Recent Guest Artists Include
Martha Guth, soprano
Acclaimed for her intuitive sensitivity’ (Montreal Gazette) and her ‘thrilling top range, rare breath control and an awesome legato’ (Globe and Mail), soprano Martha Guth has emerged onto the international classical music scene as a finely developed and persuasive artist, traits which earned her the first prize in the Wigmore Hall International Competition in 2007, a career grant from the Canada Council, and 2nd Prize in the the CBC’s Young Musicians Competition.
On the operatic stage, she has attracted notice for her interpretations of Mozart and Handel, specifically as the Countess in Le Nozze di Figaro with Opera Lyra Ottawa and Mallorca, Spain; Donna Anna in Don Giovanni at Opera Lyra Ottawa, Konstanze in Die Entführung aus dem Serail and Pamina in Die Zauberflöte in Augsburg, and the title role of Handel’s Alcina in Lucca, Italy. In related repertoire, she appeared as Cornelia in Sartorio’s Giulio Cesare in Egitto with the Canadian Opera Company as a young artist in their ensemble. She was also a member of the apprentice program of the Santa Fe Opera for two seasons for whom she performed Lauretta in Le Docteur Miracle and, on tour, Norina in Don Pasquale.