Philippe Sly (born 1988 or 1989 in Ottawa) is a Canadian bass-baritone and opera, oratorio and recital singer.

Biography

Sly grew up in Ottawa, joined local boys and adult choirs and studied music at

McGill University McGill University (french: link=no, Université McGill) is an English-language public research university located in Montreal, Quebec Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the second-most populous city in Canada and most populous ...

.Portrait in Ottawa Citizen, published on June 30, 2015
/ref> In 2011 he was one of the winners of the

Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions The Metropolitan Opera Eric and Dominique Laffont Competition (formerly the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions) is an annual singing competition sponsored by the Metropolitan Opera. Established in 1954, its purpose is to discover, assist ...

, during which time he was taught by Cynthia Hoffmann and receipient of the Choquette-Symcox Award conferred by JM Canada Foundation and Jeunesses Musicales Canada. The following year, 2012, he won the Grand Prize of the

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. At

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, he joined the company's Merola training program in 2011 and won the SF Opera Adler Fellowship in 2013. Here in June 2013 he debuted as Guglielmo in ''

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'' and in June 2015 as Figaro in ''

Le nozze di Figaro ''The Marriage of Figaro'' ( it, Le nozze di Figaro, links=no, ), K. 492, is a ''commedia per musica'' (opera buffa) in four acts composed in 1786 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premie ...

''. In June 2017 he debuted in the title role of '' Don Giovanni'' at

Aix-en-Provence Festival The Festival d'Aix-en-Provence is an annual international music festival which takes place each summer in Aix-en-Provence, principally in July. Devoted mainly to opera, it also includes concerts of orchestral, chamber, vocal and solo instrumental ...

. He sang as ''Leporello'' in Don Giovanni at the

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in June 2019 in the new production of Ivo Van Hove.

Recordings

With Analekta:CDs of Philippe Sly in the catalogue of Analekta
/ref> * In Dreams (2012): Robert Schumann, Dichterliebe; Maurice Ravel, Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Guy Ropartz, Quatre poèmes d’après l’intermezzo d’Heinrich Heine; Jonathan Dove, Three Tennyson Songs. * Rameau: Les Amants trahis (2013) * Love's Minstrels: English Songs from the 19th and 20th Centuries (2014) * Schubert Sessions: Lieder with guitar (2016)

Discography

Singles

as featured artist

Songwriting credits

indicates a background vocal contribution.

References

External links

*
Rising Stars: An Interview with Philippe Sly, Opera Warhorses, June 21st, 2015
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sly, Philippe Living people Musicians from Ottawa McGill University School of Music alumni 21st-century Canadian male opera singers Winners of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions Year of birth uncertain 1980s births Canadian bass-baritones Canadian operatic baritones Operatic bass-baritones