Philippe Sly

1^st Prize Winner
2009 Brian Law Opera Scholarship Competition

Biography prepared by Renate Chartrand from information submitted by the artist with his application for the 9^th Brian Law Opera Scholarship Competition on 21 November 2009.

Bass-baritone Philippe Sly, 20, gained early experience with the Opera Lyra Ottawa Chorus, while playing lead roles at Ashbury College. In 2006 he sang Masetto in Don Giovanni with the Opera Workshop at the University of Ottawa. During three summers he attended the Young Artist, Opera as Theatre program at the Banff Centre, performing Escamillo in La Tragédie de Carmen and Guglielmo in Così fan tutte as well as singing in the chorus of Filumena and Frobisher, the recently world-premiered operas by John Estacio. Philippe is currently in his third year as a Bachelor of Music student at the Schulich School of Music of McGill University, singing in productions of The Rape of Lucretia and Lully’s Thésée.

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