The Glenn Gould School’s Voice Program and Price Opera Program offer exceptional training and performance opportunities for students.
Under the leadership of Vocal Chair and Head of the Vocal Department, Adrianne Pieczonka, students participate in master classes, operas, and vocal showcase concerts.
Students participating in master classes receive further coaching and mentorship from renowned visiting vocal instructors.
Through the Price Opera Program, undergraduate and graduate students perform two operas per year. The Fall Opera is presented in Mazzoleni Concert Hall, The Royal Conservatory’s historic and intimate 237-seat hall. The Spring Opera is a larger production presented in Koerner Hall, fully staged and accompanied by members of the Royal Conservatory Orchestra (RCO).
GGS voice students also perform an annual vocal showcase and additional performance opportunities are often available through the Canadian Opera Company’s Free Concert Series and Nine Sparrows Arts Foundation’s Lunchtime Chamber Music Series.
EXTRAORDINARY ALUMNI
- Mireille Asselin, soprano (Metropolitan Opera, Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Opera Atelier)
- Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano (Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, Houston Grand Opera)
- Robert Gleadow, bass-baritone (Canadian Opera Company, Covent Garden, Glyndebourne)
- Wallace Giunta, mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera, company member, Oper Leipzig)
- Miriam Khalil, soprano (Canadian Opera Company, Glyndebourne, Ravinia Festival)