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Gregory
Dahl

Baritone
Gregory Dahl
Gregory Dahl is one of Canada’s busiest baritones, in demand for both concert and operatic appearances in Canada, UK and the United States. His debut as Tomsky in The Queen of Spades for English National Opera was notable for “a splendidly oily and corrupt Count Tomsky” and was hailed for his “appealingly lyrical baritone emphasizing Golaud’s inner turmoil over his villainy” - Opera Theatre of St. Louis - Pelléas et Mélisande. 
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Gregory Dahl

Gregory Dahl is one of Canada’s busiest baritones, in demand for both concert and operatic appearances in Canada, UK and the United States. His debut as Tomsky in The Queen of Spades for English National Opera was notable for “a splendidly oily and corrupt Count Tomsky” and was hailed for his “appealingly lyrical baritone emphasizing Golaud’s inner turmoil over his villainy” - Opera Theatre of St. Louis - Pelléas et Mélisande. In the summer of 2019, Dahl made his debut in the title role of Der Fliegende Holländer in a new production for Opéra de Québec, destined for the Met’s New York stage in coming seasons.  A great favourite in Québec, he was  heard as Germont Pere for Opéra de Québec in the fall followed by Messiah for Orchestre classique de Montréal and the Rhode Island Philharmonic, while back at the Canadian Opera Company (COC), he was engaged as cover artist for Amonasro in Aida and the Dutchman, productions that did not go forward due to the Coronavirus pandemic. His coming season calls for Don Pizarro in Fidelio with Calgary Opera and Scarpia in Tosca for Manitoba Opera, productions subject to public health advisories as they develop. During the 2018/19 season. Dahl appeared in the world premiere of Rufus Wainwright’s opera Hadrian with the COC, joined l’Opéra de Montréal for Donner in Das Rheingold, sang Messiah with the Winnipeg Symphony, and reprised the title role in Rigoletto for Calgary Opera. His 2017/18 season included Scarpia in Tosca for l’Opéra de Montréal and Calgary Opera, Rigoletto for l’Opéra de Québec, Sharpless in Madama Butterfly for the Manitoba Opera and Swallow in Peter Grimes in concert with the Vancouver Symphony. On the concert stage, he sang Messiah for the Vancouver Bach Choir and returned to Halifax for Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Symphony Nova Scotia. His 2016/17 season included the title role in Gianni Schicchi for l’Opéra de Québec, Ford in Falstaff for Manitoba Opera, Picariello In Filumena for Calgary Opera, Iago in Otello for Vancouver Opera and Scarpia in Tosca for l’Orchestre de Trois-Rivières. The Manitoban’s concert schedule included Messiah for Symphony Nova Scotia, Elijah in Winnipeg and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Highlights of past seasons include Sharpless in Madama Butterfly for the Canadian Opera Company, Escamillo in Carmen for l’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and the Virée Classique Festival with Nagano, the title role in Macbeth (Kentucky Opera), George in Of Mice and Men (Manitoba Opera), High Priest in Samson et Dalila, Ford in Falstaff and Amonasro in Aida (l’Opéra de Montréal), Sebastian in Ades’ The Tempest for l’Opéra de Québec and an engagement at the Metropolitan Opera covering Mandryka in Arabella. Also in his repertoire are the roles of Jokanaan in Salome, di Luna in Il trovatore, Alfio in Cavalleria Rusticana, Tonio in Pagliacci, Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor, Musiklehrer in Ariadne auf Naxos, Zurga in Les pecheurs de perles, Capt. Corcoran in H.M.S. Pinafore, Hubbard in Regina, Nick Shadow in The Rake’s Progress and the title role in Don Giovanni. Mr. Dahl first came to national attention as Francis Chancy in the World Premiere of James Rolfe’s Beatrice Chancy and other world premieres include Estacio and Murrell’s Filumena for the Calgary Opera, Lillian Alling for Vancouver Opera and Shalimar the Clown for the Opera Theatre of St. Louis. Filumena was filmed  and joins Beatrice Chancy on his list of operas-on-film. Mr. Dahl has also created roles for Tapestry New Opera Works (Robert Peary in Smith’s Facing South and The Alchemist in Schafer’s The Palace of the Cinnabar Phoenix) and sang the role of George in the Canadian Premiere of Heggie’s Dead Man Walking, presented by the Calgary Opera.

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