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The Canadian mezzo-soprano, Simone McIntosh, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree from the University of British Columbia (2010-2014); and her Master of Music degree in Voice and Opera from Schulich School of Music of McGill University (September 2015-April 2017). Currently an Adler Fellow at the San Francisco Opera (SFO), she also graduated from the Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio (August 2017-May 2019). She has had several opportunities to learn and grow as an artist. In addition to those young artist programs, she has had Fellowships with the Merola Opera Program, Songfest, Toronto Summer Music Festival and The Banff Centre of the Arts. Over the years she has received several distinguished awards and acknowledgements such as winning the Wirth Vocal Prize 2016, COC Ensemble Studio Competition 2016, Ottawa Choral Society New Discoveries Competition 2018, and inclusion in the CBC’s “30 Hottest Classical Musicians Under 30 2016”.
Simone McIntosh is a mezzo-soprano with “sheer vocal agility and lovely rich sound” (Vancouver Sun). She has an experience on stages such as the San Francisco Opera, Canadian Opera, Vancouver Opera and Festival Napa Valley. In operatic repertoire she spends a good amount of time performing pants roles such as Cherubino in W.A. Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro (Burnaby Lyric Opera; SFO cover), Ruggiero in George Frideric Handel's Alcina (Opera McGill), Stephano (SFO cover), Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Hansel in Engelbert Humperdinck's Hansel and Gretel (SFO cover). Other roles in her repertoire include Cenerentola (Vancouver Opera), Dorabella in W.A. Mozart's Così fan tutte (COC cover), Tamiri (Merola Opera), Béatrice (MY Opera), and Little Women’s Meg (Opera McGill).
An avid lover of Art Song and recital work, Simone McIntosh is always looking for new challenges in repertoire and is dedicated to exposing audiences to music and experiences they may not have heard before. Notable recital pieces in her repertoire include Messaien’s rarely performed Harawi, his Quechuan inspired fifty minute song cycle, and American composer John Harbison’s hour long song cycle, Motetti di Montale, a stunning rendering of Eugenio Montale’s bleak and dreary poetry. Other art song repertoire include Alban Berg’s Op. 2 & Sieben frühe lieder, Arnold Schoenberg’s Op. 2, Strauss’ Op. 27 and Francis Poulenc’s Banalites among many others. |
