyck, conductor

  VERDI:  REQUIEM
Orchestre Symphonique de Québec
Québec, Québec
Yoav Talmi, conductor

June MAHLER:  SYMPHONY No.8
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Ottawa, Ontario
Montréal, Québec
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

September LEONCAVALLO:  I PAGLICACCI
Canio
Kentucky Opera
Louisville, Kentucky
Richard Buckley, conductor

October JANACEK:  GLAGOLITIC MASS
Atlanta Symphony
Atlanta Symphony at Carnegie Hall
Atlanta, Georgia
New York, New York
Robert Spano, conductor

November JANACEK:  GLAGOLITIC MASS
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto, Ontario
Peter Oundjian, conductor

  ARIAS
Windsor Symphony Orchestra
Windsor, Ontario
John Morris Russell, conductor



2009
January BEETHOVEN:  SYMPHONY No.9
Seattle Symphony
Seattle, Washington
Gerard Schwarz, conductor

  ALBENIZ:  HENRY CLIFFORD
Henry Clifford
Festival de Música de Canarias
Las Palmas, Canary Islands
José de Eusebio, conductor

February MAHLER:  DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal
Montréal, Québec
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor

May STRAUSS:  SALOME
Herodes
Vancouver Opera
Vancouver, British Columbia
Jonathan Darlington, conductor

July STRAUSS:  ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Bacchus
Victorian Opera
Melbourne, Australia
Richard Gill, conductor

July - August ELGAR:  DREAM OF GERONTIUS
Grant Park Music Festival
Chicago, Illinois
Carlos Kalmar, conductor

September BEETHOVEN:  FIDELIO
Florestan
Rotterdam Philharmonic Gergiev Festival
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Valery Gergiev, conductor

October BEETHOVEN:  SYMPHONY No.9
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Dallas, Texas

November WAGNER:  TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: ACT II
Tristan
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Ferrara, Italy
Dortmund and Frankfurt, Germany
Paris, France
Daniel Harding, conductor



2008
January SCHOENBERG:  GURRELIEDER
Orquesta Simfònica de Barcelona
Barcelona, Spain
Eiji Oue, conductor

February WAGNER:  GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG (Excerpts)
Siegfried
Gewandhaus Orchestra
Leipzig, Germany
Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor

March WAGNER:  TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Tristan
The Metropolitan Opera
New York, New York
James Levine, conductor

April MAHLER:  DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Syracuse Symphony
Syracuse, New York
Daniel Hege, conductor

May THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S
PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS

National Arts Centre
Ottawa, Ontario

  VERDI:  REQUIEM
Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City, Missouri
Michael Stern, conductor

September VERDI:  OTELLO
Otello
Kentucky Opera
Louisville, Kentucky
Steven Crawford, conductor

October BEETHOVEN:  SYMPHONY No.9
Orchestra London
London, Ontario
Mario Bernardi, conductor



2007
March STRAUSS:  ARIADNE AUF NAXOS
Tenor/Bacchus
Vancouver Opera
Vancouver, British Columbia
Jonathan Darlington, conductor

April - May STRAUSS:  ELEKTRA
Aegisth
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, Ontario
Richard Bradshaw, conductor

May JANACEK:  GLAGOLITHIC MASS
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
Edmonton, Alberta
William Eddins, conductor

May - June VERDI:  REQUIEM
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Ottawa, Ontario
Pinchas Zukerman, conductor

September MAHLER/SCHOENBERG:
DAS LIED VON DER ERDE
Le Club Musicale de Québec
Québec, Québec
Jean Marie Zeitouni, conductor

October VERDI:  OTELLO
Otello (Role debut)
Opéra de Québec
Québec, Québec
John Keenan, conductor

November LEONCAVALLO:  PAGLIACCI
Canio
Vancouver Opera
Vancouver, British Columbia
Jonathan Darlington, conductor



2006
February DANIELPOUR:  MARGARET GARNER
Casey
Opera Company of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Stefan Lano, conductor

April BEETHOVEN:  SYMPHONY NO. 9
Concerts and recording
London Symphony Orchestra
London, England
Bernard Haitink, conductor

May BEETHOVEN:  FIDELIO
Florestan
Concerts and recording
London Symphony Orchestra
London, England
Colin Davis, conductor

October BEETHOVEN:  SYMPHONY NO. 9
Lincoln Center Great Performers Series
Avery Fisher Hall, New York
Bernard Haitink, conductor

October - December WAGNER:  TRISTAN UND ISOLDE
Tristan
Welsh National Opera
Performances in Wales and England



2005
January - March  PROKOFIEV:  LOVE OF THREE ORANGES
The Prince
New production, Francesca Zambello
with recording for Chandos
PUCCINI: TOSCA
Cavaradossi
Opera Australia
Sydney, Australia
Richard Hickox, conductor

March LEONCAVALLO:  PAGLIACCI
Canio
with 'Live from the Met' Broadcast
Metropolitan Opera
New York, New York
Dennis Russell Davies, conductor

May DANIELPOUR:  MARGARET GARNER
Casey
World premiere
Michigan Opera Theatre
Detroit, Michigan
Stefan Lano, conductor

August WEBER:  DER FREISHÜTZ
Max
Festival Vancouver and Vancouver Opera
Vancouver, British Columbia
Jonathan Darlington, conductor

September - October WAGNER:  TANNHÄUSER
Walther von der Vogelweide
Grand Théàtre de Genève
Geneva, Switzerland
Ulf Schirmer, conductor

November PUCCINI:  TURANDOT
Calaf
Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden Semperoper
Dresden, Germany
Fabio Luisi and Antonello Allemandi, conductors



2004
January ARIAS AND DUETS
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Beijing Symphony
Beijing, China

February SONDHEIM:  SWEENEY TODD
Beadle
Calgary Opera
Calgary, Alberta

March VERDI:  IL TROVATORE
Manrico
Orchestra London
London, Ontario

April LEONCAVALLO:  PAGLIACCI
Canio
Opera Pacific
Costa Mesa, California

June BEETHOVEN:  SYMPHONY NO. 9
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
Toronto, Ontario

  JANACEK:  GLAGOLITHIC MASS
Philharmonia Orchestra
Birmingham and London, England

December NEW YEAR'S EVE GALA
Opera Australia
Sydney, Australia



2003
January - Febraury JANACEK:  JENUFA
Laca
Canadian Opera Company
Toronto, Ontario

March STRAUSS:  ELEKTRA
Aegisth
Vancouver Opera
Vancouver, British Columbia

May BRUCKNER:  TE DEUM
St. Patrick's Cathedral
New York, New York

  CONCERT OF GERMAN OPERATIC SCENES
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal
Montréal, Québec

October PUCCINI:  TURANDOT
Calaf
Opera de Québec
Québec, Québec

December GALA BENEFIT
Opera de Québec
Québec, Québec