With an elegant voice and wide range, soprano Caroline Bleau is an actress who fully embodies the characters she portrays, and has been garnering attention for her intense stage presence and her brilliant and warm sounding voice.

She was recently named a Jeune Ambassadeur lyrique in the competition of the same name, and was chosen to represent Canada at the Concours International de Marmande in France.

She was a member of the Atelier lyrique de l’Opéra de Montréal from 2007 to 2010 where she performed the roles of Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Susanna (Il segreto di Susanna), and Émilie Hudon (Nelligan).

Last March, she made a triumphant return as Magda Sorel in the opera The Consul.

She has just completed a series of concerts with the Appassionata ensemble, as well as appearing at a midnight mass alongside Marc Hervieux and Etienne Dupuis at the Mondial des Cultures de Drummondville, and in a Viennese concert at the FestivalOpéra de Saint-Eustache.

Future plans include the role of Musetta (La bohème) at the Opéra de Tours, and a recital with tenor Salvatore Licitra in June 2012.

Tenor Kijong Wi obtained his Bachelor of Music degree at Chu-Gye University for the Arts in Seoul, Korea. He then went on to study at the Accademia di Roma.

In June 2009, he moved to Switzerland and completed his Master of Arts in music performance at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana, where he studied with Luisa Castellani and expanded his contemporary and baroque repertoire.

Currently, Kijong is attending the University of Western Ontario where he is studying with Sophie Louise Roland. Kijong has performed in various concerts in Korea, Italy, Switzerland, and Canada.

Highlights include the roles of Rinuccio (Gianni Schicchi) in Seoul and Alfredo (La traviata) in Rome.

In 2009, he worked with Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana da Camera. In addition, he presented recitals of Schumann’s Dichterliebe in Lugano, Switzerland in May 2010.

This Summer (2011), Kijong sang the roles of Don Ottavio (Don Giovanni) in Briosco, and of the Chevalier de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites), in Lucca, both cities located in Italy.

Soprano Laura Albino is a graduate of the Canadian Opera Company (COC) Ensemble Studio and the University of Toronto Opera School.

In the 2010/2011 season, Ms. Albino appeared as Rosalinda in Die Fledermaus with Toronto Operetta Theatre, The Cook in Robert Lepage’s production of Stravinsky’s The Nightingale and Other Short Fables at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, Musetta in La Bohème with Against the Grain Theatre, and Lena in the world première of Ana Sokolovic’s opera Svadba with Queen of Puddings Music Theatre.

Appearances with the COC Ensemble Studio include Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Ilia (Idomeneo), and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly).

Other operatic credits include Donna Anna (Don Giovanni) with the Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme, and Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) with the University of Toronto.

In 2011/2012, Laura will make her debut with Calgary Opera as Musetta in La bohème, and make her role debut as Pamina in Die Zauberflöte.

British-Canadian baritone Alexander Dobson has been praised for his musical and dramatic artistry on both opera and concert stages.

This past summer, he appeared at the Carmel Bach Festival in California, singing the Bach’s St. John Passion and Haydn’s The Seasons.

This past spring at Pacific Opera Victoria, he performed Marcello (La bohème), a role he previously sang at the Saskatoon Opera and in a BRAVO television version of the opera.

He has appeared at the Vancouver Opera, the Opéra de Montréal, the Opéra de Québec, Opera Hamilton, Opera Ontario, and the Royal Opera House-Covent Garden, and has performed in concert in England and Paris.

Other highlights include the title roles in Wozzeck and Don Giovanni with the Orchestre Métropolitain conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Guglielmo (Così fan tutte), Belcore (The Elixir of Love), and Ned Keene (Peter Grimes) with the Opéra de Montréal.

Upcoming engagements include The Christmas Oratorio with the Orchestre Métropolitain, and a North American tour as Aeneas (Dido and Aeneas) with The Theatre of Early Music.

Lauded as “someone to watch” by Paula Citron of The Globe and Mail and Opera Canada, Ellen Wieser has appeared in lead and supporting roles with the Palm Beach Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Chautauqua Opera, the Merola Opera Program, Opera NUOVA, and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

On the concert stage, Ellen Wieser has been heard as a soloist with the symphony orchestras of Lansing, Kentucky, Baton Rouge, and Winnipeg, at Ottawa’s National Arts Centre, with the chamber orchestras of Cincinnati and Manitoba, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, and the CCM Philharmonia Orchestra.

Ellen Wieser’s 2010-2011 season was highlighted by numerous performances of works by living composers, including Ana Sokolovic’s Tanzer Lieder at the Prince Edward County Music Festival, and world premieres of Children’s Songs by Danny Clay (Cincinnati), the role of Julia Hancock in Meriwether by Jim Lahti (New York City), Three Songs on Poems of Hart Crane by Jim Lahti (Jersey City), and Defora fai sinhes lo firmament by Isaiah Ceccarelli (Montreal).

After studying singing and harpsichord at the Conservatoire de musique de Québec, Rachèle Tremblay decided to further her vocal training in private with Cécile Bédard.

At the nationwide auditions for Les Jeunes ambassadeurs lyriques, she received an award from the Centre National d’Artistes Lyriques (France), going on to become a resident at the arts centre in the 2008-2009 season.

In the fall of 2009, she sang the role of Mrs. Smith in the premiere of La Cantatrice chauve, set to music by Gérard Calvi, at the Opéra de Montpellier.

Following a second audition for Les Jeunes ambassadeurs lyriques in 2010, she completed an internship at Le Domaine Des Arts de la Roche d’Hys in France.

She received a LOJIQ award for young Quebec opera talent, and was chosen to be a member of the Bayerische Staatsoper’s Junge Ensemble program in Munich.

She will appear in concert in Japan in July 2011, and has been engaged by the State Opera Stara Zagora in Bulgaria.

Born in Vancouver, Janelle Fung began her piano studies at the age of four and made her professional debut at the age of 14 with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.

She received degrees from the Eastman School and The Juilliard School of New York and received her doctorate from Université de Montréal.

She has appeared with the Seattle Symphony, the Orchestre national de Lyon, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Eastman Philharmonic, and the Portland Symphony, and has made concert tours of France, Italy, South Korea, and Japan.

A 10-city tour of Argentina followed earlier this year.

An avid chamber musician, Ms. Fung has appeared in concert with the Ying Quartet, New York Woodwind Quintet, soprano Nicole Cabell, and baritone William Warfield.

She has been a prize winner in numerous national and international competitions, including the Marguerite Long-Jacques Thibaud Competition, and the Canadian Music Competition.

She has been heard on the CBC, Radio-Canada, NPR (US) and Radio France.

Janelle Fung is a founding member of Alarm Will Sound, with whom she has collaborated with composers such as George Crumb, Steve Reich, David Lang, and Bright Sheng; and recorded the works of Steve Reich on the Nonesuch label; and enjoyed a residency at Columbia University’s Miller Theater.