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Canadian Mezzo Soprano
Italian-Canadian mezzo-soprano Simona Genga (she/they) possesses an "exceptional and rare voice" known for its "vocal plushness, amplitude and range" (Ludwig van Toronto/Opera Canada). During the 21/22 season, Mx.Genga debuted the title role in Carmen with Saskatoon Opera, the premiere of Ian Cusson's Fantasma with the Canadian Opera Company, Handel’s Messiah with the Peterborough Singers, Olga in Eugene Onegin for Highlands Opera Studio and Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony with Brott Music Festival.
“Showing a vocal and theatrical maturity that belies her age” (The Edmonton Journal), Simona first experienced the deep impact of opera while singing Sister Helen Prejean in Jake Heggie’s Dead Man Walking with the Opera NUOVA in 2015. She subsequently joined Canadian Opera Company’s prestigious Ensemble Studio after winning both First Prize and Audience Choice Awards at their 2017 Centre Stage Competition. While with the Ensemble Studio Simona sang Berta in Il barbiere di Siviglia under the baton of Speranz
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