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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