A native of Newfoundland, mezzo-soprano
Michelle Simmons is a graduate of the Master of Music Vocal Performance program at the University of Toronto. Ms. Simmons was the recipient of the Greta Kraus Fellowship towards her studies at the University of Toronto, and was a First Place winner in her category at the NATS Ontario Student Auditions.
Ms. Simmons has sung in the choruses of Toronto Operetta Theatre and Opera in Concert. She made her Toronto stage debut in the role of Soeur Mathilde in Poulenc’s Dialogues des Carmélites. Other opera roles include Sesto in Handel’s Julius Caesar,
