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A recipient of the Ian Rosenblatt Bursary at the Wexford Festival in Ireland and a top prizewinner at the Montreal International Music Competition, baritone **Peter Barrett** is one of Canada’s most important and acclaimed artists on the opera and concert stage. Peter begins 22/23 in a role debut as Scarpia with Edmonton Opera and later this season, takes on the lead role of Ratefreund in Pacific Opera Victoria’s production of Braunfels’ _Die Vögel_ and the premiere of _Pomegranate_ at the Canadian Opera Company_._ His 21/22 appearances included Canadian Opera Company’s digital production of Puccini’s _Gianni Schicchi_, Marcello in _La bohème_ for Edmonton Opera and the world premiere of Nicole Lizée’s _RUR A Torrent of Light_ with Toronto’s Tapestry Opera.

Other recent engagements include Valentin in _Faust_ for the Vancouver Opera, Wolseley in _Louis Riel_ at the Canadian Opera Company, Mozart’s _Requiem_ with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra, and Emile de Becque in Rodgers & Hammerstein’s _South Pacific_ with Calgary Opera.

An alumnus of Canadian Opera Company’s Ensemble Studio, Barrett has appeared with the COC in many roles, including Dr. Falke in _Die Fledermaus_, Marcello in _La bohème,_ Denisov/Rayevsky in _War and Peace_, Ned Keene in _Peter Grimes_, the Mandarin and Ping in _Turandot_, Marullo in _Rigoletto_, Dancaïro and Morales in _Carmen_, Harlekin in _Ariadne auf Naxos_, and in Janáček’s _From the House of the Dead_.

In previous seasons, Barrett’s appearances have included Marcello in _La bohème_ for Minnesota Opera, Rodrigo in _Don Carlos_ and Dancaïro in _Carmen_ for the Vancouver Opera, Figaro in _Il barbiere di Siviglia_ for Opera Lyra Ottawa, the King in Conrad Susa’s _Transformations_ for the Wexford Festival, and _The Nightingale and Other Short Fables_ at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. As a concert artist, Barrett has sung Handel’s _Messiah_ with the Newfoundland Symphony, Brahms’ _Deutsches Requiem_ with the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir and Hamilton’s Bach Elgar Choir, Rossini’s _Petite Messe Solennelle_ with the Bach Elgar Choir, and _Carmina Burana_ with the Regina Philharmonic, Windsor Symphony, Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, and Ottawa Choral Society.

Peter Barrett studied at Hartwick College in the United States, attended Tanglewood’s Music Institute and graduated from the Glenn Gould Professional School at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, where he studied under Roxolana Roslak and Peter Tiefenbach. Further credits include the “Galaxy Rising Star” prize for most promising young artist at the 32nd Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s National Competition for Young Performers.