Performance credits
Past performances 2009 — Yesterday
Verdi’s Requiem - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Verdi
Royal Conservatory of MusicSoprano
View cast and crewSymphony No. 9 in D Minor, op. 125 ("Choral") (9th Symphony), Beethoven
Soprano
View cast and crewIl trovatore (The Troubadour), Verdi
Macbeth, Verdi
Carmen, Bizet
Opera NiagaraLady Macbeth
View programme, cast and crewLyubov k tryom apelsinam (The Love for Three Oranges), Prokofiev
Aalto-Musiktheater EssenFata Morgana
View cast and crew-
Featured past performances
Verdi’s Requiem - Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, Verdi
Royal Conservatory of MusicSoprano
View cast and crew
Il trovatore (The Troubadour), Verdi
Macbeth, Verdi
Carmen, Bizet
Opera NiagaraLady Macbeth
View programme, cast and crew
Lyubov k tryom apelsinam (The Love for Three Oranges), Prokofiev
Aalto-Musiktheater EssenFata Morgana
View cast and crew-
Featured performance videos
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Biography
Nikkei Canadian settler Teiya Kasahara 笠原 貞野 (they/them) is a queer/trans non-binary opera singer and theatre creator based in Tkarón:to (Toronto). Recently featured in the CBC short-doc OPERA TRANS*FORMED, Teiya is a graduate of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and the 2022 recipient of the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Music (Canada Council for the Arts). Heralded as “a force of nature” (Toronto Star), a “commanding presence” (Theatre Reviewer), and “an artist with extraordinary things to say” (The Globe and Mail), Teiya has nearly 20 years of experience singing both traditional and contemporary operatic roles across North America and Europe. Highlights include engagements with the Canadian Opera Company, Edmonton Opera, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Wi
