Canadian baritone Phillip Addis is praised for his
creamy, right, bright, smooth voice as much as for his spell-binding,
daring, yet sensitive interpretations. A rising star on the
international stage, Addis has performed in opera, concerts and
recitals throughout Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan.
Phillip Addis begins the 2009-10 season with his role
debut as Belcore in Donizetti's comic opera L'elisir d'amore
with Atlanta Opera. In November, Phillip makes his New York debut as
Roderick Usher in Debussy's The Fall of the House of Usher with
Opéra Français de New York before returning to Canada for
his role debut as John Brooke in the Canadian premiere of Mark Adamo's Little
Women with Calgary Opera. April 2010 sees Addis in Toronto as the
Count in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Atelier. He
closes out the season with a highlight as makes his Paris debut with
l'Opéra Comique in the title role of Pelléas et
Mélisande, conducted by Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
Highlights of the previous season include Phillip Addis'
Swiss debut in the role of Marcello in La Bohème in a
new production at the Theater Basel as well as his return to
L'Opéra de Montréal as Zurga in an exciting production of
Les Pêcheurs de Perles. He appeared as Count
Almaviva in the Florida Grand Opera production of Le Nozze di Figaro,
a role which he reprised at the Green Mountain Opera Festival. The
summer of 2009 also featured a recital tour of Canada's Atlantic
Provinces with pianist Emily Hamper.
His 2007-2008 season saw many notable engagements,
including debuts at three U.S. opera companies: with Opera Carolina, he
sang the role of Mercutio in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette,
with Atlanta Opera he sang the role of Peter in Hansel und Gretel,
and with Fort Worth Opera he performed the role of George in Carlisle
Floyd's Of Mice and Men. He also performed the role of
Angelotti in Tosca with Calgary Opera. In concert, he performed
the title role in Elijah with the Amadeus Choir in Toronto, the
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Thunder Bay
Symphony Orchestra as well as the role of Reinmar in a concert version
of Tannhäuser with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Kent Nagano.
In Canada he has performed with Pacific Opera Victoria,
Vancouver Opera, Edmonton Opera, Calgary Opera, Opera Saskatchewan,
L'Opéra de Montréal and L'Opéra de Québec.
In 2006 he made his American operatic debut with the Cincinnati Opera
and in 2007 he had his European debut at L'Opéra de Marseille.
A consummate concert artist and recitalist, he has
performed Messiah with the Edmonton and New Brunswick
symphonies and the Elora Festival Singers, and Mahler's Lieder
eines fahrenden Gesellen with the Orchestre Symphonique de
Québec as well as the Ottawa and Thunder Bay Symphony
Orchestras. He performs often in recital with pianist Emily Hamper in
programs including Schubert's most beloved song cycles Winterreise
and Schwanengesang, and Schumann's Dichterliebe, most
notably in Australia, at the Queensland Music Festival.
Background
Among Phillip Addis's numerous awards and honours are
First Prize in the 2004 Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal's Standard
Life Competition, First Prize in the 2004 Orchestre Symphonique de
Quebec's Canadian Concerto Competition, the 2005 Joseph Rouleau award
from the Montreal International Music Competition. In March 2006 he
also received the George London Foundation Encouragement award for a
Canadian singer. In addition, Phillip Addis has received grants from
the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for Young Canadian Opera Singers'
support programme from 2004-2009.
With a Bachelor of Music from Queen's University and a
diploma in operatic performance from the University of Toronto's
Faculty of Music, Phillip Addis began his operatic career in the
apprenticeship program at the Atelier Lyrique de L'Opéra de
Montréal with further studies at the Steans Institute at
Ravinia, The Britten-Pears School and the Canadian Vocal Arts
Institute.
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