Canadian soprano Othalie Graham continues to receive acclaim throughout the world and is known for her interpretations of the title roles in Turandot, Ariadne and Elektra and her commitment to Wagnerian repertoire. Opera News calls her "a vocally secure Turandot, her gleaming tones well suited to the ice princess's misanthropic resolve."
This season Ms. Graham will sing Turandot at Bellas Artes Mexico City, a Wagner Gala at the Alfonso Ortiz Tirado Festival in Sonora Mexico and The Verdi Requiem with Winston-Salem Symphony. Recently, she made her role debut
singing the Foreign Princess in Rusalka with Portland Opera , Ravel Shéhérazade, Isolde's Liebestod with the Harrisburg Symphony and Isolde Act 2 in concert with Orquesta Sinfónica de Xalapa. Additional performances include
Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana with Vancouver Opera the title role in Turandot with the Detroit Symphony, Detroit Opera, Opera de Nuevo Leon in Monterrey, Arizona Opera, Gran Teatro Nacional del Peru, Teatro Cervantes Málaga Spain and Edmonton Opera. The title role in Aida with Opera Carolina, Toledo Opera, and at the Teatro Greco di
Siracusa; the title role in Ariadne auf Naxos with Festival Opera; covering Elektra at Teatro San
Carlo Napoli; and Minnie in La Fanciulla del West with the Nashville and Indianapolis Operas.
Recent concert highlights include all-Wagner programs in Mexico City and Peru, and with the Washington Chorus at The
Kennedy Center; Beethoven's 9th Symphony with The Philadelphia Orchestra; Verdi's Requiem with the Atlanta and Mississippi Symphonies; Serena in Porgy and Bess with Toledo Opera, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, and Jacksonville Symphony; Isolde in Tristan und Isolde Simfonijski orkestar HRT-a Croatia and with the Washington National Chorus at The Kennedy Center; and the Britten War Requiem with the Fondazione Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.
First United Church - Sanctuary
16 William St. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 1J3
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Betty Qiu | Titles: Dans les ruines d'une abbaye by Gabriel Fauré Lungi da te, ben mio by Giuseppe Sarti | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:10:15 AM | Name:Riley Hales | Titles: Les Berceaux Opus 23 by Gabriel Fauré The Vagabond by Ralph Vaughan Williams | Home Festival:Woodstock |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Daisy Cardich Soria | Titles: Dido's Lament, Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell De los Alamos vengo madre, "Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios" (Four Love Madrigals) by Joaquin Rodrigo | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:10:45 AM | Name:Adrian Grinberg-Chambers | Titles: O Maria, op. 5, Sacri Musicali Affetti by Barbara Strozzi The Tracks Are Lonely by Katerina Gimon | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:11:00 AM | Name:Claire Stewardson | Titles: Madchenlied, op. 107, no. 5 by Johannes Brahms Take Me to a Green Isle by Walter MacNutt | Home Festival:Lambton County |
Time:11:10 AM | Name:Gabriela McLean | Titles: Se tu m'ami by Alessandro Parisotti Fairest Isle, King Arthur by Henry Purcell | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:11:25 AM | Name:Wilson Tansley-Cryer | Titles: Après un rêve by Gabriel Fauré When I Think Upon the Maidens by Michael Head | Home Festival:Hamilton |
Time:11:35 AM | Name:Gianna Spironello | Titles: Bel piacere, Aggrippina by George Frideric Handel Der Nussbaum, op. 25, Myrthen by Robert Schumann | Home Festival:Sault Ste. Marie |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:1:00 PM | Name:Adrit Panda | Titles: Le manoir du rosemonde by Henri Duparc Mattinata, None by Ruggero Leoncavallo | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:1:15 PM | Name:Shekinah Chisholm | Titles: Lied der Mignon by Franz Schubert Già il sole dal gange by Alessandro Scarlatti | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:1:25 PM | Name:Ashkan Siassi | Titles: Rolling Down to Rio by Edward German Tu lo sai by Giuseppe Torelli | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Time:1:35 PM | Name:Sophia Peng | Titles: Hello Rico by John Weinzweig V'adoro pupille, Giulio Cesare by George Frideric Handel | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:00 pm to 3:15 pm.
Announcement of winners will happen at the end of the workshop.
The top two competitors from this class will proceed to the playoffs.
The playoffs will be held at Westminster United Church
543 Beechwood Dr., Waterloo, ON N2T 2S8