Spencer.Britten
Tenor.Dancer.Actor
Brent Calis Photography
Brent Calis Photography
Canadian triple threat Spencer Britten feels at home in both the Operatic and Musical Theatre repertoire. His recent projects have allowed him to enjoy the utilization of his extensive dance and opera training. Recently, Spencer has been a Young Artist at The Glimmerglass Festival and L'Atelier Lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal.
In the 2020/21 season Spencer will join the International Opera Studio at Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin. Performances include roles in Ariadne auf Naxos, Tannhäuser, Rigoletto, Die Zauberflöte, Der Rosenkavalier, La bohème, La Traviata, Salome, and La fanciulla del west. He will also return to Gütersloh to join Neue Stimmen for their Masterclass series in the fall.
Highlights from his 2019-2020 season, include Triquet in Eugene Onegin at Opéra de Montréal where he was praised for his "clear and powerful voice" (Bachtrack) and his ability to portray "a mannered French aristocrat, hilarious stereotype whom [Spencer] embodied with genius." Combining his love for classical music and dance made his first ever Carmina Burana with Les Grands Ballet a major highlight. Spencer also competed in the final rounds of the Neue Stimmen International Voice Competition in Gütersloh, Germany and debuted in Versailles , France as Léon in The Ghosts of Versailles at (Château de Versailles Spectacles/ The Royal Opera of Versailles.)
Spencer has been a winner/recipient of The Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation For Young Canadian Opera Singers, The Vancouver Opera Guild Career Development Grant, The Vancouver Opera Chorus Endowment Career Development Grant, The Joseph and Melitta Kandler Scholarship for the Advanced Music Study, and The Barbara Eves-Motomochi Memorial Fund. He thanks the generous opera communities of Vancouver and Montreal for their constant support.
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"In a sunlit studio at the Atelier lyrique, we got to know the young Rossinian tenor Spencer Britten, originally from Vancouver."
With Véronique Gauthier about artistic endeavours and L'Atelier Lyrique de l'Opera de Montreal.
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"...sang with the poise and confidence of a seasoned professional."
-bachtrack
"The scene was tasty, and this young man is a born actor. We already know that he will go far"
-Ludwig Van Montreal
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Spencer was fortunate to make his Germany Debut as the Offizier in Ariadne auf Naxos at Staatsoper Unter den Linden. However, during this time, many productions still await the confirmation or cancellation because of COVID-19. All potential projects are still listed on the Calendar Page linked below. Wishing everyone health and safety during these uncertain times.
Performances lost due to COVID-19:
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Petrarch Sonnets (Liszt) - Concert Cycles
- L'Atelier Lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal -
Snowboy - West Side Story (Bernstein)
- Teatro Lirico di Cagliari (Italian Debut) -
Tamino (Cover) - Die Zauberflöte (Mozart)
- Opéra de Montréal -
Rick - I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky (Adams)
- Cincinnati May Festival (Cincinnati Debut) -
Soloist - Grande Première des Futures Étoiles
- Fondation de la Place des Arts -
Ubaldo - Armida (Haydn)
- Bregenzer Festspiele (Austrian Debut) -
Snowboy (+Baby John Cover) - West Side Story (Bernstein)
- Opera Nacional de Chile (South American Debut) -
Heinrich der Schreiber - Tannhäuser (Wagner)
- Staatsoper Unter den Linden
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