Canadian tenor‚ Pascal Charbonneau‚ studied at McGill University in Montreal followed by advanced studies at the Atelier Lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal.
Roles include Don Ottavio Don Giovanni‚ Tamino Die Zauberflöte‚ Peter Quint The Turn of the Screw‚ Jupiter Semele‚ Don Ramiro La Cenerentola and Gonzalves l’Heure espagnole.
Recent performances include Pedrillo Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Opera Ontario and Aspen Music Festival)‚ Brighella Ariadne auf Naxos and Remendado Carmen (Opéra de Montréal) and Janacek’s Diary of one who Vanished at the Aspen Music Festival.
Recent concerts include Händel’s Joshua (Calgary Festival Chorus)‚ Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Toronto Bach Consort)‚ Orff’s Carmina Burana (Ottawa Symphony‚ Asheville Symphony and Orchestre Metropolitain) and Messiah throughout Canada.
After winning the Oratorio/Lied prize in the Julian Gayarre International Singing Competition‚ he was awarded recitals in Spain and Belgium and the role of Scaramuccio Ariadne auf Naxos for the Vlaamse Opera‚ a role he recently sang at Garsington.
Recent and future plans include Jaquino Fidelio with Garsington Opera‚ Ziggy Starmania with both L’ Opéra de Montréal and L’Opéra de Québec‚ Beppe I Pagliacci in Montréal‚ and Art Knight Crew at Glyndebourne.
