Description: Linda Baird Mezzo Soprano
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Praised for resonant, flexible singing, Canadian mezzo soprano Linda Baird has performed with opera companies and orchestras, both locally and around the world, including: Seattle Opera, Vancouver Opera, Opera Română Craiova, North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, West Edge Opera, ViVace - Opera Philadelphia, Opera Modesto, Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra, Festival of New American Music Sacramento State, Vancouver Concert Opera Society, Opera Modesto, Burnaby Lyric Opera, Op
Recently featured in Verdi's Messa da Requiem , Linda has also performed in a variety of other roles, including Carmen in Bizet's Carmen , Zita in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi , Dorabella - Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte , Rosina - Rossini’s The Barber of Seville , Judith - Bartók's Bluebeard's Castle , Charlotte - Massenet’s Werther , Romeo - Bellini's I Capuleti ei Montecchi , Foreign Princess - Dvořák’s Rusalka , Flora and Annina - Verdi's La Traviata , Mercedes - Bizet's Carmen , Suzuki - Puccini's Madame Butterf
Linda has enjoyed performing new opera works, including: the role of Hannah After in Laura Kaminsky’s As One , Jane Quig in Kevin Puts' Elizabeth Cree , Nora in John Estacio’s Lillian Alling , Bartender in Nicolas Lell Benavides' Gilberto , and Abish in Deon Price's Ammon and the King .