Charles Sy, tenor 88 Coleridge Ave, Toronto, ON, M4C 4H6 (647) 526-3213 charles.edward.sy@gmail.com

Role / Opera and Musical Theatre Company Director/Conductor or Music Director

Adolfo / La Rondine (Puccini) Opera Theatre of St. Louis Michael Gieleta / Stephen Lord 2015 Prunier* / La Rondine (Puccini) Opera Theatre of St. Louis Michael Gieleta / Stephen Lord 2015 Mr. Owen / Postcard from Morocco (Argento) UofT Opera Michael Cavanagh / Leslie Dala 2015 Ralph Rackstraw / HMS Pinafore (Sullivan) UofT Opera Michael Albano / Sandra Horst 2014 Chorus / Carmen (Bizet) Music Academy of the West David Paul / James Gaffigan 2014 Remendado / Carmen (Bizet) + Opera By Request MD: Brahm Goldhammer 2014 Mayor Upfold / Albert Herring (Britten) UofT Opera Joel Ivany / Leslie Dala 2014 Alamão / Pedro Malazarte (Guarnieri) UofT Opera Amanda Smith/ Rafael Luz 2014 Vogelsang / Der Schauspieldirektor (Mozart) + UofT Opera Michael Albano / Andrea Grant 2014 Ferrando^/ Così fan tutte (Mozart) UofT Opera MD: Steven Philcox + Sandra Horst 2014 Lechmere / Owen Wingrave (Britten) The Banff Centre Kelly Robinson / Dominic Wheeler 2013 Don Ottavio / Don Giovanni (Mozart) Opera NUOVA Rob Herriot / Michelle Mourre 2013 Paolo / The Wings of a Dove (Ager) + The COSI Connection Director: Michael Albano 2013 Basilio/Curzio / Le Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) + Toronto Summer Opera Workshop MD: Luke Housner 2012 Rob Ford* / Rob Ford: The Opera UofT Opera Erik Thor / Rafael Luz 2012 Frederic / Pirates of Penzance (Sullivan) + UofT Voice Outreach MD: Darryl Edwards 2012 (+with piano, *cover, ^role study with scenes performed)

Solo Concert Work Composer Company (Conductor) _

Messiah Handel Chorus Niagara (Robert Cooper) 2014 Die Schöpfung Haydn Oakville Choral Society 2014 Mass in C Major Beethoven Hart House Chorus 2013 Requiem Mozart Oakville Choral Society 2013 Everlasting Light Hatzis Mississauga Festival Choir 2012 Oratorio de Noël Saint-Saëns Mississauga Festival Choir 2011

Opera Scenes Company (Director / Conductor) _ Jacquino / Fidelio MAW (Gregory Fortner / John Fisher) 2014 Edgardo / Lucia di Lammermoor UofT Opera (Michael Albano / Sandra Horst) 2014 Alfred / Die Fledermaus UofT Opera (Michael Albano / Russell Braun) 2013 Belmonte / The Abduction from the Seraglio Opera NUOVA 2013 Rodolfo / La Bohème Canadian Children’s Opera Company 2011

Education and Musical Training _

University of Toronto – Masters of Music in Opera Performance 2013-2015 University of Toronto – Bachelor of Music in Voice Performance 2009-2013 Cawthra Park Secondary School – Regional Arts Program – Voice Major 2005-2009

Opera Theatre of St. Louis – Gerdine Young Artist Program 2015 Music Academy of the West (MAW) – Voice Program Fellow 2014 The Banff Centre – Opera as Theatre Program 2013 Opera NUOVA – Young Artist Program for Singers 2013 Toronto Summer Music Festival and Institute – Art of Song Fellowship 2012 Centre for Opera Studies in Italy (C.O.S.I) – Opera Studio Program 2011

Voice Teachers Coaches Darryl Edwards Russell Braun Steven Philcox Kate Carver Patrick Raftery Andrea Grant Suzy Smith Shannon Hiebert Barbara Prins Sandra Horst Rachel Andrist Laura Loewen Wendy Nielsen Mia Bach Bolded = Current teacher or coach

Awards and Grants -Ottawa Choral Society New Discoveries

Competition – First Prize Winner 2014 -University of Toronto Jim and Charlotte Norcop

Prize in Song 2014 -Jacqueline Desmarais Grant Recipient 2014 -Juenes Ambassadeurs Lyriques Laureate 2014 -The Hnatyshyn Foundation National Developing

Artist Grant – Classical Voice Winner 2013

Masterclasses & Workshops John Churchwell Matthew Epstein Gerald Finley John Fisher Judith Forst Stuart Hamilton Marilyn Horne Warren Jones Stephen Lord Michael McMahon Nathalie Paulin Adrianne Pieczonka Craig Rutenberg Nino Sanikidze Sanford Sylvan