Company Roster: The Artists of Opera Pro Cantanti

The voices of Opera Pro Cantanti

Opera Pro Cantanti is a unique, jointly-owned collective of dedicated classical singers. Operating without corporate, private, or government funding, our company is entirely financed and driven by our members. This financial independence gives our artists total creative freedom to perform, take risks, and being authentic, passionate opera directly to Vancouver audiences.

Soprano

  • Annette Ducharme - Featured Repertoire:  Violetta (La Traviata),  Lucia, Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), Adalgisa, Clotilde (Norma), Anna, Hebrew Woman, Virgin (Nabucco), Lady Macbeth, Witch (Macbeth), Countess, Giovanna (Rigoletto), Oscar (Un Ballo in Maschera) 

  • LisaMarie Bresett - Featured Repertoire: Norma, Adalgisa (Norma), Flora (La Traviata), Witch (Macbeth), Fenena, Abigaille's Follower, Virgin, Hebrew Woman (Nabucco)

  • Iuliia Nikolaeva - Featured Repertoire: Alisa (Lucia di Lammermoor), Clotilde (Norma), Fenena, Virgin (Nabucco), Flora, Annina (La Traviata)

  • Marianne Laxton - Featured Repertoire: Hebrew Woman, Virgin (Nabucco), Annina (La Traviata), chorus

  • Naty Cerecedo - chorus

Mezzo soprano

  • Penny Oyama - Featured Repertoire: Witch (Macbeth), Virgin (Nabucco)

  • Cat Hartt-Towle - Featured Repertoire: Virgin (Nabucco), Annina (La Traviata)

  • Joan Strauss- Featured Repertoire: Witch, Apparition (Macbeth),  Clotilde (Norma)

  • Gabriele Komorowska - chorus   

  • Stephanie Ewing - chorus      

  • Dinah Ayre - chorus

Tenor

  • Derek Bacchioni - Featured Repertoire: Alfredo, Gastone, Baron (La Traviata), Pollione, Flavio (Norma), Abdallo, Babylonian Soldier (Nabucco), Edgardo, Arturo (Lucia di Lammermoor), Macduff, Apparition, Malcolm (Macbeth), Gustavo (Un Ballo in Maschera)   

  • Mike Novak - Featured Repertoire: Normanno (Lucia di Lammermoor), Flavio(Norma), Gastone (La Traviata), Ismael, Abdallo, Babylonian Soldier (Nabucco) 

  • Eric Lorenz - Featured Repertoire: Gastone (La Traviata)

Baritone/Bass

  • Riley McMitchell - Featured Repertoire: Germont, Baron (La Traviata), Nabucco, Levite (Nabucco), Banquo, Lennox (Macbeth), Raimondo (Lucia di Lammermoor)

  • Roberto Solla- Featured Repertoire: Oroveso (Norma), Grenvil, Marchese (La Traviata), Gran Sacerdote, Levite (Nabucco), Lennox (Macbeth) 

Guest Artists

  • Frantz De Rycke - Featured Repertoire: Oroveso (Norma), Enrico (Lucia di Lammermoor), Baron(La Traviata), Zaccaria (Nabucco)

  • Paul Duerichen- Featured Repertoire: Alfredo (La Traviata), Pollione (Norma) 

With Grateful Thanks To

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to the artists who have shared our stage and contributed their talent to Opera Pro Cantanti over the years: Richard Williams, Stevie Manchulenko, Sylwia Karwowska, Thai-Hoa Le, Olga Israfilova, Alessandro Alvarado, Tony Mookerjee...