biography

"Possessing a beautiful voice" (Opera Canada) and "a fine instrument and strong stage presence" (National Post,) soprano Eve Rachel McLeod is quickly establishing herself on the stage in both concert and operatic performances. She has recently sung the Mozart roles of the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro, Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Madame Herz in The Impresario and The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute. Other performances include the roles of Iris in Handel's Semele, Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, Philine in Mignon by Thomas, Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream of Britten, Atahensic in the fully-staged première of John Beckwith's Taptoo!, and Mrs. Gobineau and Lucy in the Menotti operas The Medium and The Telephone.

Miss McLeod has appeared as a soloist with Toronto Masque Theatre, Valley Festival near Ottawa, Aldeburgh Connection Recital Series, Lyrica Choir of Barrie, MountainView Connection Recital Series, Saskatoon Opera, Opera York, Aradia Ensemble, and with the Calgary Festival Chorus and the Calgary Chamber Orchestra in Mozart's Requiem and Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross. Miss McLeod studied at the University of Toronto, The Banff Centre, The Britten-Pears Young Artist Programme in Aldeburgh, England, the Chautauqua Institute in New York State, and Oberlin at Casselmaggiore, Italy. In 2005, she was a finalist of the Jette Parker Young Artist Programme auditions in London, England, where she had the pleasure of singing on the main stage of the Royal Opera Covent Garden. Miss McLeod will be featured with the Aradia Ensemble on a new recording of Vivaldi's sacred music, to be released on the NAXOS label in 2007.

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