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Elizabeth Polese

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🇨🇦 Canadian Soprano
🎶 @ember.ensemble

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✨🎭 What a way to SING a Scottish play… A downright STORMY Macbeth at @festivaldelanaudiere ⛈️

A front row seat to the incredible artistry of Étienne, Saioa, Alex, Matt, Vartan, Owen, and Geoffroy 👏 So VERY grateful for the warmth and encouragement of Maestro YNS, the power and beauty OM brought to Verdi’s incredible retelling of this story, and the choir brewing their witchy sorcery 🔮🖤

An unforgettable night, to say the least!!! ✨
Thank you so much to @renaudloranger and the whole team at Festival de Lanaudière and @orchestre_metropolitain for making my OM debut so very special 💕🙏

And last but not least - thank you so much to my 💖people💖 who make this all work, who show up for this singing mama time and again, rain or shine 🥹☔️

#macbethsingsongs taken in Birnam Woods, Scotland by @bethsingsongs

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🐱💚 IT’S OPENING NIGHT 💚🐱
🇮🇹 ROMA: 1965. Don Pasquale’s Pensione.
Be there or be 🍝

I’m absolutely in love with my three amazing looks for this beautiful production, from the beautiful minds of André Barbe and Renaud Doucet. GRAZIE! SERVA!

🐱 DON PASQUALE
🎶 @vancouveropera
📍Queen Elizabeth Theatre
🗓️ Feb 10, 15, 18
🎟️ link in bio

💄 @jaajinc
💚 @quintanaartists

#canadianopera #operasinger #canadiansoprano #operatok #opera #soprano taken in Vancouver Opera by @bethsingsongs

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3 years ago

This November, @citadelcie_ and Echo Chamber co-present Winterreise, one of the great song cycles of the nineteenth century by Franz Schubert.

Choreographed by Laurence Lemieux, Winterreise follows a solitary traveller through a frozen winter landscape, exploring themes of love, loss, memory, and isolation.

This new adaptation features Marcel d’Entremont (tenor), Elizabeth Polese (soprano), Aaron Schwebel (violin), and Steven Philcox (piano), with dancers Jimmy Coleman and Miyeko Ferguson, and lighting by Nic Vincent.

November 24-28, 2026 at the Citadel: Ross Centre for Dance

Visit www.echochambertoronto.com or www.citadelcie.com for tickets!

📷 by @rachelpatricefallon taken in Citadel + Compagnie by @bethsingsongs

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OM DEBUT 🎶 MACBETH @festivaldelanaudiere

@orchestre_metropolitain
Chœur Métropolitain

Conductor @nezetseguin
Macbeth @etiennedupuisopera
Lady Macbeth @hernandezsaioa
Banquo @alexandros.stavrakis
Macduff @matty_cairns
Lady-in-Waiting @bethsingsongs
Doctor / Servant @vartangabrielian
Herald / Assassin @geoffroysalvas
Malcolm @oweninroam

📸 @gblfournier taken in Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay by @bethsingsongs

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It’s been already (and only?) 10 days since closing 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE.

What an unforgettable experience to exist in this world created by @hannahmoscovitch @reneorth & Joanna Settle!
To witness the artistry of @mireillesoprano @tayloralexisdupont @jorellogram & @iamlaurenpearl !
To hang in a can and get down to some dubstep beats with the most beautiful band of madwomen imaginable! What an unbelievable gift to have had the rare chance to sing alongside so many beloved sopranos and mezzos whom I admire and respect so much ❤️ @caitwood7 @meg_miceli @jonellesills @natalya_gennadi @arianecossettesoprano @alexhether @ericabiko @catharinmezzo 🛳️🥫

Huge thanks to our fearless leader @horstopera 🍿🦭
and to @tapestryopera @canadianopera @luminatofestival !

GRATEFUL HEART!!!!!!!! Wishing you all a most amazing s-s-s-sum-mer ☀️💖

Eric Forget, Photographer (Eric Forget Photography)
Bonnie Beecher, Lighting Design
Andrew Lieberman: Set Design
Ásta Hostetter & Avery Reed: Costume Design
Sharon Ryman: Revival Hair & Makeup Design taken in Bluma Appel Theatre by @bethsingsongs

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Show 4/4 for 10 DAYS IN A MADHOUSE!

What a wild ride and an honour to sing with these incredible women!! Ready to rock THE CAN one final time!!!

THANK YOU to @reneorth @hannahmoscovitch for creating an opera for SO MANY FEMALE VOICES and thank you to @tapestryopera @canadianopera @luminatofestival for bringing this particular group of madwomen together! by @bethsingsongs

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4 months ago

WALDVOGEL in SIEGFRIED 🎵🦜
@edmontonopera
Maclab Theatre at @citadeltheatreyeg

CAST
@samlevinethehuman — Siegfried
@johntessiertenor — Mime
Neil Craighead - Wotan / The Wanderer
@jaclyngrossman — Brünnhilde
@operamask - Alberich
@ahalhalliday — Fafner
@sydneyfrodsham — Erda
@bethsingsongs — Voice of the Waldvogel
Sammy Ivany - Waldvogel Onstage Performer

CREATIVE TEAM
Director — @rodulagaitanou
Conductor — @simonrivardconductor
Set & Video Designer - @at.moro
Costume Designer — @joostergo
Lighting Designer — Mikael Kangas
Fight & Intimacy Director — @morganyamada
Répétiteur — @chrisgaudreault
Stage Manager - Gina Moe
Assistant Stage Manager — @hunter_luth Assistant Stage Manager — Anna Davidson
Apprentice Stage Manager — @imogenwynters

Photos: Nanc Price Photography 📸 by @bethsingsongs

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A very belated SIEGFRIED appreciation post! 🦜🫶

Taking a break from the Madhouse (iykyk) to reflect on a beautiful time spent with @edmontonopera singing the Woodbird in Siegfried!

This production marked a few debuts for me - my house debut with Edmonton Opera, my role debut as the Woodbird (dare I say, my debut as a Wagnerian!? 😉), and most special of all, my debut as an opera mommy 🥰

Thank you for such a fun and memorable time, Edmonton opera!! taken in Edmonton, Alberta by @bethsingsongs

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We are so excited to be performing this Friday, June 19th, in Katelyn’s home town of Burlington ON! 🥹

We can’t wait to perform our “Four Last Songs” program again and are so grateful to the incredible @nicholashartman89 for jumping in to play with us! 📯🔥

Free will offering will be collected at the door.
See you there! 🎶 taken in Port Nelson United Church by @bethsingsongs

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🌷🎶! A little late to the post but that’s new mom life for you 😅 I am SO excited to be back on stage surrounded by gorgeous music and even lovelier people ❤️🎶

*A note: I unfortunately had to cancel my performance in Carmina Burana due to illness 🤧 but the incredible @jacquelinewoodleysoprano stepped in and spoiled the Thunder Bay audience with her shimmering beauty!! 🤩

@tbayso
@salle.bourgie
@edmontonopera
@tapestryopera
@canadianopera
@luminatofestival
@ember.ensemble

📸: @localglamgirl 💘 by @bethsingsongs

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Ce jeudi 7 mai, quatre merveilleux artistes lyriques et une talentueuse pianiste se réunissent pour une escapade matinale dans l'univers des lieder de Schubert. RDV dès 11h pour (re)découvrir certains des plus beaux opus schubertiens.

🎫 Lien en bio
En collaboration avec La Presse (@lp_lapresse), partenaire média pour ce concert.

@caroline_gelinas_mezzosoprano
@misheusebio
@_olivierbergeron
@chloedumoulin
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This Thursday, May 7, four extraordinary opera singers and one talented pianist will gather on stage for a morning excursion into the world of Schubert’s lieder. Be here at 11 a.m. to (re)discover some of Schubert’s most beautiful works.

🎫 Link in
In collaboration with La Presse, media partner for this concert. taken in Salle Bourgie by @bethsingsongs

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