Elizabeth Polese
Canadian soprano Elizabeth Polese has recently been a young artist at Detroit Opera, l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal, and Tanglewood Music Center. She is the winner of the prestigious Sullivan Foundation Gail Robinson Award for Soprano, and Hnatyshyn Foundation Developing Artist Award for Classical Voice. She is also the founder of new Montréal-based chamber group, Ember Ensemble.
Elizabeth’s upcoming and recent highlights include: soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Woodbird in Siegfried at Edmonton Opera, Lady-in-waiting in Macbeth with Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nezet-Séguin, Norina in Don Pasquale with Vancouver Opera, the Governess in The Turn of the Screw with Opera 5, winner of the Edmonton Opera Rumbold Competition, Vier Letzte Lieder with Festival de Lanaudière, soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Pierre Mercure’s Cantate pour une joie with Orchestre Classique de Montréal, artist-in-residence with Yukon Arts Centre, soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Brott Music Festival, and recital appearances with Salle Bourgie, Ottawa ChamberFest, Société d’Art Vocal de Montreal, Tanglewood Music Center, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and Toronto Summer Music.
Elizabeth’s upcoming and recent highlights include: soprano soloist in Carmina Burana with Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra, Woodbird in Siegfried at Edmonton Opera, Lady-in-waiting in Macbeth with Orchestre Métropolitain and Yannick Nezet-Séguin, Norina in Don Pasquale with Vancouver Opera, the Governess in The Turn of the Screw with Opera 5, winner of the Edmonton Opera Rumbold Competition, Vier Letzte Lieder with Festival de Lanaudière, soprano soloist in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Pierre Mercure’s Cantate pour une joie with Orchestre Classique de Montréal, artist-in-residence with Yukon Arts Centre, soprano soloist in Handel’s Messiah with Brott Music Festival, and recital appearances with Salle Bourgie, Ottawa ChamberFest, Société d’Art Vocal de Montreal, Tanglewood Music Center, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, and Toronto Summer Music.
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