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The Irish-born soprano, Sinéad White, obtained both her Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance (2008-2012) and Masters of Music degree in Opera (2012-2014) from McGill University; and her Doctorate of Historical Performance at the University of Toronto (2020-2024). She was a young artist at the Boston Early Music Festival where she sang the role of Angelica in George Frideric Handel's Orlando (2019) and performed in the ensemble of the North American premiere of Agostino Steffani’s Orlando generoso (2019). Further artistic training includes the Ton Koopman Academy in Koninklijik Conservatorium Den Haag (2020), the Toronto Summer Music Festival as an Art of Song Fellow (2017) and VCM Advanced Vocal Program at the Victoria Conservatory of Music (2017). Sinéad took part in the Canadian Vocal Arts Academy in Montreal and was a fellow at the Sibelius Academy’s Creative Dialogues Program in Santa Fe, New Mexico (2014).
Praised for her "luminous soprano" (The Whole Note), "gorgeous and subtle vocal palette" (La Scena Musicale), "soft and dreamy vocals" (Oxford Daily Info, UK) and "lovely, precise coloratura" (OperaRamblings), Sinéad White maintains an active performing and teaching schedule in North America. She performs regularly with ensembles such as the Elora Singers, Toronto Mendelssohn Singers (since 2022), Theatre of Early Music (Director: Daniel Taylor), Toronto Bach Festival and Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra & Chamber Choir (2019-2023). She and lutenist Jonathan Stuchbery founded Duo Oriana, a soprano/lute duo dedicated to music of the renaissance and Baroque alongside arrangements of folk music from Ireland and Great Britain. Their debut album "How Like a Golden Dream" released in March 2023 with Leaf Music.
Select highlights as a soloist include a recital with Victoria Baroque, multiple appearances with both the Toronto Bach Festival (2022, 2023) and Nota Bene Players (2021, 2022), the role of Sally in Nick Veltmeyer's Nova-Scotian Folk Opera Jimmy & Rosalia with Aureas Voces (2021), Dietrich Buxtehude's Membra Jesu Nostri with Early Music Vancouver (2019) and Giovanni Battista Pergolesi's Stabat Mater with the Kamloops Symphony (2020). She was the soprano soloist in J.S. Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248 in Kelowna, British Columbia with the Okanagan Festival Singers alongside members of the Okanagan Symphony, J.S. Bach's Mass in B minor BWV 232 at St. Andrew’s-Wesley and George Frideric Handel's Messiah with the Chilliwack Symphony (2019-2023). She is currently based in Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
