Bruno Roy, baritone
Montreal-born baritone Bruno Roy is a versatile performer known for his work in opera, concert, and art song. He is an alumnus of the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio, where he appeared on the mainstage in The Magic Flute, Tosca, Louis Riel, Arabella, Rigoletto, and The Nightingale and Other Short Stories.
Recent highlights include Zurga in Les pêcheurs de perles, Marcello in La bohème , Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Baryton-Martin in Vivier’s Kopernikus with Against the Grain Theatre, and a German debut with Oper Frankfurt in Capriccio. In 2024, Bruno performed in the Equilibrium Artists Gala Concert with renowned conductor-performer Barbara Hannigan.
In 2026, he will be making his solo debut with Opéra de Montréal in Clown(s) by Ana Sokolović, a new piece that draws upon the worlds of Sand, Fellini, Chaplin, and Keaton to construct a “favola in musica” — a musical fable — that unfolds across seven spellbinding scenes.
Bruno is a Recipient of the 2019 Eva & Marc Stern Fellowship at SongFest and a Western Canada District Winner of the 2021 Metropolitan Opera National Council auditions.
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Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro
modernized, translated into English and re-staged as one of Toronto’s millennial weddings in the historic Enoch Turner School House with the audience attending as wedding guests.
with Miriam Khalil, Ally Smither, Phillip Addis, Jacques Arsenault, Maria Soulis and Gregory Finney
Bruno is a Recipient of the 2019 Eva & Marc Stern Professional Fellowship at SongFest
Concert info to follow, see link
with Caitlin Wood, John MacMaster, Ensemble Caelis Academy, Matthew Larkin, Christopher Gaudreault, Zak Pulak and Jean-Sébastien Vallée
Baryton-martin in one of Canada’s greatest operas
with Danielle MacMillan, Jonelle Sills, Nathalie Paulin, Krisztina Szabó, Dion Mazerolle and Alain Coulombe
Please see ‘More info’ for a complete list of dancers and musicians (who are also staged with the singers) along with the creative and techincal team.
Count Almaviva in Beaujolais Beaumarchais, a truncated version of Le nozze di Figaro for young adults. See “More info” for ticket details and cast info.
Marcello in a new interpretation of La bohème in German with Puccini’s music and dialog
Diener in Capriccio, a remount of Brigitte Fassbaender’s WW2 French-resistance inspired production of this Richard Strauss opera
