A new chapter – Mentoring and teachingMarch 12, 2020In the spring of 2018, I was invited to give a Master Class and individual voice lessons to the young artists at l’Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal. Having been a member of this Young Artists Program in the nineties, I was very touched by the invitation. In 1998, after ten years of studying voice, with a Masters Degree in my pocket, I was enjoying a busy calendar of solo gigs, while teaching voice and being a bass section lead in multiple amateur and professional choral ensembles. I was also working as an accompanist for pop and classical singers, a… Read more...
Celebrating 25 YearsFebruary 6, 2018Today I reflect on my life and I give thanks for the journey, for the experiences past and present. The year 2016 was a special year for me; I was celebrating 25 years of a professional singing career. I did my professional singing Debut on October 27th, 1991, the day of my 23rd birthday. It took place in Graz, Austria, where I was the bass soloist in the Mozart’s REQUIEM. It was an out-of-this-world experience for me and a memory that still to this day gives me shivers of pure joy! Caught in the magic of this experience, I had… Read more...
Harry Somers’ LOUIS RIELJuly 14, 2017After nine successful performances of Harry Somers’ LOUIS RIEL at the Canadian Opera Company and the National Arts Centre, the performances for the Quebec City chapter of the LOUIS RIEL summer trilogy will begin in a few days. I am filled with gratitude for the gift of the magnificent role of Monseigneur Alexandre-Antonin Taché and for my wonderful colleagues who have so generously shared their talents, heart and soul on this epic story and musical drama. I am also humbled by the opportunity that I have been given to reprise a role that Canadian bass Joseph Rouleau created in 1967.… Read more...