Mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh winner of COC Centre Stage Competition
Vancouver-born mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, a Master's student 聽of Professor Dominique Labelle at the Schulich School of Music of UU直播 was named the winner of the COC Centre Stage Competition on Thursday, November 3rd. 聽 聽The announcement was made at the gala evening event held in Toronto聽and the prize is sponsored by Board Chair Colleen Sexsmith. 聽Ms. McIntosh聽received her Bachelor鈥檚 degree in Opera from the University of British Columbia (UBC) and her credits include Waitress in Speed Dating Tonight! and Meg in Little Women (Opera UU直播); Donna in Crush (Banff Centre); B茅atrice in B茅atrice et B茅n茅dict (MY Opera); the Fox in The Cunning Little Vixen, Giulietta in The Tales of Hoffmann and Harry in Albert Herring (UBC Opera Ensemble); Cherubino in The Marriage of Figaro (Burnaby Lyric Opera); Cis in Albert Herring (Vancouver Opera).
McIntosh can be heard 聽singing the role of Ruggiero on the evenings of Saturday, November 5 and Monday, November 7 in the Opera UU直播 production of Alcina.聽
