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date = "2017-02-23T16:09:00+00:00"
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publishDate = "2017-02-23T16:09:00+00:00"
short_bio = "Collin Shay is a London-based countertenor hailing from Connecticut. Originally studying as a pianist, he took up classical singing as a teenager and no, he did not start singing as a baritone. A graduate of McGill University and a current postgraduate student at the Guildhall School of Music, he remains active as an interpreter of early and contemporary music. Look for him in Hampstead Garden Opera&#039;s upcoming production of *L&#039;Incoronazione di Poppea* as Ottone this spring. "
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title = "Collin Shay"
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Collin Shay is a French-American countertenor based in London. In spring 2017 he will sing Ottone in *L’Incoronazione di Poppea* with Hampstead Garden Opera and *Frauenliebe und -leben* in a non-gender normative recital at the Guildhall School of Music. Recent opera credits include Oberon in Britten’s *A Midsummer Night’s Dream*, the title role of Cavalli’s *Giasone*, Silvio in Handel’s *Il Pastor Fido*, and Tolomeo in Handel’s *Giulio Cesare*. Passionate about both early music and that of living composers, Shay frequently works with London composers, recently premiering a work by James Ratcliffe at Wigmore Hall. 	

Equally at home on the harpsichord and piano, Shay recently played continuo in a performance of Handel’s *La Lucrezia* in the London Handel Festival. He frequently collaborates with singers, and has played for masterclasses with Emma Kirkby, David Gowland, and others. He is currently undergoing postgraduate studies at the Guildhall School of Music, where his principal teachers are Janice Chapman and Marie Vassiliou for voice, and James Johnstone on early keyboards.  His study at the Guildhall is generously supported by the Sidney Perry Foundation and the Guildhall School Trust.
