Saturday,February 11, 2023
at 7:00 PM
Tracy Cantin (soprano)
Marcel d'Entremont (tenor)
Dakota Scott-
Hailing from rural Nova Scotia, tenor Marcel d'Entremont and pianist Dakota Scott-
Tracy Cantin
Praised for her "full, gleaming sound" (Chicago Tribune), Canadian soprano Tracy Cantin "has it all -
Jumping to the forefront of the Canadian music scene, in the Spring of 2018 Ms Cantin made a surprise debut at the Canadian Opera Company as the title character in Donizetti's demanding Anna Bolena, replacing super-
An avid concert performer, the 2018/19 marked her BBC Symphony debut as the soprano soloist in Bernstein's Songfest, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard, a program she was scheduled to repeat with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra earlier this year. Additionally she sang Verdi's Requiem with the Okanagan Symphony Orchestra, followed by a concert performance of Brünnhilde's famous Immolation Scene with both the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and the National Symphony of Costa Rica. Cantin has also been heard in Handel's Messiah, Schubert's Mass in A flat, Mahler's Symphony no.2, and Mozart's Requiem. Engagements extend to Australia where she performed as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 with the Melbourne Symphony alongside Bryn Terfel, under the baton of Sir Andrew Davis. Rescheduled appearances will include performances with the Victoria Symphony, National Arts Center of Canada, and the Denver Philharmonic.
Recent triumphs include debuts with the Ravinia Festival, Grant Park Festival, Oregon Symphony, Kingston Symphony Orchestra, Illinois Philharmonic, Thunder Bay Symphony, and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago. Additionally, Ms Cantin has had the privilege of working with several of today's most respected conductors and directors, including Sir Andrew Davis (Beethoven 9, la Bohème, Le Nozze di Figaro), Riccardo Muti (la Traviata), Michele Mariotti (Il Barbière di Siviglia), Carlos Kalmar (Beethoven 9), Bertrand de Billy (Otello), Sir David McVicar (Elektra, Rusalka), John Caird (Parsifal), Alexander Prior (Elektra), David Alden (Alcina), Stephen Lawless (Anna Bolena), Johannes Debus (Elektra), Otto Tausk (Götterdämmerung), and Michael Cavanaugh (Elektra).
The recipient of many honors, Ms. Cantin has received top awards from the Licia-
Marcel d'Entremont
"Le ténor Marcel d'Entremont (Tamino) est un vrai talent, de jeu et de chant."; "Tenor Marcel d'Entremont (Tamino) is a true talent, both vocally and on stage." -
"As Edgardo, tenor Marcel d'Entremont gave the most polished and stylistic performance of the evening." -
"The young Canadian tenor, Marcel d'Entremont, was expressive with his round, free, voice, with an aria full of great finesse […] reminiscent of Anton Dermota or Nicolai Gedda!" -
Tenor Marcel d'Entremont is becoming recognized across Canada for both his powerful voice and sincere stage presence. A former first prize winner of the Atlantic Young Artist Competition, Marcel also placed first in the vocal division of the National Music Festival of Canada and claimed the Grand Award for overall best performer. In November of 2018, he was named the winner of the Wirth Vocal Prize at McGill University, which resulted in solo recitals at La Chapelle historique du Bon-
Marcel has a keen interest in many styles of singing and was a featured soloist for six years with the Royal Nova Scotia International Tattoo, performing alongside musicians from around the world for audiences in the tens of thousands. He was also invited to perform at the inauguration ceremony of The Honourable Arthur J. LeBlanc, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. Marcel has been a resident artist at the Lunenburg Academy of Music Performance, the National Arts Center's Young Artist Program, the Art of Song Institute with the Toronto Summer Music, and was a Yulanda M. Farris Young Artist with the Vancouver Opera.
Marcel's role performances include Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte with Opera McGill, Il Podesta in La Finta Giardiniera and Luiz in The Gondoliers with Opera Nova Scotia, Rodolfo in La bohème with Opera Saskatoon, and two tours with Jeunesses Musicales du Canada as the title role in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette as well as Alfredo in La Traviata. In concert, he has performed Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn, and Strings with the PEI Symphony Orchestra, and appeared as the tenor soloist in Handel's Messiah with the Orchestre classique de Montréal. In 2016 Marcel made his international opera debut as Don Ottavio with Opéra de Rouen in Rouen, France and at the Château de Versailles, as a laureate of the Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques. Most recently, Marcel performed the role of Rodolfo over 20 times in a cross-
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Nova Scotian pianist Dakota Scott-
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