Biography
Irish-Canadian mezzo, Wallis Giunta, is the 2018 International Opera Awards "Young Singer of the Year", and was named in 2018 both "Young Artist of the Year" by The Arts Desk and "Breakthrough Artist in UK Opera" in the What's On Stage Opera Awards. She has been praised by OPERA NEWS for her “delectably rich, silver-toned mezzo-soprano, with a beautiful sense of line and effortless, rapid runs”, with her performance as Mozart’s Sesto for the Canadian Opera Company celebrated as “a triumph…remarkable in its combination of intelligence and beauty”. Wallis's recent projects include her debuts with Opéra national de Montpellier as Angelina/La Cenerentola, with the Philharmonia Baroque as Tigrane/Radamisto, with the Melk Baroque Festival as Purcell's Dido and with The Dallas Opera as Rosina/Il
Performance credits
Upcoming performances Today Onwards
Past performances 2010 — Yesterday
Ensemble Modern, HindemithKorngoldSchoenberg, ArnoldWeill
Alte Oper FrankfurtMezzo-soprano
View program, cast and crewSilvester: Wiener Symphoniker / Wellber, BeethovenMilch-Sheriff
Wiener KonzerthausMezzo-soprano
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Featured past performances
Ensemble Modern, HindemithKorngoldSchoenberg, ArnoldWeill
Alte Oper FrankfurtMezzo-soprano
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Silvester: Wiener Symphoniker / Wellber, BeethovenMilch-Sheriff
Wiener KonzerthausMezzo-soprano
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Upcoming performances
5The Gospel According to the Other Mary, Adams
Volksoper WienMary Magdalene
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Biography
Irish-Canadian mezzo, Wallis Giunta, is the 2018 International Opera Awards "Young Singer of the Year", and was named in 2018 both "Young Artist of the Year" by The Arts Desk and "Breakthrough Artist in UK Opera" in the What's On Stage Opera Awards. She has been praised by OPERA NEWS for her “delectably rich, silver-toned mezzo-soprano, with a beautiful sense of line and effortless, rapid runs”, with her performance as Mozart’s Sesto for the Canadian Opera Company celebrated as “a triumph…remarkable in its combination of intelligence and beauty”. Wallis's recent projects include her debuts with Opéra national de Montpellier as Angelina/La Cenerentola, with the Philharmonia Baroque as Tigrane/Radamisto, with the Melk Baroque Festival as Purcell's Dido and with The Dallas Opera as Rosina/Il
