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author = ["authors/jenna.md"]
categories = "Interview"
date = "2016-01-26T11:18:00-05:00"
lastmod = "2016-01-26T13:26:00-05:00"
primary_image = "https://res.cloudinary.com/schmopera/image/upload/v1545409169/media/webhook-uploads/1453825506954/2016-01-25---Russell-Braun.jpg.jpg"
primary_image_credit = "Photo by Johannes Ifkovits."
publishDate = "2016-01-26T11:49:00-05:00"
related_articles = ["articles/talking-with-singers-christine-goerke.md","articles/talking-with-singers-nicole-cabell.md","articles/paul-appleby-telling-stories-at-wigmore-hall.md","articles/talking-with-singers-luca-pisaroni.md","articles/talking-with-singers-christian-van-horn.md","articles/talking-with-singers-jamie-barton.md","articles/talking-with-singers-russell-thomas.md"]
related_companies = ["scene/companies/canadian-opera-company.md"]
related_people = ["scene/people/russell-braun.md"]
short_description = "Star baritone Russell Braun is one of Canada&#039;s favoured artists, and next month, he&#039;ll sing one of his signature roles at what he calls his home company. He has been singing Count Almaviva in Mozart&#039;s Le nozze di Figaro for twenty years, and he joins bass-baritone Josef Wagner and Canadian sopranos Jane Archibald and Erin Wall in Claus Guth&#039;s production, at the Canadian Opera Company from February 4 to 27."
slug = "talking-with-singers-russell-braun"
title = "Talking with singers: Russell Braun"

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Star baritone [Russell Braun](/scene/people/russell-braun/) is one of Canada's favoured artists, and next month, he'll sing one of his signature roles at what he calls his home company. He has been singing Count Almaviva in Mozart's *Le nozze di Figaro* for twenty years, and he joins bass-baritone Josef Wagner and Canadian sopranos [Jane Archibald](/scene/people/jane-archibald/) and [Erin Wall](/scene/people/erin-wall/) in Claus Guth's production, at the [Canadian Opera Company](/scene/comapnies/canadian-opera-company/) from February 4 to 27.

Russell made time between rehearsals to chat with us about singing a layered character like the Count, and why a career as a musician is worth the challenges.
