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The Canadian mezzo-soprano, Georgia Burashko, obtained her Bachelor of Music degree in Vocal Performance from McGill University's Schulich School of Music (April 2015); and her Masters of Music degree in Opera Performance from University of Toronto's Opera School (April 2018). She studied with celebrated Canadian soprano Mary Morrison and has participated in summer festivals such as The International Vocal Arts Institute (IVAI), The Canadian Vocal Arts Institute (ICAV), St. Andrews by the Sea Opera Workshop, Tafelmusik Baroque Institute (June 2016), Opera in the 21st Century at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity (June/July 2017 & 2019) and the Neil Semer Voice Institute (NSVI). She spent the 2018-2019 year as a Rebanks Family Fellow at the Royal Conservatory of Music. She is now based in The Hague, Netherlands where she moved to study early music at the Koninklijk Conservatorium of the Hague.
Recent operatic roles Georgia Burashko has performed include Juno in Orphée aux Enfers, Tirinto in Imeneo (UofT Opera, March 2017), Zosha in Farewell Auschwitz (Electric Bond Ensemble, February 2018), Cari Bayar in Lizée and Ivany's No Ones Safe) (Banff/Against the Grain, June 2019), Dritte Dame in W.A. Mozart's Die Zauberflöte (Glenn Gould Opera, March 2019), and, Zerlina in W.A. Mozart's Don Giovanni (UofT Opera, November 2017) in which she was praised for her 'heartfelt delivery, her luminous voice matching her radiant beauty’ (Opera Canada). A founding member of Halcyon Ayres, Georgia is working with co-founder harpsichordist, David Henkleman to bring the works of Rosenmüller to a wider audience. She is also a yoga teacher who loves bringing her extensive knowledge of the human body into her work as an opera singer. |
