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.
Knox Presbyterian Church - Sanctuary
50 Erb St. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 1T1
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:10:00 AM | Name:Brooklyn Anderson | Titles: Let Us Dance, Let Us Sing by Henry Purcell Danny Boy by arr. Jeff Smallman | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:10:10 AM | Name:Ellie Naylor | Titles: Bluebird by Rudolph Schirmer Star vicino by arr. Arthur Schoep | Home Festival:Barrie |
Time:10:20 AM | Name:Matt Cuthill | Titles: Sebben, Crudele by Antonio Caldara La cigale et la fourmi by Camille Saint-Saëns | Home Festival:Ottawa Kiwanis |
Time:10:30 AM | Name:Liepa Spakauskas | Titles: Vergin, tutto amor by Francesco Durante L'heure exquise by Reynaldo Hahn | Home Festival:Peel |
Time:10:40 AM | Name:Juniper Opiela-Doré | Titles: Homeward Bound by Marta Keen Thompson, arr Jay Althouse How Can I Keep from Singing? by Robert Lowry, arr. Akiko and Forrest Kinney | Home Festival:Chatham |
Time:10:55 AM | Name:Kiki Beniston | Titles: Amor preparami , Il Pompeo by Alessandro Scarlatti Auf der Wanderschaft, op. 71, no. 5 by Felix Mendelssohn | Home Festival:Kitchener-Waterloo |
Time:11:05 AM | Name:Radha Maria Vargas-Saravanamuttu | Titles: Nel cor piu non mi sento by Giovanni Paisiello By the Sea by Roger Quilter | Home Festival:Oakville |
Time:11:15 AM | Name:Emiliano Contreras | Titles: Van gli effluvî de le rose by Francesco Paolo Tosti Parad!, no. 4 by Manuel García arr. Pauline Viardot | Home Festival:Newmarket |
Time:11:25 AM | Name:Aoibhin Davidson | Titles: Caro Mio Ben by Tommaso Giordani Come and Trip It by George Frideric Handel | Home Festival:Niagara |
Time:11:35 AM | Name:Shivani Rai | Titles: Quella fiamma by Benedetto Marcello Chanson d'avril by Georges Bizet | Home Festival:London |
Time | Name | Titles | Home Festival |
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Time:1:00 PM | Name:Ella Shang | Titles: Les anges musiciens by Francis Poulenc Il zeffiro by Vincenzo Bellini | Home Festival:Toronto |
Time:1:10 PM | Name:Kaleb Parolin | Titles: Wohin, op. 25, no. 2, Die Schöne Müllerin by Franz Schubert Mondnacht, op. 39, no. 5, Liederkreis by Robert Schumann | Home Festival:Woodstock |
Time:1:25 PM | Name:Thomas Perrone | Titles: Five Eyes by C. Armstrong Gibbs Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307/284d by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Home Festival:Grey County |
Time:1:35 PM | Name:Sean Mendes | Titles: Amor preparami by Alessandro Scarlatti Quilled Sonnet by James K. Wright | Home Festival:Stratford |
Time:1:45 PM | Name:Zara Comes | Titles: Dans un bois solitaire by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Die Forelle by Franz Schubert | Home Festival:Pickering GTA |
Workshop will be held from approximately 2:15 pm to 3:30 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 All Saints Anglican Church
400 Northfield Drive West, Waterloo, ON N2L 0A6