Christina Tannous
Soprano
New England Finalist 2003

Christina's talent came to international attention as the first prize winner of the 1999 CBC Competition for Young Performers. She is the recipient of many awards and bursaries including the Jean A. Chalmers Award, given by the Canadian Opera Women's Committee, and the prize for the best interpretation of a selected Canadian work at the CBC competition. These successes were followed by a second placing at the Jaume Aragall International Voice Competition in Spain.

Christina has been a soloist with various Canadian orchestras, such as the National Arts Center Orchestra, the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre Métropolitain. Her voluptuous voice is appreciated in opera, oratorio and recital repertoire, and is often broadcast by the CBC and SRC radio networks for " Jeunes Artistes," " Music Around Us," " Debut Atlantic," and " Les Radio-Concerts du Centre Pierre-Péladeau."

Particularly active in recital, Christina regularly sings in her hometown of Montreal, in Toronto, and in the Maritime provinces. She has performed Handel's The Messiah, Vaughan William's Dona nobis pacem, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater, Haydn's The Creation, Orff's Carmina Burana and other Oratorio works. At the opera, we have heard her sing Monica in Menotti's The Medium conducted by Agnès Grossmann at the Orford Festival in 2000. In the spring of 2001, Christina sang the part of Anaide in Il cappello di paglia di Firenze by Nino Rota at the Vienna Kammeroper. And in the fall of that year, she sang the parts of Zibbédé and Inésille in the world-premiere of the opera Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse by Jose Evangelista, in Montreal.

Christina's 2002-2003 season includes her debut at the Québec city opera singing the part of Nadia (Valencienne) in the French version of The Merry Widow conducted by Bernard Labadie. She will also perform Haydn's The Seasons with the Orchestre Métropolitain in Montreal, Carmina Burana with the Quebec city orchestra and the Trois-Rivières orchestra, as well as opera arias and duets with the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean orchestra.

Born in Montreal in 1975, Christina Tannous graduated from the Conservatoire de Musique de Montréal and studies with Marie Daveluy.

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