Aviva Fortunata

Soprano from Canada, 27 years old

Song Prize Finalist

My recent credits at include Berta The Barber of Seville, Helmwige Die Walküre and Fiordiligi in the Ensemble Studio’s performance of Così fan tutte, a role I also covered for the Canadian Opera Company

I was born in Calgary, Alberta, studied at the University of Toronto and am currently a member of the Ensemble Studio at the Canadian Opera Company.

My recent credits at include Berta The Barber of Seville, Helmwige Die Walküre and Fiordiligi in the Ensemble Studio’s performance of Così fan tutte, a role I also covered for the Canadian Opera Company. Other cover roles at COC include Alice Ford Falstaff, Donna Anna Don Giovanni, and Ellen Orford Peter Grimes. I have also performed Desdemona Otello and the Lady with a Cake Box in Postcard from Morocco with San Francisco Opera’s Merola Opera Program; Donna Anna with Concert Opera Group, Centre for Opera Studies in Italy and the University of Toronto; and Poulenc’s Gloria with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.

I will continue with the Ensemble Studio in the 2015/2016 season, where I will perform Countess Le nozze di Figaro with the Ensemble and as COC cover, and Anna Maometto Secondo.

I enjoy watching roller derby, pop culture cross stitch and the art of vintage hair styling.

Song Prize	Final
Angel	The poet’s echo, Op 76 No 3	Britten
Echo	The poet’s echo, Op 76 No 1	Britten
Tyndaris	Études Latines No 7	Hahn
Dans la nuit	Les feuilles blessées No 5	Hahn
Mein Liebster singt	Italienisches Liederbuch No 20	Wolf
Mein Liebster ist so klein	Italienisches Liederbuch No 15	Wolf
Agnes	Mörike-Lieder No 14	Wolf
My love is like a red, red rose		Trad arr Greer