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Meet the finalist: Søren Pedersen

Every voice has a unique story. Let's meet Søren Pedersen, a finalist in this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize.

Baritone Søren Pedersen is establishing himself as a versatile talent on both the operatic and concert stages. A frequent guest with San Diego Opera, his appearances include Marullo (Rigoletto), Morales (Carmen), Schaunard (La Bohème), Prince Yamadori (Madama Butterfly), and creating Aldeano I in the world premiere of Frank’s El Último Sueño de Frida y Diego. He has twice collaborated with Cincinnati Opera’s Opera Fusion: New Works, workshopping roles in Snider’s Hildegard and Greg Spears’ Sleepers Awake—a role he also covered at Opera Philadelphia.

On the concert stage, Pedersen has performed with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra as a soloist in Handel’s Messiah under Cristian Măcelaru. His sacred repertoire also features Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Schubert’s Mass in G, and Bach’s St. John and St. Matthew passions. He returned to Wolf Trap Opera this summer as Sciarrone (Tosca) and covered the title role in Eugene Onegin, following a previous season performing Morales and covering Marquis de la Force (Dialogues des Carmélites).

Pedersen is a two-time district winner of the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition (2026&2024), took third place in the Canadian Opera Company’s Center Stage Ensemble Competition (2025), won second place in the Musical Merit Foundation competition (2024), and is a three-time prize winner in the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) Corbett Competition.

As a Master’s and Artist Diploma student at CCM, he has performed Tarquinius, Demetrius, and Le Mari. His teachers and coaches include Elliot Madore, Marie-France Lefebvre, Kirill Kuzmin, and he has worked with illustrious artists such as Renée Fleming and Nathan Gunn. Pedersen holds undergraduate degrees in music and psychology from Point Loma Nazarene University.

See how the competition unfolds at this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize on November 20!

Missed the Grand Finale? Get insider access to the creative process and experience opera up close at the Rumbold Vocal Prize Masterclass November 16. Tickets at the link in bio🎟

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Your week is officially sorted. Between Oilers games, cheap eats, live tunes, and Sunday karaoke, there’s basically no reason to stay home.

Here’s what’s going down at The Druid Oct 20th–25th:

🔥 Tuesday: 1/2 off wings, $5 Miller High Life, and Oilers vs Wild at 7pm.

🐟 Wednesday: 1/2 off beer-battered fish n’ chips, $5 Sol, Opera Pub at 7pm and General Knowledge Trivia at 9pm.

🎧 Thursday: 25% off with student ID, $4 sliders, Oilers vs Hurricanes at 7pm, @dj.maddynicks taking over at 9pm, plus Reverse Happy Hour (9pm–midnight).

🥔 Friday: $15 potato nachos, live tunes with @lettomike (5-8pm), and DJ Ferd keeping it going from 9pm.

🏒 Saturday: Brunch (11am-3pm), Open Stage with @reginaespinamusic (2-5pm), Oilers vs Maple Leafs at 5pm, and DJ Maddy Nicks late night.

🍕 Sunday: Brunch, 1/2 off pizza from 3pm, Karaoke with Jay at 9pm, and Reverse Happy Hour (9pm–midnight).

Late night cravings? Kitchen’s open till 2am every night.
You know where to find us. 🍕🍺
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#thedruidyeg #mercerbuilding #edmonton #104ave HappyHourVibes

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Meet the finalist: Ilanna Starr

There's more to every voice than what you hear on stage. Get to know Ilanna Starr and the journey that brought her to this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize.

Praised for her “powerful voice and magnetic presence” (Classical Voice North America), mezzo-soprano Ilanna Starr is a passionate singing actor, storyteller, and Second Prize winner of the 2026 Lotte Lenya Competition.

Recent highlights include her mainstage debut as Flora in La traviata with The Atlanta Opera, Zaida in Il turco in Italia with Opera Neo, and the title roles in L’enfant et les sortilèges at Tanglewood and Giulio Cesare with Festival de Lachine. She completed the 2025-26 season with The Atlanta Opera Studio following two seasons in residence with Opéra de Montréal’s Atelier lyrique, where her roles included Sesto in La clemenza di Tito and Nerone in L’incoronazione di Poppea, among others. She has also held fellowships at Ravinia and Tanglewood and is a current Britten Pears Young Artist.

A three-time Jeunes Ambassadeurs Lyriques laureate and recipient of funding from Jeunesses Musicales Canada, Ilanna’s select distinctions include First Prize in the Annapolis Opera Vocal Competition, two Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition award wins, and top prizes in the National Opera Association’s Argento Competition as well as the Nuits Lyriques de Marmande Concours International.

Ilanna is deeply committed to mission-driven artistic programming and has curated recitals exploring women’s voices, domestic violence, and Jewish resilience. She holds degrees from Vanderbilt, Northwestern, and McGill. A lover of dogs, yoga, and Baroque rage arias, Ilanna digs singing from her heart and laughing from her belly (and vice versa).
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Find out how the competition unfolds at this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize on November 20!

Missed out on tickets to the Grand Finale? You can still get insider access to the real time creative process and experience the craft of opera up close at the Rumbold Vocal Prize Masterclass on November 16. Tickets at the link in bio🎟

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Meet the finalist: Emily Rocha

Behind every voice is a unique musical journey. Get to know Emily Rocha, one of this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize finalists.

Named one of CBC Music’s “30 Under 30 Hot Classical Musicians” for 2026, Emily Rocha is a Canadian soprano of Portuguese and New Zealand descent. She was a recent member of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and the Verbier Festival Atelier Lyrique.

This season, Emily returns to the Canadian Opera Company to sing Adina (L’elisir d’amore), and cover Najade (Ariadne auf Naxos). She returns to the University of Toronto for a special performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in the spring.

During her time in the COC Ensemble Studio, she sang Countess Ceprano (Rigoletto) and Kate Pinkerton (Madama Butterfly) and covered several leading roles including Gilda (Rigoletto), Juliette (Roméo et Juliette), Euridice (Orfeo ed Euridice), Anna (Nabucco), and Sophie (Werther).

Opera highlights include Norina (Don Pasquale, Highlands Opera Studio), Soprano Soloist (Anna Karenina, National Ballet of Canada), Laurie Moss (The Tender Land, Toronto City Opera), “Quanto Amore” (Brott Opera), and Hanna Glawari (The Merry Widow, Highlands Opera Studio). Recent concert highlights include Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony No. 2, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Fauré’s Requiem, and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder.

Emily was awarded 2nd Prize at COC Centre Stage: Ensemble Studio Competition, 3rd Prize at the Christina and Louis Quilico Awards, District Winner at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, Encouragement Award at the George and Nora London Foundation, Winner at the UTSO Concerto Competition, and 1st Prize at the Toronto Mozart Competition.

She is an alumna of the Tanglewood Music Center and the University of Toronto (Honours BMus, MMus in Opera).
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Find out how the competition unfolds at this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize on November 20!

Missed out on tickets to the Grand Finale? You can still get insider access to the real time creative process and experience the craft of opera up close at the Rumbold Vocal Prize Masterclass on November 16. Tickets at the link in bio🎟

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Meet the finalist: Ariane Cossette

Every artist has a story. Today, we're getting to know Ariane Cossette, a finalist in this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize.

Canadian soprano Ariane Cossette is a recent graduate of the prestigious Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio and is praised for her powerful voice and dramatic interpretations. She has received support from renowned foundations such as the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the Art Song Foundation of Canada and the Fondation Jacqueline Desmarais. In 2023, she won second prize at the Louis and Christina Quilico Awards and first prize at the National Capital Opera Competition in Ottawa. She has performed across Canada, the United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and France.

In November 2024, she made a praised debut as Marguerite in a new production of Faust with the Canadian Opera Company. Her COC roles also include Norina in Don Pasquale, Pepik and the Woodpecker in The Cunning Little Vixen, and Frasquita in Carmen.

An alumna of the Internationale Meistersinger Akademie 2024 in Germany and the Merola Opera Program 2025 in San Francisco, Ariane was a semifinalist at the 2025 Concours musical international de Montréal, where she won the prize for best Canadian artist and the Prix de l'Observatoire québécois d'art lyrique. In 2026, she was a finalist at the Elizabeth Connell Competition in the United Kingdom, joined the cast of 10 Days in a Madhouse, co-presented by Tapestry Opera and the Canadian Opera Company, and sang Mimì in La Bohème with Brott Opera. This November, she is reprising the role with Toronto City Opera. She is elated to make her Edmonton debut at the Rumbold Vocal Prize.
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Find out how the competition unfolds at this year's Rumbold Vocal Prize on November 20!

Missed out on tickets to the Grand Finale? You can still get insider access to the real time creative process and experience the craft of opera up close at the Rumbold Vocal Prize Masterclass on November 16. Tickets at the link in bio🎟

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So excited to be taking my students to their first opera!! So excited that my favourite field trip is back this year with Edmonton Opera!

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@edmontonopera was out preforming in #edmonton little #italy . Was lucky enough to preform during there breaks what incredible voices.

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Grape Stomping in Edmonton? Yes - jump in our barrels and feel the squish (booties provided)

Date: Sunday, Sept 20, 2026
Where: The Piazza, 10821 95th St. Edmonton AB 12pm-4pm

FESTA DELL'UVA in Little Italy celebrates the Fall Harvest with Edmonton Opera performances at 12:30pm & 2:30pm

🍇Grape Stomping
🥖Olive Oil Tasting
🍇Childrens entertainment & crafts
🥖Fall market vendors

@sanmartinfoods @shoobys.gelato will be onsite selling their Italian treats

#YEGevents #EdmontonItalian #EdmontonItalianCommunty #ThingstodoinEdmonton
#Edmonton #YEG #EdmontonEvents #YEGlocal #ExploreEdmonton

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Throwing it back to the Summer of Siegmund 2025 with @edmontonopera. As I am preparing for Turandot in South Korea, I am reminded of the same kind of preparation of stamina and memory work that went into this colossal role. Going to be a lot of that this year ahead 😄 🤣 looking forward to the challenges!

#Wagner #opera #tenor

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So happy to share this short clip from my performance of one of my absolute favourite arias, Wotan’s aria Abendlich strahlt der Sonne Auge from Wagner’s Das Rheingold that earned me the second place prize at the @rumboldvocalprize with @edmontonopera accompanied by the incredible @francesmadeline
The Rumbold competition was an incredible experience I’d wholeheartedly suggest to any and all young Canadians.
🎥: @oldsawstudio
🎹: @francesmadeline

#opera #operasingersofinstagram #bass #bassbaritone #wagner

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