Philippe Sly
Philippe Sly (*1988 or 1989 at Ottawa[1]) is a Canadian bass-baritone and opera, oratorio and recital singer.
Biography
Philippe Sly grew up in Ottawa, joined local boys and adult choirs and lateron studied music at McGill University.[2] In 2011 he was one of the winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and in 2012 he gained the Grand Prize of the Montreal International Musical Competition.
At San Francisco Opera, he joined the company’s famed Merola training program in 2011 and won the SF Opera Adler Fellowship in 2013. Here in June 2013 he debuted as Guglielmo in Cosi fan tutte[3] and in June 2015 as Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro.[4]
Recordings
- In Dreams (2012): Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe; Maurice Ravel, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Guy Ropartz, Quatre poèmes d’après l’intermezzo d’Heinrich Heine; Jonathan Dove, Three Tennyson Songs.
- Rameau: Les Amants trahis (2013)
- Love's Minstrels: English Songs from the 19th and 20th Centuries (2014)
External links
- Official Website of Philippe Sly
- Rising Stars: An Interview with Philippe Sly, Opera Warhorses, June 21st, 2015
References
- ↑ "First Play: Philippe Sly, Love's Minstrels", article in CBC music, April 8, 2014
- ↑ Portrait in Ottawa Citizen, published on June 30, 2015
- ↑ Review of Così fan tutte at SF Opera, SFGate (San Francisco Chronicle), June 10, 2013
- ↑ "A Spirited MARRIAGE OF FIGARO at San Francisco Opera", The Berkeley Daily Planet, July 07, 2015
- ↑ CDs of Philippe Sly in the catalogue of Analekta
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