Geoffrey Sirett

Baritone

Geoffrey Sirett, a Canadian-born baritone, made the strongest impression.
As Count Almaviva, he managed to look and sound dignified.
(Il Conte – Le Nozze di Figaro, Aspen Opera Theater Center 2010)
-Seen and Heard International

 

Biography

Baritone Geoffrey Sirett is a recent graduate of the University of Toronto where he completed a Master of Music degree in Opera. Geoffrey holds a Bachelor of Music and Artist Diploma from the University of Western Ontario, where he received the UWO Alumni Gold Medal. On stage he has performed leading roles in Mozart's Don Giovanni, Cosi fan tutte, and Le Nozze di Figaro, Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Bernstein's Candide and West Side Story, Haydn's Il Mondo della Luna, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Lehar's The Merry Widow, Puccini's Gianni Schicchi, and Britten's Albert Herring and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Harbison's The Great Gatsby.

 

Geoffrey was a winner in the Canadian Conservatory Competition, Ottawa Choral Society Competition, Czechand Slovak International Voice Competition, district winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, and received 2nd place and the "Best Performance of a Canadian Work" award at the 2011 Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal Competition. Geoffrey was the recipient of the ARIAS 2011 Stephen Ralls Operatic Fellowship, a grant holderof the Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation for young Canadian opera singers, and winner of the 2010 Vancouver Opera Guild Career Development Grant.

 

 

On the concert stage, Geoffrey has performed a wide variety of oratorio and concert works, including Handel's Messiah and Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium with the Kingston Symphony, Faure's Requiem and Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem with the Buffalo Philharmonic, Bach Cantatas with the Kingston and Chautauqua Symphonies, and Eotvos's Snatches of a Conversation with the Aspen Contemporary Ensemble. Geoffrey has appeared in recital across Canada and the U.S., notably at the Aldeburgh Connection with pianist Stephen Ralls, the Van Cliburn Foundation with pianist/composer Ricky Ian Gordon, and with pianist Martin Katz as the winner of the 2010 Jim and Charlotte Norcop Song Prize.

 

Geoffrey's debut album Vagabond, with pianist Stephen Ralls, was released in December 2011. The CD includes Vaughan Williams' Song of Travel, Butterworth's Six Songs from 'A Shropshire Lad', and Britten's Folksong Arrangements. The CD also features two Canadian works: Jocelyn Morlock's Involuntary Love Songs and Ivan Barbotin's She Rested, commissioned especially for this disc.

 


Geoffrey Sirett just about brought the house down singing the “Tosca”
excerpt with a muscular, powerhouse baritone that held its own in contest
with the orchestra’s playing at full throttle.
(Puccini Concert – Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus 2010)
-Buffalo News

 

George Dorset
Zoroastro
Nick Carraway
Sweeney Todd (cover)
Ford (cover)
Snug
Don Giovanni
Father
Enrico
Il Conte
Figaro (cover)
Maximilian
Ernesto
L'Arbre
Silvio
Lindorf/Schlemil
Der Tod
Danilo
Guglielmo

Opera

From the House of Mirth - Rodney Sharman
Orlando - Handel
The Great Gatsby - John Harbison
Sweeney Todd - Sondheim
Falstaff - Verdi
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Britten
Don Giovanni - Mozart
Hansel and Gretel - Humperdinck
Lucia di Lammermoor - Donizetti
Le Nozze di Figaro - Mozart
The Ghosts of Versailles- Corigliano
Candide - Bernstein
Il Mondo della Luna - Haydn
L'Enfant et les Sortileges - Ravel
Pagliacci - Leoncavallo
Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Offenbach
Der Kaiser von Atlantis - Ullmann
The Merry Widow - Lehar
Cosi fan tutte - Mozart

 

Coleman-Lemieux Compagnie 2013
Opera in Concert 2013
Aspen Opera Theater Center 2012
Aspen Opera Theater Center 2012
Aspen Opera Theater Center 2011
Aspen Opera Theater Center 2011
University of Toronto 2011
University of Toronto 2010
University of Toronto 2010
Aspen Opera Theater Center 2010
Aspen Opera Theater Center 2010
University of Toronto 2010
University of Toronto 2009
Chautauqua Institute 2009
Queen's Opera Company - 2008
Chautauqua Institute 2007
University of Western Ontario 2007
University of Western Ontario 2006
University of Western Ontario 2005

 

Messiah - Handel
Dona Nobis Pacem - Vaughan Williams
Requiem - Faure
Recital - Stephen Ralls, pianist
Recital - Martin Katz, pianist
Weihnachts-Oratorium - Bach
Recital - Song of Ricky Ian Gordon
Vespro della Beata Vergine - Monteverdi
Five Mystical Songs - Vaughan Williams
Messiah - Handel
Cantata 60 - Bach
The Creation - Haydn

Concert

Elmer Eisler Singers
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Aldeburgh Connection
Walter Hall
Kingston Symphony
Van Cliburn Foundation
Guelph Chamber Choir
Cantabile Choirs
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra
Guelph Chamber Choir

 

Toronto, ON 2012
Buffalo, NY 2012
Buffalo, NY 2012
Toronto, ON 2012
Toronto, ON 2011
Kingston, ON 2011
Fort Worth, TX 2010
Guelph, ON 2010
Kingston, ON 2010
Buffalo, NY 2009
Chautauqua, NY 2009
Guelph, ON 2008

Teachers

Dr. Stephen King 2010-2012
Lorna MacDonald 2009-present
Marlena Malas 2007-2009
Spiro Malas 2007-2009

Coaches

Martin Katz
Timothy Long
Kenneth Merrill
Stephen Ralls

Directors

Michael Albano
Edward Berkeley
Jay Jackson
James Kudelka

Conductors

Glen Fast
James Gaffigan
Jane Glover
Anne Manson

This is the powerful sound of an operatic contender, one that Sirett
manages to tame into a golden vehicle for the expressive nuances of
art song.
(Vagabond – CD review 2012)
-Musical Toronto

 

 

CD Orders

Geoffrey's debut album VAGABOND is available for sale. If you would like to purchase a copy, please use the contact form on the right. CD's are $15 CAD, which includes standard shipping.

 

 

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Geoffrey Sirett and Stephen Ralls present a mix of Canadian and English art song

 

 

Represented by:

Dean Artists Management

www.deanartists.com
416.969.7300

Carrol-Anne Curry
Director, Opera Division
carrolanne@deanartists.com

Henry Ingram
Director, Concerts Division
henry@deanartists.com

 

 

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